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Speed Dating 快速约会

Before You Read 阅前思考

Answer the following questions.

1. What are the most common ways to meet someone in your country?

2. What do people usually do on a first date?

3. Look at the title of this reading. What do you think it menas?

Target Vocabulary目标词汇

Match each word with the best meaning.

1. community a. stress; a feeling of being pushed to do something.

2. conventional b. a group of people who live in the same people.

3. episode c. move smoothly, like water

4. exchange d. important factor

5. flow e. one in a series of events

6. impression f. take part in an activity

7. key g. usual; normal; in use for a long time.

8. participate h. swap

9. pressure i. look through something quickly to find important or

interesting information

10. scan j. one’s thoughts or feelings towards someone or something

after having met him, her, or it.

Reading Passage 阅读文章

You are the first to arrive at the table in the back corner of the restaurant. As you sit down, a

handsome stranger comes to table and takes the seat across from you. You read his name on his

nametag, “Jason.” Once is seated, a bell rings and your date begins!

As you scan your list of conversation topics, the man across the table asks about your hobbies.

From there, the conversation naturally flows back and forth from your interests to his interests to

your job to his job. You are both careful not to ask questions that are too personal, such as “Where

do you live?” or “What’s your last name?” Then the bell rings again. It’s time to move on. As you

make your way to the next table, you quickly mark your date card. You write the man’s name on the

card. Under the question “Would you like to meet again for a real date?”, you mark “yes.” Then you

take a seat for your next date.

Welcome to the world of speed dating! This is the latest way for single people to meet other

people they might like to date without the pressure associated with the conventional dating scene.

Many businesses offering speed dating services have become especially popular in the United States,

England, and Canada. These businesses organize events where participants can have dozens and

some services limit each date to only three minutes. This gives people just enough time to make an

impression, so that each person in the “date” can decide if they want to meet the other again. If both

people mark “yes” on the date card, the service will arrange for the people to contact one another to

arrange a real date.

The idea for speed dating came from Yaacov Deyo of Los Angeles. In 1999, he wanted to

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provide an alternative way for his students to get together other than using blind dates arranged

through family or friends. His speed dating idea was so successful, that if quickly spread to other

communities across the United States. Deyo and his wife also wrote a book, SpeedDating: A

Timesaving Guide to Finding Your Lifelong Love, to teach other people the keys to successful

speed dating. Then businesses were set up to try to cash in on the popularity of speed dating. And

after a popular television sit-com did an episode on speed dating, dating services across the United

States really took off.

Like any date, speed dating does not always work out. But most services claim to have at least

a 50 percent success rate for daters. And in the case of Erik and Denise from Milwaukee, their night

of speed dating eventually led to marriage. But the funny thing is they never actually had a speed

date together. They just saw each other at a speed dating event and decided to exchange phone

numbers at the end of the evening.

Reading Comprehension 阅读理解

Circle the letter of the best answer.

1. How is speed dating different from conventional dating?

a. The dates are very short.

b. It usually isn’t possible to meet the person again.

c. The couples do many activities on one date.

d. The people usually know each other quite well.

2. What would be a suitable question for speed dating?

a. Where do you live? b. What’s your last name?

c. What sports do you like? d. What’s your phone number?

3. How long might it take person to complete ten speed dates?

a. ten minutes b. one evening c. one week d. ten days

4. Who is Deyo?

a. a man who has had many speed dates

b. the inventor of speed dating

c. man who got married after speed dating

d. the president of a speed dating company

5. Which event led to a rapid rise in speed dating in the United States?

a. a national speed dating event b. a television broadcast

c. the marriage of Erik and Denise d. the publication of a book in Milwaukee

Idioms 习语

Find each idiom in the story.

1. each in on-earn money from some idea or trend; take advantage of something to make money

from it

Most entertainers try to cash in on their fame while they are popular.

The local people where able to cash in on the tourists who flooded the island every summer.

2. move on-finish one thing and start something new; continue to the next thing

All right, if everyone has finished reading the passage, let’s move on to the questions.

After all the plants on the farm were eaten, the locusts moved on to the next field.

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3. one another-each other

We haven’t spoken to one another in years.

We depend on one another because we each have different skills.

Vocabulary Reinforcement 词汇强化

A. Circle the letter of the word or phrase that best completes the sentence.

1. A saying in English says, “You don’t get a second chance to make a first.

a. pressure b. community c. episode d. impression

2. The police the faces of the crowd, looking for the criminal.

a. scanned b. flowed c. caught up with d. looked like

3. New York and San Francisco both have very large Chinese .

a. conventions b. episodes c. communities d. procedures

4. The to being a good piano player is lost of practice.

a. key b. factor c. reason d. effect

5. My wife’s really into alternative films, but I’m into more movies.

a. offensive b. holy c. pressure d. conventional

6. There was a great of that series on TV last night.

a. empire b. episode c. impression d. tone

7. The river down from the mountains into the sea.

a. flows b. spills c. leaks d. floats

8. Many people tried to the idea of buying Internet names and then reselling them for

more money.

a. profit b. cash in on c. make a fortune d. move on

B. Complete the passage with items from the box. One item is extra.

cash in on exchange impression move on participate pressure one another

Speed dating is a new way for single people to meet each other without the (1) of

going on a lot of dates. At a speed-dating party, a person can (2) in many short dates

on the same evening. Couples only talke to each other long enough to get a(n) (3) of

(4) before they (5) to the next date. The couples do not (6) any

personal information during these dates, but if both want to see each other again, the speed-dating

company will put them in contact with each other.

What Do You Think? 你怎么想？

1. What do you think about speed dating? How much can you find out about someone in three

minutes?

2. Would you like to try speed dating? Why or why not?

Part 1: Complete the passage 完成短文

Decide which words are best for the spaces. Circle letter of your choice.

1. When you are under pressure to find information quickly, you can a reading.

a. sprint b. crawl c. scan d. restore

2. Did Dad videotape last night’s of my favorite TV series?

a. studio b. incident c. entertainer d. episode

3. Jed came away from the interview with the he got the job.

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a. impression b. complaint c. tone d. gesture

4. The of conversation stopped when the fire alarm went off.

a. float b. flow c. spill d. leak

5. Participation in class discussions is the to a good grade in Psychology.

a. source b. potential c. reputation d. key

Part 2: Organize the paragraphs 段落重组

Use idioms from the box to complete the passage. Write the words in the spaces. Two idioms

are extra.

cash in on pass oneself off as come to an end

in touch with one other move on keep track of

Speed dating got started when Yaacov Deyo wanted young people from his community to have

a way to meet (1) . He noticed that many people had trouble finding dates in the

conventional way. In the past many people met partners through matchmakers or their parents, but

in modern American society, this tradition has by and large (2) . Since speed dating

became popular, many companies want to (3) its popularity. Single people prefer it

to Internet dating where an individual can try to (4) as someone different. In addition,

speed daters say another advantage is that it is never boring because you have to (5)

to another person every few minutes. No wonder speed dating has become a global success story.

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