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如何出门多交友?







这是一种最典型的情况。一名年轻的职业女性刚搬到一个新的城市。她在新的工作中如鱼得水,但还是希望能够结识一些工作以外的朋友。可她该如何去做呢?报名参加夜校是个好办法,而且屡试不爽。上夜校不仅仅能够碰到一些志同道合的朋友,而且能够学到不少新东西呢!酒吧和俱乐部或许是个聚会的好地方,但如果你是孤身一人,那就不太理想了。



加入健身一族



曼切斯特城市中心的GL-14健身俱乐部不仅仅是一个健身房,而且还开展许多户外集体活动,从慈善服装表演,到舞会晚宴,给会员们一个远离单调工作的社交机会。或许如果你渴望另类健身,那么不妨试试"绿色健身",这是专门为那些既想锻炼身体,又想在户外活动,同时还希望为环保事业作贡献的人们设计的一种特别的健身方式。户外活动可以包括很多种,例如整理修剪过的篱笆等。大家都觉得能够结识新朋友,闲谈和开怀大笑正是这项计划的魅力所在。



书友会



珍妮•哈特利在《书友会》(The Reading Groups)一书中指出,英国可能有多达五万人参加了书友会。书友会形式多样,可以是几个朋友或者一些同事在某人家里的非正式聚会,也可以是在酒吧里讨论某本书。如果您喜欢更有组织的形式,许多图书馆都有书友会,这种书友会规模更大,成员构成也更复杂。



统计数据



英国广播公司(BBC)最近进行了一次名为《做独行侠:二十一世纪的单身生活》的调查。你可以看看整体的调查结果或者按地区搜索。调查发现:



69%的人认为健身房是结识新朋友的好地方,



58%的英国人认为酒吧或俱乐部是和健身房一样好的结识新朋友的地方,



68%的人认为工作场所是结识新朋友的好地方,



57%的人认为上网聊天不是结识新朋友的理想途径。



Need to get out more?





It is a typical scenario. A young professional has just moved to a new city. She is very active in her new job but wishes to meet people socially outside of work. How does she do this?



Signing up for a nightclass is always a good starting point. Not only is it an ideal way to meet like-minded people, it can also be a great new learning experience. Pubs and clubs can be a good meeting place but can be a bit hard if you are on your own.



Join a gym



GL-14 health club in Manchester city centre is a gym which also has lots of member activities outside the gym from charity fashion shows to dinner dances giving members a chance to socialise away from the treadmill. Or if you want a gym with a difference try a 'Green Gym' for people who want to exercise but wish to be outdoors and doing something that will benefit the environment at the same time. The 'work out' could involve such activities as restoration work to hedge pruning all agree that meeting other people and 'having a natter and a laugh' is a big attraction of the scheme.



Reading groups



In The Reading Groups Book Jenny Hartley suggested that there may be as many as 50,000 people in reading groups in the UK. They range from informal groups of friends or colleagues who meet in someone's home or at the local pub, to discuss a book. Of you want something a bit more structured lots of libraries have reading groups and could have a broader group of members.



Statistics



The BBC recently conducted a survey called Going solo: single life in the 21st century. You can look at the overall results or search by area. It found that:



69% of people thought that the gym was a good place to meet new people,



Pubs or a club were considered to be as good meeting places by 58% of people in the UK,



68% thought that work was a good place to meet people,



57% thought that internet chat was not an ideal way to meet people.
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