和谐英语

VOA慢速英语:Finding the Right Match With Online Dating

2012-08-22来源:VOA

短语讲解:

1. But now, many people search for a partner online.

search for 寻找
例句: The search for peace also means the search for justice. 
寻求和平也意味着寻求正义。 

2. Online dating is very different from traditional dating, in which people spend time with one another, slowly learning about each other.

different from 与……不相同
例句:Matters are different from country to country. 
情形因国家而异。 

3. His friends paid for him to use an online dating site. He thought he knew just what he was looking for.

pay for 因...受到惩罚;为...付出代价
例句:He'll have to pay for what he has done.
他将为自己所做的一切付出代价。

4. MARIO: "A non-American, non-scientist, nothing related with Latin. And I ended up with the completely opposite."

end up 结束
例句:You will end up in debt if you keep on spending money like that.
你要是老这样花钱,总有一天要负债。

5. A woman named Tamara was his online match. She had some worries about online dating, but also saw the good, as well.

worry about 担心...;焦虑...
例句:Don't worry about him; he is a cheerful and elastic man. 
别为他担心;他是个快活开朗的人。