大学生上“甜心干爹”网站挣学费

 　　Thousands of female students are paying off loans and fees by signing up to a dating website where they are paired off with rich men.

　　成千上万的女大学生通过注册交友网站和有钱人配对，来偿还贷款和学费。

　　They are signing up to the "sugar daddy" dating website in a bid to find a wealthy suitor to pay their tuition fees in return for "companionship".

　　她们注册交友网站“甜心干爹”，以“做伴”为答谢，寻找有钱的追求者为她们付学费。

　　The girls, known as "Sugar Babies", are promised the opportunity to earn up to ?3,000-a-month to accompany men - some older than their fathers - to restaurants and functions, as well as on weekends away and nights in hotels.

　　这些女孩被称为“甜心宝贝”，被许诺有机会一个月能赚到3000英镑，她们要做的就是陪伴男性出入饭店、聚会，还有周末出行并在酒店过夜，其中一些人比她们的爸爸还大。

　　甜心干爹

　　Brandon Wade¹, the founder² of Seeking Arrangement, claims 1.4 million profiles on his website belong to students worldwide, with the University of Westminster being the top college for new British sign-ups last year.

　　“Seeking Arrangement”网站的创始人布兰登?韦德称，该网站的注册用户中有140万为世界各地的学生，而去年英国新注册用户中，排名榜首的学校为威斯敏斯特大学。

　　Speaking to student newspaper The Tab, Mr Wade said: "Love is a concept made up by poor people."

　　在接受校刊The Tab采访时，韦德先生表示：“爱情不过是穷人编造出来的概念罢了。”

　　"At a time when graduates are guaranteed debt rather than a well-paying job, or even employment for that matter, Sugar Daddies are sought out for opportunity and not just financial stability."

　　“当毕业生负债累累，却找不到报酬丰厚的工作，甚至无法就业时，她们想到‘甜心干爹’，寻找机会，而不仅为了稳定的收入。”

　　"Four in ten graduates struggle to find work, while three-quarters won't be able to pay off debt."

　　“40%的大学毕业生找工作有困难，同时3/4的大学毕业生无法偿还贷款。”

　　"Sugaring not only aids in the cost of pursuing an education, but a large majority of these men and women will have a more solid financial situation upon graduation-maybe even a job."

　　“找干爹不仅可以给学生在追求教育的成本上提供帮助，而且其中大部分人能在毕业时拥有更厚实的经济条件，或许还能有份工作。”

　　According to their figures, the average sugar baby spends their allowance on rent, books and tuition fees.

　　根据他们的数据，“甜心宝贝”一般会把零用钱花在租金、书籍和学费上。

　　Vocabulary

　　companionship: 陪伴

　　sign-up: 注册

　　guarantee: 保证

　　pay off: 付清

　　allowance: 零用钱

1 wade   

v.跋涉，涉水；n.跋涉

参考例句：

• We had to wade through the river to the opposite bank.我们只好涉水过河到对岸。
• We cannot but wade across the river.我们只好趟水过去。

2 Founder   

n.创始者，缔造者

参考例句：

• He was extolled as the founder of their Florentine school.他被称颂为佛罗伦萨画派的鼻祖。
• According to the old tradition,Romulus was the founder of Rome.按照古老的传说，罗穆卢斯是古罗马的建国者。