Women with high education attend matchmaking party

时间：2007-11-29 08:18:01

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Chinanews, Xi'an, Nov. 29 – About 30 unmarried women who are now studying for their doctorate1 degrees at a dozen ten universities in Xi'an recently attended a matchmaking party organized by an online matchmaking company called jiayuan.com. The group of highly educated women, together with 270 other unmarried women and men, gathered at the Time's Hotel in the northern suburb of Xi'an, capital of Shaanxi Province. However, few of them had succeeded in finding an ideal husband at the party.

 

Among these 30 intellectual women, the youngest is 28 years old while the oldest is 35. The majors they study are also varied2, from medical science to psychology3, from Chinese history, philosophy to English. Some of them study in the Shaanxi Normal University; some study in the Northwest University of Political Science. There are still some who study in the Xi'an Jiaotong University or the Xi'an Arts School. Most of the women attending the party study in the liberal arts field.

 

One of the women, who refused to disclose her identity, told this reporter about their motives4 of attending the matchmaking party.

 

“We are often stereotyped5 as someone who know nothing except doing researches. However, as women, we talk a lot about cosmetics6 goods and clothes in our spare time. Since we need to finish our study, we might not have as much time to see movies or go shopping as women in general. But this doesn't mean that we don't love these things. Today, we come to this matchmaking party only to show to others that as intellectual women, we are also charming women and hope to be able to find our Mr. Right.”

 

Although these women did display their charm at the party, many men were still scared away by their high educational background. When the party ended, only one woman with a PhD degree found a man she liked.

 
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1 doctorate fkEzt     
n.(大学授予的)博士学位
参考例句：
  • He hasn't enough credits to get his doctorate.他的学分不够取得博士学位。
  • Where did she do her doctorate?她在哪里攻读博士？
2 varied giIw9     
adj.多样的，多变化的
参考例句：
  • The forms of art are many and varied.艺术的形式是多种多样的。
  • The hotel has a varied programme of nightly entertainment.宾馆有各种晚间娱乐活动。
3 psychology U0Wze     
n.心理，心理学，心理状态
参考例句：
  • She has a background in child psychology.她受过儿童心理学的教育。
  • He studied philosophy and psychology at Cambridge.他在剑桥大学学习哲学和心理学。
4 motives 6c25d038886898b20441190abe240957     
n.动机，目的( motive的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • to impeach sb's motives 怀疑某人的动机
  • His motives are unclear. 他的用意不明。
5 stereotyped Dhqz9v     
adj.(指形象、思想、人物等)模式化的
参考例句：
  • There is a sameness about all these tales. They're so stereotyped -- all about talented scholars and lovely ladies. 这些书就是一套子，左不过是些才子佳人，最没趣儿。
  • He is the stereotyped monster of the horror films and the adventure books, and an obvious (though not perhaps strictly scientific) link with our ancestral past. 它们是恐怖电影和惊险小说中的老一套的怪物，并且与我们的祖先有着明显的（虽然可能没有科学的）联系。
6 cosmetics 5v8zdX     
n.化妆品
参考例句：
  • We sell a wide range of cosmetics at a very reasonable price. 我们以公道的价格出售各种化妆品。
  • Cosmetics do not always cover up the deficiencies of nature. 化妆品未能掩饰天生的缺陷。

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