Reporter: So internet dating might have transformed the way many people look for love and become socially acceptable(社會接受), but some feel there's one activity an online profile or a newspaper ad can never replicate(複製): good, old-fashioned, flirting.
Jean Smith is an American anthropologist(人類學家) and flirting coach. Kelly is single. She has tried online dating, but feels her one-to-one flirting skills need improving.(提高)
Kelly: Excuse me... hi there.
Man: I don't have time, sorry.
Kelly: OK, thank you.
You still have to flirt online, but via(通過) the medium of writing(寫作語言) and that's completely different from trying to strike up a conversation(跟人吵架) with somebody, in person.
Reporter: This exercise(演習) involves(涉及) chatting to strangers.
Jean Smith: When we first start doing this, you're going to feel a bit awkward(尷尬的), a bit uncomfortable.
Kelly: A bit silly(傻傻的, 滑稽的, 無聊的).
Jean Smith: Part of flirting is having the confidence(信心, 自信) of letting someone know that you're interested. And British people, in my experience, are way too hesitant(猶豫的) and so both people leave and think... oh God, I wish I would have said something.
Why don't you ask him can he recommend a good restaurant around here?
Kelly: Could you recommend anywhere nice to eat around here?
That went really well.
Jean Smith: Yeah, I know. I was, like, OK Kelly!
Reporter: Whether it's through an advert(廣告) or chance encounter(巧遇), the meeting of two strangers can be life-changing and for this flirting expert at least, if you want it to happen, you've got to seize the day(抓住(優勢)).
Tim Muffett, BBC News from http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/wordsinthenews/2011/02/110214_witn_flirting_page.shtml
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