Online Dating

According to Cambridge, online dating is a way of starting a romantic relationship on the internet, by giving information about yourself or replying to someone else's information. 
History of online dating does not date back to 80’s.

The first online dating site is matchmaker.com founded in 1986. It wasn’t  actually established for dating, the site’s original aim was pen-pal for everyone.  However, online dating industry has become so common that almost everyone has clicked to them once.

There are a lot of sites which  make profit from this phenomenon. Here’s the best ones (according to http://www.marieclaire.co.uk )  and their mottos to attract people’s attention:

 1. www.tastebuds.fm  

• Meet people through music"

2. doingsomething

• “dating’s more fun when you’re doing something”

3.      http://www.muddymatches.co.uk/

• “The Rural Online Dating Site for Single Farmers, Rural Singles, Equestrian Singles and Country Friends”

4.      http://www.pof.com/

• “50,000 New Singles Per Day!”

5.      http://www.beautifulpeople.com/en-UK

• “Online dating for beautiful people only"

6.      http://www.mysinglefriend.com/

• “matchmaking our friends”

7.      http://www.lovestruck.com/london/

• “where busy people click”

8.      http://uk.match.com/

• “where it starts”

9.      http://www.datingforparents.com/

• “You’re there for family. We’re there for you.”

10.  http://personaldatingagent.com/

• “Dating can be easy”

In Turkey, more and more people try to find love through online dating sites. One of the biggest dating sites in Turkey (siberalem.com) states that their users has risen from 3 million to almost 7 million people in 10 years. Half of single people in U.S. try to find a date online and the situation in Turkey is getting similar to this.

In U.S.:

Total number of single people in the U.S.	54,250,000
Total number of people in the U.S. who have tried online dating	41,250,000
Annual revenue from the online dating industry	$1,249,000,000
Average length of courtship for marriages that met online	18.5 Months
Average length of courtship for marriages that met offline	42 Months
Percent of male online dating users	52.4 %
Percent of female online dating users	47.6 %
What’s more important on a first date
Personality	30 %
Smile & Looks	23 %
Sense of Humor	14 %
Career & Education	10 %

There are two sides of this situation. Some people think that online dating is a bad idea while some think that it’s great and it works.

Top 10 Reasons Why Dating Online is a Bad Idea

10.Lack of durability

9. May Get Awkward In Person

8. Physical Appearance: Not Enough

7. Desperacy

6. Lack of Seriousness

5. Can It Be Love In The Real Sense?

4. Virtual People

3. Insecurity

2. Loyalty

1. Trust

10 Good Reasons to Try Online Dating in 2013

1: You're working and your free time is limited
2: You're older and feel uncomfortable being out in public looking for a man
3: You can present yourself in the best light
4: You're on a limited budget,going out costs money. Access to men online is a bargain in comparison.
5: Information is at your fingertips. Check out a man anonymously and decide whether you want to learn more.
6: You have children and want to protect them
7: You live in the suburbs
8: You live i a small town and are worried that the choice of local men is so limited
9: You're shy and feel awkward at parties. You're much better with one-on-one conversation.
10: You know what you'd like your future to be

Before you comment, we want to ask a question! :)
If you signed up an online dating site, what would be your nickname?

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Rewrite of The Reflection Task 2A

    You might probably hear about the movie "Amelie" (original title: Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain). 
   It is a romantic comedy film about a girl named Amelie, and her way to discover what is love. I want to give information about this film.
   I chose this topic because I love this movie and I can watch it over and over again. I personally think that the topic of the film is really interesting but we can all find something in it. We sometimes lose our way and try new things to find what we're looking for. We all see the characters of the movie in our everyday life.


 

    Amelie has an interesting family. Her parents raises her believing that she has a heart disease. They do not let her contact with other children, so they home school her. In those times, Amelie sets a really interesting fantasy world to be able to bear all the weird things around her. After her mother's death, she leaves home and starts a job as a waitress in Café des 2 Moulins. Amelie loves to plan a lot of things that affect thousands of lives. She tries to encourage people to follow their dreams. When she starts accompanying Mr. Dufayel, he starts to encourage Amelie to follow the young man who collects discarded photographes. After interesting series of events, they start a really cute relationsip with this mysterious man.

   "So, little Amelie, your bones aren't made of glass. You can take life's knocks. If you let this chance go by, eventually your heart will become as dry and brittle as my skeleton. So... Go and get him, for pete's sake!" (Raymond Dufayel)


  


After a brief display of Amelie, I want to share information about this interesting movie.

Soundtracks of Amelie are really attracting. Many people know about them although they haven't seen the movie yet. Music composer of the film is Yann Tiersen, a French musician. He gained a global recognition thanks to Amelie.

• The cafe where Amelie works really exists in Paris. Its name is Les Deux Moulins.

• Audrey Tauto has played Amelie's character. She is a French actress. She achieved an international fame thanks to this role.
• Amelie's mother dies when a woman jumps from a building and lands on the mother.

 (Amélie Poulain)

Rewrite of The Reflection Task 1B

   Hello, today I will introduce you to a singer and a pianist whose voice I've fallen in love. Her name is Dominique Dillon de Byington, but she uses just "Dillon" as her stage name. She was born in 1988, Sao Paolo, Brazil but she has been living in Germany since she was 5 years old. 

   She describes her family as "Brazilian Brazilian" although her great great ancestors came from England and Ireland, that's why she has a long British surname. She lives in Germany but she writes in English. That's because she went to a British college after she was 11. She learned everything from biology to algebra in English. 

   



She began making music when she was still in her teens.  She started to be recognized when she posted her homemade performances on YouTube. For her debut album, she worked with a Turkish guy, Tamer Fahri Özgönenc. Finally, "This Silence Kills" was released in November 2011. 







  I discovered her while I was listening to different song recommends on Youtube coming across with her "Thirteen Thirtyfive".

 As her name, her voice is unique. You cannot focus on lyrics while you listen to her. You are just possessed by her enchanting  voice. Besides her voice, lyrics of her songs also make you feel really complicated. While you smile, you can also feel broken-hearted. 

  "This must end here

Before I lose my voice over you.

This must end here

Before I lose myself in you."

(Dillon - The Undying Need To Scream)

Video Task

Christmas Icon Reform (click to open)

This video is about different types of Christmas Icons from different places and opinions about how they affect these societies.

Self-Evaluation:

  I chose this video because it makes me smile and also think. It is a really different perspective and one cannot see the success of countries from this way. Culture has a really big impact on socities and I think it can also affect countries' destinies.

  In this task, I think choosing a video is the hardest thing. When you finally choose something, everything seems easy. The experience of trying to prepare questions feels like a real teacher. It's a different and enjoyable task. :) 

Questions: 

Is there any compound-complex sentence in this video?

Give an example of an interrogative sentence from the video.

Vocabulary:

intact:

jovial:

comes round:

Open-ended questions:

Do you think a Christmas Icon reform can change the succes of the U.S.?

Is there any similar icons in your culture?

Reflection Task 3

   

Jon Snow is the son of Eddard Stark but his mother's identity is a specuation. He is raised with his half-siblings. Although he knows that he's not going to seem as a real Stark, he always behaves like Starks. Besides his behaviours, he also looks like Starks. Arya (his little sister) really resembles him. He loves his siblings and he regards his family as the most important thing in the world. 




  

When he grows up, he joins the Night's Watch to earn his own honor with this hard duty. At first Jon is really quite in this duty. After he fights with somebody, steward of the Night's Watch warns him and he fixes his behaviours. Then, he becomes a leader naturally. He protects Samwell from bullying. 




   


I chose him as the man of the year because no matter what he has been through, he always tries to be nice. He puts people's lives and values first. He does not accept what he's been labeled and tries really hard to change it. He believes that there is always hope. He believes that everyone deserves a chance. He cannot tolerate injustice like his father. Even though he is not a true-born (because of his mother), I think he is the most real Stark.

Reflection Task 2B

This is a video about the complication of a relationship between a man and a woman. It's actually about the complication nature of the woman behaviours. A woman complains about something whose resolution is obvious. When the man tries to offer a solution, she goes crazy. She ignores the man's offer but continues to complain about it.

   I chose this video because we all see those types of arguments in our everyday lives. 
    Video maker points out a comman scene from a modern life relationship. Men and women have really different types of needs, behaviours and perspectives. Although they know all those differences, they can not be without each other. 

   I think men's minds tend to offer certain solutions to situations, whereas women make situations more complicated trying to think about all the aspects of them. In this video, woman says lots of problems related to the nail on her head. The solution is easy but it's not what she wants. She wants to be listened, to be cared. She wants to know that he will always be there when she needs him. However, man does not understand why she does it. He cannot make sense but he tries to keep calm. I think we need to try to look from each other's perpectives to be able to solve problems. We need to tolerate something even if they are not logical. This video makes me think about these things.

Reflection Task 2A

You might probably hear about the movie "Amelie" (original title: Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain). 
It is a romantic comedy film about a girl named Amelie, and her way to discover what is love. I want to give information about this film.
I chose this topic because I love this movie and I can watch it over and over again. I personally think that the topic of the film is really interesting but we can all find something in it. We sometimes lose our way and try new things to find what we're looking for. We all see the characters of the movie in our everyday life.


 

Amelie has an interesting family. Her parents raised her believing that she had a heart disease. They did not let her contact with other children, so they home schooled her. In those times, Amelie set a really interesting fantasy world to be able to bear all the weird things around her. After her mother's death, she leaves home and starts a job as a waitress in Café des 2 Moulins. Amelie loves to plan a lot of things that affect thousands of lives. She tries to encourage people to follow their dreams. When she starts accompanying Mr. Dufayel, he starts to encourage Amelie to follow the young man who collects discarded photographes. After interesting series of events, they start a really cute relationsip with this mysterious man.

"So, little Amelie, your bones aren't made of glass. You can take life's knocks. If you let this chance go by, eventually your heart will become as dry and brittle as my skeleton. So... Go and get him, for pete's sake!" (Raymond Dufayel)


  



After a brief display of Amelie, I want to share information about this interesting movie.

Soundtracks of Amelie are really attracting. Many people know about them although they haven't seen the movie yet. Music composer of the film is Yann Tiersen, a French musician. He gained a global recognition thanks to Amelie.

• The cafe where Amelie works really exists in Paris. Its name is Les Deux Moulins.

• Audrey Tauto has played Amelie's character. She is a French actress. She achieved an international fame thanks to this role.
• Amelie's mother dies when a woman jumps from a building and lands on the mother.

"You couldn't even be a vegetable — even artichokes have a heart." (Amélie Poulain)