高校开设恋爱课程，能让这一代韩国年轻人走出课堂出去约会吗？

 导读 

近年来，韩国东国大学、庆熙大学、世宗大学等多所高校纷纷开设恋爱相关课程，希望以此扭转年轻一代对传统家庭生活的回避趋势。据报道，韩国人结婚年龄持续推后，婚姻登记数量逐年降低，新生儿生育率创历史新低。面对繁重的学业和工作压力，很多韩国年轻人选择放弃求偶、婚姻和生育，成为“三抛”世代。在经济持续低迷和失业率居高不下的社会背景下，高校开设恋爱课程，能让这一代韩国年轻人走出课堂出去约会吗？

本篇课程首发于2019年5月7日，选自 The Wall Street Journal

https://www.wsj.com/articles/failing-at-love-maybe-its-time-for-classes-

作者：Mary Ryu

文本难度：★★★☆☆

话题难度：★★☆☆☆

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 英文原文 

Failing at Love? Maybe It’s Time for Classes

不会谈恋爱？也许是时候上上课了

① Lee In-ji, a 21-year-old college student, found herself flirting with a young man recently.

21岁的大学生李尹芝（音译）发觉，最近自己正在与一位年轻男子调风弄月。

② Ms. Lee wasn’t hoping for a date—she was gunning for grades at Dongguk University’s “An Introduction to Dating.” The course, one of several dozen now offered at South Korean universities, teaches the basics of love in a country that’s convinced more schooling can solve many of life’s problems.

李女士并不期望一场约会——她只是为了在东国大学的《约会入门课》上斩获高分。在这样一个深信加强教育就能解决许多人生问题的国家，这门课讲授关于恋爱的基本知识，类似的课程在韩国各高校已设有几十门。

③ The world isn’t lacking in romantic advice, judging by the covers of magazines, online matchmaking services and “pick-up artist” boot camps taught by self-proclaimed experts. Grades-obsessed South Korea has added a new twist by making the exercise literally academic.

从各种杂志封面、线上配对服务和由所谓“专家”授课的“把妹达人”训练营来看，如今世上并不缺乏关于爱情的建议。痴迷于分数的韩国人又带来了一个新的改变，将恋爱真正放到了学术的层面。

④ Some of the dating lessons have slotted into stodgy sociology courses. Other universities have created or adapted courses to focus more on romance. The classes often fill up in seconds—or less.

有一些约会课被归入了枯燥的社会学课程中。其他一些学校则创造了新的课程或调整了现有的课程，把重心更多地放在恋爱上。这些课程往往用不了几秒就人数爆满。

⑤ So are young Koreans bad at dating? Yes, and the education obsession is a big reason, argues Lee Myung-gil, a 39-year-old dating coach. Many of his fresh-faced clients lack the ability to walk up to a person they like and express their feelings.

那么，韩国的年轻人真的不擅长约会吗？39岁的约会教练李明吉（音译）表示的确如此，而且对教育的痴迷就是一个重要的原因。他许多面带稚气的学员都没有能力走向喜欢的人并表达自己的情感。

⑥ It’s an issue that’s got officialdom heartbroken, too. South Korea’s marriage rate has sunk to 45-year lows, and its birth rate ranks last among developed countries. Some believe university-level coaching could finally unleash Cupid’s arrow.

这个问题也让韩国官方焦心不已。韩国的结婚率已降至45年来的新低，出生率则排在发达国家之末。许多人相信，大学层次的教导终将让丘比特之箭脱弦而出。

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 语言点学习 

▍生词好句

fail at sth. 做某事不成功、不及格

find oneself doing sth. 意识到自己在做某事（doing something without deciding or intending to do it）

flirt with sb. 和某人打情骂俏、调情玩闹

gun for sth. 用极大的决心去寻找或争取……（to seek out or strive for something determinedly）；用枪来进行搜索捕杀……

offer a course 开设课程

convince /kənˈvɪns/ vt. 说服；使信服

be lack in sth. 缺少……

lacking /ˈlækɪŋ/ adj. 缺少；缺乏

matchmaking /ˈmætʃˌmeɪkɪŋ/ n. 配对

pick-up artist 把妹达人

boot camp 新兵训练营

exercise /ˈeksəsaɪz, ˈeksərsaɪz/ n. 有特定目的的某个行为或者活动（an activity carried out for a specific purpose）

slot into /slɒt, slɑːt/ 被放入……（fit easily into）

stodgy /ˈstɒdʒi, ˈstɑːdʒi/ adj. 枯燥乏味的

fill up 爆满

argue /ˈɑːɡjuː, ˈɑːrɡjuː/ vt. 争论；辩驳

fresh-faced /ˈfreʃfeɪst/ adj. 面带稚气的；不谙世事

officialdom /əˈfɪʃəldəm/ n. 官员；官场；官僚

unleash /ʌnˈliːʃ/ vt. 松开；释放

Cupid’s arrow 爱神之箭

▍词汇拓展

1. fail at sth. 做某事不成功、不及格

· fall in love 坠入爱河

I failed at mathematics.

我数学不及格。

I’m falling in love with you.

我爱上你了。

He’s falling in love with his neighbor.

他爱上他的邻居了。

2. flirt with sb. 和某人打情骂俏、调情玩闹

Please stop hitting on me. I’ve got a boyfriend.

Please stop flirting with me. I’ve got a boyfriend.

请别再撩我了，我有男朋友。

3. find oneself doing sth. 意识到自己在做某事（doing something without deciding or intending to do it）

Hi, I find myself in an embarrassing situation. I accidentally scheduled two lunch dates for today.

我突然发现情况有些尴尬：我今天一不小心约了两顿午饭。

4. offer a course 开设课程

How many courses do they offer this term?

这学期学校开了几门课？

This course will not be offered next term.

下学期不开这门课。

5. be lacking in sth. 缺少……

· lacking /ˈlækɪŋ/ adj. 缺少的；不足的

lack /læk/ vt./n. 缺少

a lack of sth. 缺少……

There is a lack of water in the city.

这个城市缺水。

6. It’s actually your brain running a complex series of calculations within a matter of seconds that’s responsible for determining attraction.

其实是你的大脑在几秒钟内做出的一系列复杂运算，决定了一个人对你的吸引力。

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