America’s latest strategy(对策)for single persons who don’t want to be single any longer has many names：speed-dating，express-date，10-minute-dating or simply mini date．
The principle(原则)is the same：Why spend an 1 evening with a stranger 2 you realize after only the first few minutes that you can’t 3 the person?
The solution(解决办法)：The man and woman sit down 4 each other．A bell is sounded, and in the next 7 to 10 minutes each one tries to find out as much as possible about the 5 persons．When the bell 6 off a second time, the men stand up and move 7 to the next female．
At such a meeting in San Francisco 8 ,some 200 men and women between the ages of 30 and 60 had a 9 expression on their faces; in two long 10 opposite each other．The signal was given, and then almost everybody started 11 away．
RichardGosse, 12 of”American Singles,”says this is the fastest, most effective and at the moment“ 13 ”way to search for a partner．Minute-dates have become a 14 everywhere from computer fans in Silicon Valley to gays in San Francisco to the suburbs of Chicago．Gosse says the quick method to get to know each other is helpful above all for 15 singles who are not brave enough to speak to a stranger in a bar．
His 16 ．Don’t talk about money, your weight or about your former partner, but 17 about your dreams, desires and hobbies．
Most speed-dating meetings cost about US$25 per evening, 18 a person to get to know 15 to 20 people 19 the opposite sex．Speed－dating is so much in demand in America that most meetings are 20 out weeks and months in advance．
