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坑爹的光棍节又来了:五大理由你为什么还单身?

2012-11-02来源:purpleone

3. You live in a small town or village
你住在小镇或者小村子里

Let's just play the numbers game here. Imagine you live in a small town of 3000 people and you're a woman. You're looking for a man, so you're down to 1500 to choose from except that 75% of them are taken so that leaves you with 375. Out of those 375, let's say 15% of them fall within an appropriate age range of you which brings you down to about 57. Out of those 57, you're sure not going to be compatible with all of them; there may be a few you're compatible with but how are you going to find them?
我们来玩个数字游戏。假设你是女性,住在一个只有3000人的小镇里。你在寻找一个男人,那么你的选择范围就降到了1500人,其中可能有75%的人已经有所属,那么留给你的还有375人。这375人中大概有15%的人符合你的年龄范围,所以还剩57人。而这57人当然不是每个都适合你;其中也许有一些和你般配的,但是你要怎样找到他们呢?

Just because you live in the same town doesn't mean that you're going to bump into each other on the sidewalk or at the grocery store. Of course, these are completely made up statistics but are generally what you're dealing with in small towns. If you want more dating options, you'll have to move to the big city.
你们住在一个镇上不代表你们会在路边或者杂货店里偶遇。当然,这些只是假设的数据,但通常来讲你在小镇上的情况就是这样。如果你想要更多的约会机会,恐怕得搬去大城市。