Beijing Singles Shop for Love
北京愛情超市
本新聞影音出處：新唐人電視台英語新聞
http://english.ntdtv.com/ntdtv_en/ns_china/2010-02-08/732989954215.html
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【新聞關鍵字】
1. client : n. 委託人、顧客
2. acquaintance: n. 相識的人，熟人
3. socialize: vt. 社交，交際
4. profile: n. 簡介
5. eager: adj.熱切的，渴望的
6. praise: v. 讚美；歌頌
7. validate: vt. 確認
Beijing’s “I’m looking for you” supermarket sells nothing but love.
The market which was opened in November 2009 gives the city’s singles a new way to meet “the one.”
北京的“我正在找你”超市，只賣愛情這個商品。
這家於2009年11月開幕的超市，給了城市中的單身者一個新方法，去遇見他們人生中的“那個人”。
In their few months of operation, the market has more than 1,000 clients and successfully matched over fifty pairs.
在他們只有幾個月的經營之後，這個市場已經有了超過1000個委託者，和不只50對的成功配對。
25-year-old teacher Qu Hui: “I really hope I can find someone here; that is my greatest hope from the love supermarket. But if that doesn’t happen, I hope I can use this space to meet more friends and acquaintances. After all, I am a teacher, so the people that I can meet and socialize with are very limited.”
25歲的曲慧老師說：“我真的希望我可以在這找到另一半；那是我在愛情超市最大的希望。但是如果沒有發生，我希望我可以運用這個空間去認識更多的朋友和熟人。畢竟，我是一個老師，在我週遭可遇到的和能夠社交的，都非常的有限。”
Each customer pays three dollars, puts up his or her profile, which includes name, age, occupation, income and a picture they hope will catch the eye of their perfect mate. Then, browse around.
每個客人支付三元，放上他或她的簡介，其中包含姓名、年紀、職業、收入，和一張他們認為最能吸引完美伴侶的照片。然後，四處瀏覽。
35-year-old Wang Jiaohong said the supermarket has a lot of great women.
35歲的王兆鴻說，這家超市有很多很棒的女生。
[Wang Jiaohong, Searching for Love]:
“My mother says that the reason why I haven’t found the one yet is because I’m too picky. But in reality, I believe it’s because I just haven’t yet found my match.”
[尋找愛情的王兆鴻]:
“我母親說，我沒有找到我的愛情的原因，是因為我太挑了。但實際上，我相信這是因為我還沒有找到和我相配的人。
Eager mothers have encouraged their single children to attend the market, praising it as a safe space because each participant’s information is validated.
渴望的媽媽們鼓勵他們的單身小孩去參加這家超市，稱許那是一個安全的地方，因為每一位參加者的資訊都是有效的。
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【聽力加強訓練】聲音詞組烙印（每個詞組請朗讀至少3次）
1. to meet more friends and acquaintances.
2. I just haven’t yet found my match.
3. Eager mothers
4. safe space
5. each participant’s information is validated.
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