Beijing Singles Shop for Love
北京爱情超市
本新闻影音出处：新唐人电视台英语新闻
http://english.ntdtv.com/ntdtv_en/ns_china/2010-02-08/732989954215.html
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【新闻关键字】
1. client : n. 委托人、顾客
2. acquaintance: n. 相识的人，熟人
3. socialize: vt. 社交，交际
4. profile: n. 简介
5. eager: adj.热切的，渴望的
6. praise: v. 赞美；歌颂
7. validate: vt. 确认
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，只卖爱情这个商品。
这家于2009年11月开幕的超市，给了城市中的单身者一个新方法，去遇见他们人生中的“那个人”。
In their few months of operation, the market has more than 1,000 clients and successfully matched over fifty pairs.
在他们只有几个月的经营之后，这个市场已经有了超过1000个委托者，和不只50对的成功配对。
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岁的曲慧老师说：“我真的希望我可以在这找到另一半；那是我在爱情超市最大的希望。但是如果没有发生，我希望我可以运用这个空间去认识更多的朋友和熟人。毕竟，我是一个老师，在我周遭可遇到的和能够社交的，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.
每个客人支付三元，放上他或她的简介，其中包含姓名、年纪、职业、收入，和一张他们认为最能吸引完美伴侣的照片。然后，四处浏览。
35-year-old Wang Jiaohong said the supermarket has a lot of great women.
35岁的王兆鸿说，这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.”
[寻找爱情的王兆鸿]:
“我母亲说，我没有找到我的爱情的原因，是因为我太挑了。但实际上，我相信这是因为我还没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.
渴望的妈妈们鼓励他们的单身小孩去参加这家超市，称许那是一个安全的地方，因为每一位参加者的资讯都是有效的。
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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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