A．frankB．kindC．hard workingD．criticalFrom the author’s ……
第二篇
On Being a Matchmaker
The first thing I do when I wake up is to make a mental list of all things
I have to do that day. I’m very organized! Then I get up and have my bath. Often
my best matchmaking(媒人) ideas come while I’m in the bath. Sometimes I have a
really good idea about who might be good with whom. Before I
did matchmaking , I was a social worker, but I knew I wanted to do something
without bosses telling me what to do and that I am good at dealing with people.
Also I had seen too many broken marriages and too many people go downhill
because they were so lonely. So I gave up my job, did a bit of research and
started the matchmaking business in 1970. Over the last few
years we’ve been doing introductions throughout Europe as well as here in
Britain. Europeans want to meet British people. For every 100 people who come to
us, about 65 will settle down. We keep going until clients (委托人) find someone
that they get on very well with. We’re great triers. Of course there are
impossible people, those who will never settle... Sometimes I
end up giving advice to clients. A few months ago, we had a highly paid
scientist with a very nice face, but every woman refused to meet him a second
time. It soon became clear that he did not like changing his shirts. So I had to
be very honest and frank and told him, "But a woman can’t start to love you if
your shirt smells. " The job is most satisfying when I get a call from a couple
telling me they have fallen in love.
From the author’s experience given in the last paragraph, we can conclude that to be a good matchmaker, sometimes it is better for one to be______.
