雅典人爱调情 当选世界“最轻浮城市”

 　雅典人爱调情 当选世界“最轻浮城市”

The home of Socrates, Plato and Aristotle is the "most flirtatious² city" of the modern world, a new study showed on Monday.

　　周一发布的一项新调查显示，苏格拉底、柏拉图和亚里士多德的故乡雅典当选为现代世界中的“最轻浮城市”。

　　Athens topped a "World Flirtation³ League," which ranked cities by the number of online flirtations initiated⁴ per month by the average user in each on online social networking site.

　　雅典名列“世界轻浮城市”之首，这些“轻浮城市”是在线社交网站根据每个城市的用户平均每月发起的在线调情次数来排名的。

　　Moscow came second, while Rome placed 8th and Madrid 31st, Paris 38th, London 57th, Berlin 79th, and New York 89th in the study of nearly 200 cities across the world in which Badoo analyzed⁵ 12 million flirtatious contacts made during a month, with 108 million users chatting and flirting⁶ in 180 countries.

　　网站对全世界180个国家的1.08亿网络用户1个月内的网上聊天记录进行了研究，分析了其中1200万条调情对话，并籍此对全球200座城市进行排名。在榜单中，莫斯科排第二，罗马第八，马德里排第31位，巴黎38位，伦敦第57位，柏林第79位，纽约第89位。

　　The Lonely Planet Encounter Guide to Athens author Victoria Kyriakopoulous said the results are hardly surprising as the Greek capital is a seductive city, with a hedonisticlifestyle.

　　《孤独星球旅行指南：雅典篇》一书的作者维多利亚 凯莉科坡露斯说，这个结果并不令人感到意外，因为作为希腊首都，雅典一直都是一座很诱人的城市，这儿的人们奉行快乐主义的生活方式。

　　"Athenians love to party and they love to talk," she said. "Flirting and sexual banterare not just a means to an end but part of social interaction."

　　她说：“雅典人喜欢聚会，也爱好交谈。调情和黄色玩笑并不是达到目的的一种手段，而是社会交际的一部分。”

　　She said the internet is just a new means to the age-old dance of attraction and love.

　　她说以前人们通过跳舞来展现魅力，表达爱意，而网络只不过是一种新的“调情”媒介。

　　"Old people flirt¹, married people flirt, now young people are simply using technology to do what Athenians have always done."

　　“老人会调情，已婚之人会调情，现在的年轻人只不过使用新科技做了雅典人常做的事情而已。”

　　The average Badoo user in Athens initiated 25.7 online flirtations per month -- over twice as many as in Rio (12.4) Warsaw (12.1) or Prague (12.6) and far more than in Paris (20.7), London (19.0), Berlin (17.7) or New York (16.1).

　　在雅典，平均每个Badoo用户每月发起25.7次网上调情——是里约（12.4次）、华沙（12.1次）和布拉格（12.6次）的两倍多；远超过巴黎（20.7次）、伦敦（19.0次）和纽约（16.1次）的调情次数。

　　Tunis, birthplace of the "Jasmine Revolution," is among three Arab cities (with Kuwait and Beirut) to make the world top 10, along with three former Soviet⁷ ones (Moscow, Kiev and Baku in Azerbaijan) and three Italian (Turin, Rome and Bari).

　　“茉莉花革命”的发生地突尼斯是三个进入榜单前十的阿拉伯城市之一，另外两个是科威特和贝鲁特。前十名中还有三个前苏联城市：莫斯科、基辅和阿塞拜疆的巴库，以及三个意大利城市：都灵、罗马和巴里。

　　Plato said "Love is a serious mental disease." The great man never shared his views on online flirting but he knew something at least about offline flirting, said Simon Hardy⁸, British academic and author of "The Greeks, Eroticismand Ourselves."

　　柏拉图说，“爱情是严重的精神疾病。”英国学者西蒙 哈代说，这位伟大的哲学家从来没有谈过他对网上调情的看法，但是他至少对网下调情有所了解。西蒙 哈代是《希腊人、情欲和我们自己》的作者。

　　He said ancient Athenians may have honedthe art of flirtation at drinking parties known as symposia⁹, drinking parties where men flirted¹⁰ with dancing girls among other entertainment.

　　他说古雅典人的调情技巧可能是在一种名为“会饮”的酒会上磨练出来的。在“会饮”中，男士跟跳舞的女士调情，作为一种娱乐消遣的方式。

　　"It is probably fair to say that the Athenians perfectedthe art of flirtation in ancient times, especially at the time of symposia described by Plato."

　　“我们可以这样认为，雅典人在古代、特别是在柏拉图所描绘的‘会饮’时代完善了自身的调情技巧。”

1 flirt   

v.调情，挑逗，调戏；n.调情者，卖俏者

参考例句：

• He used to flirt with every girl he met.过去他总是看到一个姑娘便跟她调情。
• He watched the stranger flirt with his girlfriend and got fighting mad.看着那个陌生人和他女朋友调情，他都要抓狂了。

2 flirtatious   

adj.爱调情的，调情的，卖俏的

参考例句：

• a flirtatious young woman 卖弄风情的年轻女子
• Her flirtatious manners are intended to attract. 她的轻浮举止是想引人注意。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 flirtation   

n.调情，调戏，挑逗

参考例句：

• a brief and unsuccessful flirtation with the property market 对房地产市场一时兴起、并不成功的介入
• At recess Tom continued his flirtation with Amy with jubilant self-satisfaction. 课间休息的时候，汤姆继续和艾美逗乐，一副得意洋洋、心满意足的样子。 来自英汉文学 - 汤姆历险

4 initiated   

n. 创始人 adj. 新加入的 vt. 开始，创始，启蒙，介绍加入

参考例句：

• He has not yet been thoroughly initiated into the mysteries of computers. 他对计算机的奥秘尚未入门。
• The artist initiated the girl into the art world in France. 这个艺术家介绍这个女孩加入巴黎艺术界。

5 analyzed   

v.分析( analyze的过去式和过去分词 )；分解；解释；对…进行心理分析

参考例句：

• The doctors analyzed the blood sample for anemia. 医生们分析了贫血的血样。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The young man did not analyze the process of his captivation and enrapturement, for love to him was a mystery and could not be analyzed. 这年轻人没有分析自己蛊惑著迷的过程，因为对他来说，爱是个不可分析的迷。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 flirting   

v.调情，打情骂俏( flirt的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• Don't take her too seriously; she's only flirting with you. 别把她太当真，她只不过是在和你调情罢了。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• 'she's always flirting with that new fellow Tseng!" “她还同新来厂里那个姓曾的吊膀子！ 来自子夜部分

7 Soviet   

adj.苏联的，苏维埃的；n.苏维埃

参考例句：

• Zhukov was a marshal of the former Soviet Union.朱可夫是前苏联的一位元帅。
• Germany began to attack the Soviet Union in 1941.德国在1941年开始进攻苏联。

8 hardy   

adj.勇敢的，果断的，吃苦的；耐寒的

参考例句：

• The kind of plant is a hardy annual.这种植物是耐寒的一年生植物。
• He is a hardy person.他是一个能吃苦耐劳的人。

9 symposia   

座谈会，评论集； 讨论会( symposium的名词复数 )； 专题讨论会； 研讨会； 小型讨论会

参考例句：

• Two symposia are scheduled for the ESC Congress 2007 on this subject. 在这个领域，两个会议被安排在2007ESC大会上。
• Moreover, the coordinator participated in four international conferences and symposia, gave talks or showed papers. 此外，项目执行期间，参加了四次国际学术研讨会，作了分组报告或论文展示。

10 flirted   

v.调情，打情骂俏( flirt的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• She flirted her fan. 她急速挥动着扇子。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• During his four months in Egypt he flirted with religious emotions. 在埃及逗留的这四个月期间，他又玩弄起宗教情绪来了。 来自辞典例句