翻译资格练习题社会记实篇附答案五

　　据路透社2月14日报道，这所接吻学校是美国一位精神治疗医师切丽·伯德所创办的。伯德女士今年56岁，她和一个接吻时非常笨拙的男人约会后，萌生了教人接吻的念头。伯德说：“哦，讨厌！他接吻时是那么笨拙、毫无技巧、缺乏热情。我告诉他，如果他想继续发展的话，就必须让我教他如何接吻。”

　　报道说，伯德自认为是一个“甘美的接吻者”；她最终和那个男人分手了，但却在1998年创办了接吻学校，专门教夫妻或恋人们接吻的技巧和艺术。每对情侣需付275美元才能学到伯德的激情接吻秘诀。从创办至今，已经有500多对情侣来接吻学校学习。

　　报道还介绍了接吻学校里上课时的情形：每堂课上平均约有10几对情侣，他们的脚首先互相摩擦，然后跳背对背的舞蹈，然后轻柔地吻对方的手。接下来是吻脖子、耳朵，最后嘴唇吻合。教室里播放着轻柔的音乐，在情侣们逐步进行练习的过程中，伯德不时用平静、带有呼吸声的嗓音告诉“学员”们每一步的要领。

　　来这里学习的情侣们大多数在近40岁至50多岁之间。并且多数已婚。伯德说，有些情侣远道而来，从美国各地以及非洲、韩国等国家和地区来这里学习接吻。报道说，这大概是世界上第一所教人接吻的学校。

There's more to a kiss than meets the lips, as couples are learning at a kissing school in Seattle.

Psychotherapist Cherie Byrd, 56, got the idea for teaching kissing classes while dating a man who was a horrible kisser.

"Yuck. He was clumsy, unskilled and half-hearted," Byrd said. "I told him if he wanted the relationship to continue he had to let me teach him to kiss."

The boyfriend didn't last, but Byrd, a self-described "luscious kisser," said that gave her the idea to teach the art and craft of kissing to other couples. Since 1998, more than 500 couples have paid $275 to learn Byrd's secrets for giving or receiving a passionate kiss.

On a typical class day, up to a dozen couples create "love nests" with sleeping bags and overstuffed pillows on the carpeted floor of the classroom.

Each class begins with foot rubs, back-to-back dancing and tender kisses on the hand. Students slowly graduate to neck nibbles, ear exploration and finally lip locks.

As Byrd guides couples through exercises, such as kissing only the bottom lip or licking an ear, soft music plays. In a calm, breathy voice she tells them to "tease, surrender and risk" touching their partner in ways they've never tried before.

Most are married and in their late 30s to mid-50s. Some couples have come from as far away as Africa, Korea and cities all over the United States, Byrd said.