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前几天，奶茶刘若英突然神秘宣布结婚了，引起大家热议。的确，这是一个什么都讲求效率的时代，相亲、恋爱、结婚也不例外。想知道闪电约会、闪电恋爱、闪电结婚用英语怎么表达吗？这三个概念又有那些渊源、趣闻？请继续往下看吧： Speed dating是由犹太人的一项习俗或仪式衍生而来的，它的目的只有一个，那就是在最短的时间里，认识最多的异性。 Speed dating is a method of meeting potential partners in which each participant has only about 5 minutes to talk to each of his or her dates before being moved on to the next one. At the end of the event, participants decide which dates they would like to see again. 参加闪电约会的人通过一连 串约5分钟的简短交谈可以和较多的异性进行一对一的接触。活动结束后，参与者再向自己感兴趣的异性提出再次见面的邀请。 HBO影集《欲望城市》第三季Don't Ask, Don't Tell这一集，就是在演Miranda参加闪电约会。以下是speed dating的例句： In an episode of Sex and the City, Miranda goes speed-dating, only to discover that her law career is a turn-off to the guys. 而德国则开设“相亲特快”，帮助人们speed dating Deutsche Bahn, Germany's national railway operator, has announced a speed-dating ride on the eve of Valentine’s Day aboard its so-called "Flirt-Express" train to help hopeless romantics find a partner. Lonely hearts are encouraged to ride the train's special speed-dating carriages serving 15 stations in 10 major cities and flirt with a passenger every 5 minutes until he or she finds a potential sweetheart. | 
