相亲英语作文

在中国早期甚至现代,相亲一直都是一种非常盛行的联姻方式。尽管如今的人们再怎么不愿意，结果还是会有不少人挨不住父母的催促，不得不到处去相亲。相亲分几种类型呢？英文又该怎么说呢？比较常见的一种说法是blind date。我们来看这句话：A blind date is a date where the people involved have not met each other previously. The match could have been arranged by mutual friends, relatives or by a dating system.因为“相亲”是“从未晤面的男女经第三者安排所作的约会”，这么看来英语中的这个“blind”用得真是相当地传神呢。可不能看到这个说法就望文生义地以为是“盲目约会”或“瞎约会”哦。除此之外，现在网络非常发达，很多相亲的人在约会之前就已经在网上看到过对方的照片，甚至用聊天软件聊天过了。这样的“相亲”叫做nearsighted date，也就是“近视相亲”。我们来看这句话：As opposed to a blind date, where you have no idea what the other person looks like, a nearsighted date is one where you’ve seen a photo or chatted via web before meeting in person.所以说“近视相亲”是相对于“盲约”而言的，后者在见面前根本不知道对方长什么样，而前者则事先看过照片或者在网上视频聊过天。这听上去似乎比“blind date”要可靠很多，不过有时候照片也不能代表一切，比如这种尴尬的情况：The picture he emailed me must have been from before he quit the gym. 我昨天晚上去相亲了，他邮件给我的照片肯定是他还在锻炼身体的时候拍的

On Blind-date ShowNowadays, the blind-date shows are becoming more and more popular. Whenever we turn on TV, those incredible scenes of blind-date shows would pop up on the screen. Many people, from teenagers to the eldly, are so crazy about these shows that they never miss a single chance to watch them. Three reasons would contribute to the popularity of these blind-date shows. To begin with, there are over 180 million people who remain single long after they have reached official age for marriage. Moreover, a great number of people would like to amuse themselves by watching other people dating. Last but not least, more and more television producers add a couple of attractive elements to cater for the different tastes of the audiences. In my view, the government should impose restrictions to these blind-date shows. Many of these shows advocate money-worship and materialism; quite a few of the guests' identities are artificial. If these problems are not solved, the misleading effects can be disastrous