A woman walks past an image of lips at a department store in Tokyo July 30, 2010. |
"Shall I compare thee to a Summer's day?," asked Shakespeare. Now, women of the world have replied: "No, just tell me I have beautiful lips." A new survey of online flirting by dating website Badoo.com has found that the best Internet chat-up line for men to use is: "You have beautiful lips." "We have found the Holy Grail of flirting," said Badoo Director of Marketing Lloyd Price. The site, which boasts 87 million registered users worldwide, analysed the success rates of opening lines from nearly 200,000 online flirtations in 11 languages over the course of one month to come up with a "Compliment Success Index." Site users were invited to use one of 12 different chat-up lines. Each complimented an aspect of a woman's body or appearance. Researchers measured the success rate of each line in two ways: first, their success at prompting any response at all; second, their success at launching a longer conversation -- one going back and forth at least four times. Complimenting a woman's lips was the most successful overall, but other lines worked best in particular countries. American, French, Italian or Brazilian women were more responsive to "You dress beautifully." Brits preferred praise for their legs, Spaniards responded to compliments about their hair, while Germans and Canadians preferred skin praise. Dutch and Portuguese women liked: "You have beautiful ears." Jo Hemmings, a British behavioural psychologist said women responded best to compliments about their lips because it's a bold approach that seems more personal. "What many women want is for men to take the initiative and not be wishy-washy," Hemmings said in a statement accompanying the survey. "A lot of men on dating sites send a sort of generic message and women recognize something that hasn't been customised for them." David Givens, American author of the book, "Love Signals: A Practical Field Guide to the Body Language of Courtship" said the results made sense because women focus a lot of attention on their lips. "From adolescence onwards, they cosmetically adorn their lips, applying lipstick and colours. They have been doing so since ancient Egypt." (Read by Lee Hannon. Lee Hannon is a journalist at the China Daily Website.) (Agencies) |
“我可以把你比作夏日嗎?”莎士比亞問道?,F(xiàn)在,全世界的女人們回答:“不用了,只要告訴我我的嘴唇很漂亮就可以了。” 婚戀交友網(wǎng)站Badoo做的一項(xiàng)關(guān)于網(wǎng)上調(diào)情的新調(diào)查發(fā)現(xiàn),男人在網(wǎng)上調(diào)情最無往不利的搭訕開場(chǎng)白是“你的嘴唇很漂亮”。 Badoo市場(chǎng)總監(jiān)羅伊德?普萊斯說:“我們已經(jīng)找到調(diào)情的必殺技?!?/p> 這家在全球擁有8700萬注冊(cè)用戶的網(wǎng)站耗時(shí)一個(gè)月,分析了近20萬句用11種語言說的網(wǎng)上調(diào)情開場(chǎng)白,計(jì)算它們的成功率,然后得出了一個(gè)“贊美成功指數(shù)”。 該網(wǎng)站請(qǐng)用戶從12種贊美女性外表不同部位的句子中隨意挑選一種作為開場(chǎng)白。研究者從兩個(gè)方面來衡量每種開場(chǎng)白的成功率:一是看對(duì)方是否有回應(yīng);二是看該開場(chǎng)白是否能成功引發(fā)一場(chǎng)更深入的對(duì)話,也就是說至少要有四個(gè)來回的對(duì)聊。 夸獎(jiǎng)一個(gè)女人的嘴唇總體來說是最有效的,但是幾個(gè)贊美其他部位的開場(chǎng)白在某些特定國家最受歡迎。 美國、法國、意大利和巴西的女人對(duì)“你的衣服很漂亮”回應(yīng)得更熱烈一些。英國女人則更喜歡別人夸贊她們的腿。西班牙女人欣賞對(duì)她們頭發(fā)的贊揚(yáng),而德國和加拿大女人則更偏愛對(duì)她們皮膚的夸獎(jiǎng)。荷蘭和葡萄牙女人喜歡聽到:“你的耳朵很漂亮?!?/p> 英國行為心理學(xué)家喬?亨明斯認(rèn)為女人之所以喜歡別人夸獎(jiǎng)她們的嘴唇是因?yàn)檫@個(gè)大膽的贊美聽起來更個(gè)人化。 在該調(diào)查的報(bào)告中,亨明斯說:“很多女人喜歡男人主動(dòng)一點(diǎn),但也不要人云亦云。婚戀網(wǎng)站上的很多男人說一些泛泛的通用的話來搭訕,而女人會(huì)辨認(rèn)出這種千篇一律的固定臺(tái)詞?!?/p> 《愛的信號(hào):求偶肢體語言實(shí)踐指南》的作者,美國人大衛(wèi)?吉文斯說調(diào)查的結(jié)果合情合理,因?yàn)榕舜_實(shí)對(duì)自己的嘴唇很關(guān)注。 “從青春期開始,女人們就開始用唇膏和口紅來修飾自己的雙唇。這種行為在古埃及時(shí)候就已經(jīng)開始了。” 相關(guān)閱讀 西班牙女性最會(huì)網(wǎng)上調(diào)情 美國倒數(shù)第二 (中國日?qǐng)?bào)網(wǎng)英語點(diǎn)津 崔旭燕 編輯:陳丹妮) |
Vocabulary: chat-up line: 與人搭訕時(shí)用的套詞 Holy Grail: 圣杯,也可以指“長期追求的目標(biāo),渴望得到的東西”。 wishy-washy: not having clear or firm ideas or beliefs (思想或信仰)稀里糊涂的,不清楚的,不堅(jiān)定的 generic: shared by, including or typical of a whole group of things; not specific(一般的;普通的;通用的) customise: to make or change something to suit the needs of the owner 訂制,訂做,改制(以滿足顧主的需要) |