Part 1: You will hear a short extract about online dating.

Write NO
MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each blank.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUB2MlxSEWE&t

 How do you find love? The answers to this varied from (1) __________________ to meeting a
partner at work. Yet now for many people, it starts online.
 In1995, the website Match.com launched and the (2) _______________________ namely Grindr
launched in 2009. But advertising for a partner dated back to the 17 th century, after the advent
of newspaper. Until 1965, Operation Match invented by (3) ___________________ matched
people based on a (4) ___________________.
 The way people fall in love hasn’t changed but apps have changed the way we search: when you
get a connection or a match, you get a (5) ____________________.
 In 2019, users (6) ____________ more than $2.2 billion on apps, with the fastest growth of
Chinese app – Tantan. But Tinder is the leader in the overall spend, with its (7)
________________________ options generating the most income. It comes only after Netflix
with regard to (8) _________________.
 More (9) ________________ are also created, focused on (10) ____________________, religion,
preference for facial hair or people living in the rural areas. And there is Lumen – an app for the
people aged 50s.

KEY
1. TRADITIONAL MATCHMAKING
2. GAY DATING APP
3. HARVARD UNDERGRADUATES
4. QUESTIONNAIRE
5. DOPAMINE HIT
 Dopamine /ˈdəʊpəmiːn/: a hormone (= chemical substance) that is made naturally in
the body and may also be given as a drug
6. SPLURGED  
 Splurge /splɜːdʒ/: to spend a lot of money on buying goods, especially expensive goods
7. UPGRADE AND SUBSCRIPTION
8. CONSUMER SPEND
9. NICHE APPS
 Niche  /niːʃ/ (adj): interesting to, aimed at, or affecting only a small number of people
10. SEXUAL ORIENTATION