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1 ffiffi Discuss these guestions with the class.
1 Can you fa[[ in [ove with somebody without meeting
them face to face?
2 ln what ways can online relationships be dangerous?
3 Do you know anybody who has used an ontine dating
agency or started a retationship ontine? "#
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Be aware of what type of text you are reading and what '0u to lind loue?
kind of information you expect to find in it. This witt 4 -.-i:
make it easier to understand the text.
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Read the reading strategy. Then [ool< quickty through the H
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text and decide what type oftext it is. Choose a, b, c or d. E
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a a btog c an online article
b an email d a Wikipedia entry
,6*,eitZ' Read the text. Which sentence best summarises
the writer's opinion?
1 Science can definitely help you to find a partner.
2 Science definitety can't help because it doesn't take
account of personaI attraction.
3 Science may hetp some peopte, but not all.
Are the sentences true or false? Correct the false sentences.
ln our busy, stress-filled modern times, how do people meet
1 Over 50o/" of adults who aren't in a relationship think
that lnternet dating sites are a good way of meeting a Iife their life portner? ln Briioin, over 50% of single odults think thot
partner.
online doting provides the onswer. lnternet doting sites hove
2 A psychometric test consists of a personality profite, and become the most populor woy to meet people.
a hobbies and interests questionnaire.
5 But is the lnternet the ideol woy to find true love?'The doting
3 Psychometric tests were first used about L00 years ago.
4 Cathy tiked David the moment she saw him. ogencies think so. They ore using science in on ottempt to .
5 Simon had a lot in common with the women he met motch people more closely with suitoble portners. ln the post,
through online dating.
doiing ogencies iusi used o simple personoliiy profile, ond o
6 Dr Kenton thinks that psychometric testing witt hetp you
find someone with the opposite personatity to you. hobbies ond interests queslionnoire to put people together.
l0 Now however, more ond more of them ore using psychometric
lllililEIlf'M Find and complete the noun + preposition
tests. These detoiled psychologicol questionnoires were
combinations. Look in the text between lines 20 and 45.
developed by scientists ot the beginning of the twentieth
7 a chance 4 an interest
cenlury to recruit good spies for the First World Wor. Loter they
2 an attitude 5 take account
were used in business to find the righl people for the right
3 a date 6 an attraction
15 iobs. And now online doting ogencies ore using the some
ffi Read the comments about online dating. Work techniques. lf you logged on to o doling ogency todoy, you
in pairs. Discuss which are advantages and which are might hove to onswer over 200 questions obout yourself ond
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disadvantages of online dating.
the kind o{ person you would like io meet. lt would toke o very
1 lt's impossible to know if you are reaIty attracted to the
long time!
person until you actualty meet them.
2 You can find out a lot about a person before you meet. 20 But does it work?'Yes,'soys Dr Jon Fellowes, o senior reseorch
3 You can meet lots of potentia[ partners without leaving scientist ol one of lhe most populor ogencies. 'lt ollows us to
your home.
motch people for more closely with compotible portners, so thot
4 You have to fitt in a long psychological questionnaire.
'You there is o greoter chonce of success.'
5 can meet peopte from other countries.
6 You can't be sure if the other person is te[[ing the truth
about their sex, age or appearance.
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