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Until the start of the 20th century, the rules of courtship were fairly straightforward. Male suitors called on eligible women u

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问题    Until the start of the 20th century, the rules of courtship were fairly straightforward. Male suitors called on eligible women under the watchful eyes of concerned adults. Keen chaps visited regularly and with the intent to marry. It was a dance to which everyone knew the steps. Modern pursuers are not so lucky. 【F1】Whether you are hoping for a relationship or just casual sex, dating "often feels like the worst, most unsecure form of contemporary labour: an unpaid internship," writes Moira Weigel in "Labour of Love", an occasionally amusing and often agitating look at the work of courting.
   The rules of love, Ms. Weigel argues, are shaped by economics. 【F2】The concept of "dating" only came about at the dawn of the industrial age, when new opportunities lured young people to cities. Working women were soon exposed to an array of potential mates, but many lived in boarding houses that were unfit for hosting callers. So men offered to escort romantic prospects to restaurants or dance halls. 【F3】Soon as these practices spread among the working classes, saloons and amusement parks sprang up to earn their business. By the mid-1910s even the middle classes considered "dating" a legitimate way to court.
   Shifting demographics also played a role. Falling birth-rates allowed parents to dote on fewer children, who were increasingly likely to go to school. Young people began mixing in new ways. Cars granted young lovers unprecedented privacy.
   The mating marketplace has spurred countless businesses. In the 1920s even respectable ladies began painting their faces, and the cosmetics industry exploded. As late as the 1960s most drinking establishments barred unaccompanied women, leading one enterprising New Yorker to open a place called T.G.I. Friday’s, and the "singles bar" was born. 【F4】The videotape dating services used by time-poor yuppies (雅皮士) in the 1980s set the stage for the boom in high-tech mate-shopping by the turn of the 21st century.
   In this lively tour of changing romantic mores, Ms. Weigel occasionally goes off-course. She tends to bury thinly argued points beneath grand statements, and she reserves most of her sympathy for women. But she is right to note that modem courtship is full of mixed messages. Women who are pushed to "lean in" at work are often told to pull back to appeal to men. Men who may answer to women at the office are encouraged to seem unbeatable after hours, and pay for the plea-sure, too. 【F5】Ms.Weigel argues that this arrangement sustains the fiction that men are still in control of courtship—and may also explain why, in these uncertain economic times, the labour of love is so terribly confusing.
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答案二十世纪八十年代，忙碌的雅皮士使用了录像约会的服务，促使了在二十一世纪来临之际高科技婚配交友市场的繁荣发展。
解析 ①本句是一个简单句，句子的主干为The videotape dating services set the stage，句子结构为简单的主谓宾结构。②主语后的过去分词短语used by time-poor yuppies修饰主语The videotape dating services，前者和主语是动宾关系；时间状语in the 1980s修饰yuppies，说明雅皮士使用该服务的时间。③句末的两个介词短语in high-tech mate-shopping和by the turn of the 21st century都是修饰前面的boom，前者说明“在高科技婚配交友市场这一方面的繁荣”，后者说明繁荣的时期是在二十一世纪。
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