托福阅读：选择伴侣跟选择宠物类似

　你是否总是会遇上错的人，却拥有一只最适合你的宠物?那么不妨看看以下这条恋爱建议。一位著名的爱情专家认为，人们在选择最佳伴侣时有点类似于选择宠物狗。详细请看下面的双语研究内容：

　　Author and relationship coach Dr Annie Kaszina Ph.D - who is the first toadmit she has her own chequered relationship history - discovered that byapplying these principles she could finally make the right choices.

　　安妮博士是作家兼人际关系教练。作为第一个勇于承认自己复杂恋爱史的人，她发现采用一些法则会使她做出正确的选择。

　　When Annie met Orlandino it was love at first sight: the big brown eyes,the irresistible looks, the knack he had of making her laugh.

　　当安妮第一眼看到欧兰迪诺(Orlandino)时，便觉得他十分可爱。欧兰迪诺拥有一双棕色的大眼睛及令人无法抗拒的外表。他的一些小花招逗得安妮开怀大笑。

　　But sadly, he wasn't a keeper. Beneath that charming exterior lay someunsavoury habits and a difficult and a very demanding personality.

　　但令人伤心的是，他并不是那个值得安妮珍惜的人。他迷人的外表之下掩藏的是令人讨厌的习惯和执拗苛刻的个性。

　　Orlandino was the dog from hell.

　　欧兰迪诺就是一只地狱冥犬。

　　What Annie learned from that encounter set her on the path to becoming awomen's relationship coach.

　　安妮在这段感情中领悟到的事情使她成为了一名女性人际关系教练。