【英语时差8,16】网上约会-上

Are you lucky in love? Yes, this is our series all about dating in Britain today. This time we’re looking at online dating. It used to be taboo¹, but now millions of people are looking for love on the internet. I think one of the reasons we’ve seen that growth is broadband. Many more people have broadband at home; many more people are using broadband at home. Another thing is social networking. People are used to chatting about their offline lives online. They are used to organizing things online. It’s not such an unusual place to do it as it may have been five or ten years ago. That was Nick Lisher from the dating site mysinglefriend.com. He mentions two reasons why online dating is growing in popularity: broadband and social networking. The building block of any dating website is obviously the registration² process and creating your profile. The secret to that is making sure you have a good picture, making sure you are honest about yourself. Then any dating website will have some kind of mechanism³ by which you can contact that person.

1 taboo   

n.禁忌，禁止接近，禁止使用；adj.禁忌的；v.禁忌，禁制，禁止

参考例句：

• The rude words are taboo in ordinary conversation.这些粗野的字眼在日常谈话中是禁忌的。
• Is there a taboo against sex before marriage in your society?在你们的社会里，婚前的性行为犯禁吗？

2 registration   

n.登记，注册，挂号

参考例句：

• Marriage without registration is not recognized by law.法律不承认未登记的婚姻。
• What's your registration number?你挂的是几号？

3 mechanism   

n.机械装置；机构，结构

参考例句：

• The bones and muscles are parts of the mechanism of the body.骨骼和肌肉是人体的组成部件。
• The mechanism of the machine is very complicated.这台机器的结构是非常复杂的。