托福阅读背景知识（二）

三、托福阅读背景知识：你将在何时摆脱单身

　　Website uses an algorithm to predict when you will find The One (or whether you're destined to stay single).

　　有一个网站能利用某种算法来预测：你什么时候才能找到另一半(或者你注定只能单身一辈子了)。

　　It's a dilemma that many young couples will relate to - whether to stay in their relationship, settle down, or keep their options open by playing the field.

　　很多小情侣都面对着这样的两难抉择——到底是去领回红本本，让感情稳定下来，还是继续就这么处着，骑“驴”找“马”。

　　And now a new personality test claims to have found the answer, in the form of a complicated algorithm based on science, data, and a very detailed questionnaire.

　　如今，一种新的性格测试声称，它利用科学方法、各种数据和一个非常细化的问卷调查，推导出了一个复杂的算法——这个算法能帮你找到答案。

　　Nanaya.co was set up by Rashied Amini, a former NASA systems engineer from Saint Louis, Missouri, in a bid to prove to his then-girlfriend that they should stay together.

　　该网站(Nanaya.co)由来自密苏里州圣路易斯的莱士德•阿米尼创建，他曾是美国宇航局(NASA)的系统工程师。他建这个网站的最初目的，是为了向他当时的女友证明，他们应该继续待在一起。

　　Although the pair eventually went their separate ways, Rashied insists that his method can predict your chances of finding your soulmate, when you should settle down, and even how happy you will be in a future relationship.

　　虽然最终他们还是分手了，但莱士德坚持认为，他的方法能帮人们预测找到另一半的几率有多大、什么时候感情可以稳定下来，甚至还能预测你在未来的那段感情中会有多幸福。