Busier than usual,white collars eager to change jobs or marr

时间：2007-02-08 00:51:39

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Chinanews, Shanghai, Feb. 7 – As the Spring Festival (lunar New Year) is drawing near, some people are looking forward to it while others begin to worry how they can kill the time of the week-long holiday when everybody else is traveling somewhere or staying with their family members. The latter group of people are actually afraid of the long holiday. In Shanghai, a group of white collars1 now become even busier than usual at this time of the year: some are eager to change their jobs while others want to get married soon. Those who can’t tie the knot2 now would at least need to find someone now who can spend the long holiday with them.

 

Ms. Mei works3 in a state-owned company. But after the Spring Festival, she will quit her present job and work for a foreign IT company. She told this reporter that she started to look for her new job a year ago but she would stay in her present working post until after the Spring Festival, because she wanted to get her yearly4 bonus5 before leaving.

 

Like Ms. Mei, many white collars in Shanghai plan to hop6 to a new job at this particular time, wishing for a good start at the beginning of the new year.

 

For Ms. Qian, what concerns her most is how to find a boyfriend. She has decided7 to seek help from a matchmaking agent.

 

Ms. Qian, 29, is a charming8 woman and has a good job. Despite this, she still remains9 single. She said that this year, she would have to find a boyfriend to go home with her in order to make her parents and relatives happy. She has called the matchmaking agents nearly every day asking them to arrange10 for a dating for her.

 

Many matchmaking agents have a busy time at the end of the lunar year because many people, like Ms. Qian, are looking for a marriage partner to take home for the Spring Festival.

 

Those who don’t want to get married might post an article on websites looking for a friend who can spend the long holiday with them. A single young man recently posted an article on a website saying that he could be an “ideal candidate” for such business.

 

In order not to spend the holiday alone, Ms. Cheng, a 32-year-old single woman, recently posted an article on websites saying that she is looking for someone who can spend the Spring Festival with her.

 
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1 collars a83aa07301698996aefdcede7bc8ba7c     
衣领( collar的名词复数 )； 领子； （狗等的）项圈； （管子或机器部件的）圈
参考例句：
  • The best way to get stains off collars is to use liquid detergent at full strength. 去除领子上的污点最好的办法是使用未稀释的液体洗洁净。
  • Pedestrians had turned up collars, and trousers at the bottom. 行人们竖起了外套衣领，卷起了裤脚边。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
2 knot G9vzx     
n.结，难题，一小群；vi.打结；vt. 把...打成结，系牢，捆扎
参考例句：
  • He made a knot in the rope.他在绳子上打了个结。
  • The knot has come untied.扣儿开了。
3 works ieuzIh     
n.作品，著作；工厂，活动部件，机件
参考例句：
  • We expect writers to produce more and better works.我们期望作家们写出更多更好的作品。
  • The novel is regarded as one of the classic works.这篇小说被公认为是最优秀的作品之一。
4 yearly 0fxwM     
adj.每年的，一年一度的；adv.一年一次地
参考例句：
  • The flower show is a yearly event in our town.我们镇上的花展一年举行一次。
  • The yearly rental of her house is 2400 yuan.她这房子年租金是2400元。
5 bonus wtEzR     
n.奖金，红利
参考例句：
  • The workers expected to share out a year-end bonus.工人们期望年终分红。
  • The staff got a a special bonus payment.员工得到一笔特别发放的奖金。
6 hop vdJzL     
n.单脚跳，跳跃；vi.单脚跳，跳跃；着手做某事；vt.跳跃，跃过
参考例句：
  • The children had a competition to see who could hop the fastest.孩子们举行比赛，看谁单足跳跃最快。
  • How long can you hop on your right foot?你用右脚能跳多远？
7 decided lvqzZd     
adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的
参考例句：
  • This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
  • There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
8 charming 7wuzfa     
adj.迷人的，可爱的
参考例句：
  • She looked small and gentle and altogether charming.她看起来小巧文雅,十分迷人。
  • She has charming manners.她具有媚人的风姿。
9 remains 1kMzTy     
n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹
参考例句：
  • He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
  • The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。
10 arrange kvxz7     
vt.安排，整理，计划，改编(乐曲)；vi.协商，计划
参考例句：
  • He began to arrange the flowers in the vase.他开始把花瓶内的花摆好。
  • We must arrange about that.这事我们得安排一下。

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