2014年高考英语阅读理解素材：30 美国兴起新式约会 费洛蒙约会素材 .docVIP

美国兴起新式约会 费洛蒙约会 美国纽约、洛杉矶等城市最近兴起了一种名为激素约会的方式，参与约会的单身男女，先不与对方见面，而是闻一下对方的T恤之后，再决定要不要继续下去。据说两人相投的话，他们的气味也会相互喜欢。 ? Sniff your way to love? Singles who have attended so-called pheromone（费洛蒙） parties havent ruled it out. ? The get-togethers - which have been held in New York and Los Angeles and are planned for other cities - ask guests to submit a slept-in T-shirt that will be smelled by other participants. ? Then, voila! You can pick your partner based on scent, of so the theory goes. ? The parties started out as an experimental matchmaking fest by a California woman weary of online dating, but it turns out they also have a root in science. Researchers have shown that humans can use scent to sort out genetic combinations that could lead to weaker offspring. ? At a dimly-lit art gallery in Los Angeles on a recent night, partygoers huddled around several tables covered with plastic freezer bags stuffed with shirts and an index card bearing a number. Once they found one they liked, a photographer snapped a picture of them holding the bag and projected it onto a wall so the shirts rightful owner could step forward and meet his or her odors admirer. ? Konstantin Bakhurin, a 25-year-old neuroscience graduate student, said he bypassed the bags that smelled like baby powder or laundry detergent or perfume in search of something more unique: the owner of a distinctive yellow-T-shirt whose fragrance（香味） he described as spicy. ? I think its probably a bit more pseudoscience, said Bakhurin, who attended with two fellow graduate students from University of California, Los Angeles. I just kind of came here for kicks to see what would happen. ? The parties are a marked contrast to the proliferation of online dating sites, which demand countless details from singles, and in some ways are taking romance back to its most primal beginnings. ? Judith Prays, a web developer who now lives in Atlanta, said she came up with the idea for pheromone parties after she failed to find a match online. P