首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
考研
Not many industries are doing well in the recession. But along with discount retailers and pawnbrokers, online-dating sites such
Not many industries are doing well in the recession. But along with discount retailers and pawnbrokers, online-dating sites such
admin
2011-03-11
71
问题
Not many industries are doing well in the recession. But along with discount retailers and pawnbrokers, online-dating sites such as eHarmony, corn and OkCupid. com have seen business look up. There are several theories to explain why. 46.
It may be that people have more time to devote to their private lives as the economy slows; that uncertain times increase the desire for companionship; or that living alone is expensive, whereas couples can split many of their costs.
"People who have been single for years are suddenly focused on finding someone," says Greg Waldorf, the boss of eHarmony, a wholesome marriage-oriented site with more than 20m paying subscribers. 47.
He favours the companionship-in-hard-times theory: "Going through difficult times with someone special is better than doing it alone.
" In a recent survey carried out for his company, 25% of women said stress about the state of the economy made them more inclined to seek a long-term relationship. The company also noticed that the number of visits to its website was higher than average on days when the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell by more than 100 points.
At OkCupid, which is aimed at a more casual, youthful crowd, there has been a jump in membership since the financial crisis set in, and an even bigger jump in how often members use the site. Back in September, users were sending 6,000 on-site instant messages a day, says Sam Yagan, OkCupid’s boss. Now that number is over 18,000.48.
OkCupid has the advantage of being free, which has proved popular with people looking for partners for what Mr. Yagan euphemistically calls "cheap entertainment".
After all, if you have a girlfriend or a boyfriend, he says, "you can just play Scrabble instead of going out for the evening. "
49.
But perhaps the boom is the result of neither a nesting instinct, nor a desire to save money.
AshleyMadison. corn, a very different type of dating site, is also doing well. Instead of arranging marriages, the subscription-based site arranges affairs-and never before have so many people been looking for a bit on the side. Ashley Madison’s boss, Noel Biderman, thinks his site, and others, are prospering for another reason: money problems. "The majority of relationship discord stems from economic troubles," he says. 50.
Instead of fighting, married people are taking stock of their lives. "They want to do something that makes them
feel better about themselves," Mr Biderman says, "and $ 49 is a tiny expenditure for a life- altering affair. "
选项
答案
OkCupid的优势在于免费,这使得它很受那些热衷于迅雷舞街区伴侣的人的欢迎,Yagan先生委婉地称之为“低成本娱乐”。
解析
本句的结构稍复杂,主句是“OkCupid has the advantage of being free”,which后面是非限制性定语从句,而这个定语从句里面嵌套着由what引导的一个从句。Cheap entertainment切忌直译为“便宜的娱乐”。因为前面说这项服务免费,故低成本之类的用词都可以。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/vEp4777K
0
考研英语一
相关试题推荐
Howdovaccinesprotecthumansfromdiseasesaccordingtoparagraph2?Whatdoestheexampleofthesmallpoxvaccineillustrate
Inthefollowingtext,somesentenceshavebeenremoved.ForQuestions41-45,choosethemostsuitableonefromthelist(A、B、C、
Thefollowingparagraphsaregiveninawrongorder.ForQuestions41-45,youarerequiredtoreorganizetheseparagraphsintoa
Thefollowingparagraphsaregiveninawrongorder.ForQuestions41-45,youarerequiredtoreorganizetheseparagraphsintoa
Lightpollutionnowhasbecomeabigproblemandledtomuchwasteinoursociety.Ithasbeenestimatedthat30%oftheelectri
Amanishappywhen______.Whatdoesthesentence"societycouldnotcarelesswhetherweplayitornot"mean?______.
SupposeyouareLiMing.Duringtheweeklongholiday,youjoinedapackagetourorganizedbyatravelagencytothecityofBei
Exposuretoasbestosfibrescancausecancer______.Evidencefromtheeconomistsandthebuildingindustriesshowsthat______
Notmanyindustriesaredoingwellintherecession.Butalongwithdiscountretailersandpawnbrokers,online-datingsitessuch
随机试题
A.时间B.部位C.性质D.程度E.以上都是
下列各项,属实热证的是
原始社会的氏族习惯之所以不能称为“法”,原因在于哪些方面?()
固定式泡沫炮的进口压力一般在()MPa以上,流量也较大,其反作用力很大,所以安装在炮塔或支架上的固定式泡沫炮要牢固固定。
关于基金公司内部控制制度,以下表述错误的是()。
企业应用关键绩效指标法的关键是制定绩效计划,下列选项中不属于制定绩效计划内容的是()。
下列凭证中,属于印花税征税范围的有()。
稳定物价和增加就业是我国当前宏观调控的两大目标,但在短期内,通货膨胀率与失业率之间存在如图所示的经济关系,下列可能导致经济状态从B点到A点变化的经济手段是()。
斗、批、改运动
HealthworkerswhoareHIVpositivearebannedfromperformingmostsurgeryordentaltreatmentincasetheycutthemselveswith
最新回复
(
0
)