Why you should date the short guy | Amy Chan | TEDxVancouver

🎯 聽之前

A relationship expert argues that modern dating filters have produced a "relationship recession": we screen people out before we ever meet them. The lesson is how English talks about preferences, standards, and second looks.

• What is the difference she draws between a standard and a filter?
• Which three forces does she say work against connection, and where do they come from?
• How does she talk about the brain: wiring, programming, habit?
• Listen for economics words used about love: recession, market, supply.

💬 重點句 6

先讀英文，想一下意思，再點「翻譯」。按 🔊 聽一次，然後跟著唸。

1. A dealbreaker is a standard until it is just a shortcut.
   🔊 唸 翻譯
   底線是標準，直到它只剩下一條捷徑。

   until 讓前句的評價反轉。just 弱化。
2. We filter for height and then wonder why the room feels empty.
   🔊 唸 翻譯
   我們用身高篩人，然後納悶房間怎麼空了。

   filter for + 條件。and then wonder why 自嘲語氣。
3. Chemistry does not show up in a profile. It shows up late, after the second coffee.
   🔊 唸 翻譯
   化學反應不會出現在個人檔案裡，它來得晚，第二杯咖啡之後。

   show up = 出現。late, after… 補充說明。
4. A preference you never question is a wall you never notice.
   🔊 唸 翻譯
   一個你從不質疑的偏好，就是一堵你從不注意的牆。

   兩個 you never 平行結構。
5. Swiping trains the thumb faster than it trains the heart.
   🔊 唸 翻譯
   滑動訓練拇指的速度，比訓練心快。

   faster than it trains 比較結構。
6. Give the wrong type one evening and see what the type was protecting you from.
   🔊 唸 翻譯
   給「不是你的型」一個晚上，看看那個「型」原本在保護你不碰什麼。

   祈使句 + and see。protect from + 名詞。

📚 單字 10

點卡片翻面。先猜意思再翻。

🗣️ 俚語與成語 6

🧩 句型練習 3

讀完範例，用自己的事造一句。寫在筆記本或手機備忘錄裡，隔天回頭唸一次。

✅ 理解題 4

看完影片再作答。選一個答案會立刻顯示解釋。

1. What is the difference between a standard and a shortcut, in the first key sentence?
   NoneA standard protects something; a shortcut just saves effortA shortcut is stricterA standard is about height
   The sentence tracks the moment a value becomes a lazy filter.
2. What does "settle for" mean?
   To move houseTo accept less than you wantedTo argueTo pay a bill
   Settling for is accepting a compromise you resent.
3. Where does chemistry show up, according to the lesson?
   In the profile photoLate, after meetingIn the height fieldNever
   It is discovered in person, not screened for.
4. "Tick all the boxes" means:
   To fill in a form badlyTo meet every requirementTo reject everyoneTo be out of your league
   Every box is checked; the lesson adds that boxes are not a person.

💭 用英文想一想

挑一題，用英文寫 3 到 5 句，或對著手機錄一分鐘。不用完美，說出來最重要。

• List your dealbreakers. Which protect something real, and which are shortcuts?
• Describe a friend you would have "swiped left" on. What did the filter miss?
• Write three sentences about a preference using until, and then, and see what.