To Do or Not to Do？The Answer Is a Click Away
Can’t decide whether to dumpdump your boyfriend，move house or sell your car？The answer may be just a click away.Two British men and three women will let the Internet play God for 15days by handing over their daily，sometimes lifechanging decisions，to a potentialpotential jury of 12.7million people，Internet news portal MSN said in a statement.The five people were chosen as part of a project to give the Internet a chance to help ordinary people make important daily decisions.This latest venture comes three decades after the publication of Luke Rhinehart’s best selling book The Dice Man，the story of a man who gives up his control of life to the dice，and follows the worldwide success of reality TV show Big Brother.Each of the five will put a decision a day to the Internet community and will have to act on the outcome of the decision，although they will be given a “joker”—meaning they can back out of one decision—during the period，MSN said.Internet users around the world will be able to vote on the decisions each day by visiting www.liveyourlife.msn.co.uk.A dedicated site has been created around each participantparticipant，giving information about their backgrounds，their loves，hates，hopes and daily diary updates.At the end of the 15days，web users will decide which of the five has let the Internet live their life to the maximum and he or she will win 10，000pounds.
人生答案网中来
该不该和男友分手？要不要搬家？卖不卖车？也许只需一下点击你就能找到答案。网络新闻门户网站MSN在声明中说，英国的两男三女将让因特网充当15天的上帝，让潜在的人数可达1，270万的裁判团来为自己的日常事务——有时甚至是影响一生的事情——做决定。这5个人被选中参加一个活动：让因特网帮助普通人决定自己的日常生活。趁着真人电视节目《大佬》在全球范围内大行其道的浪头，这一最新尝试在卢克·莱恩哈特的畅销书《掷骰子的人》——讲的是一个把自己的生活交给骰子控制的人——出版30年之后应运而生。MSN说，每天这5个人将分别把一件事情交由网络社会决定，并且必须按照收到的决定行事——尽管他们在活动期间可以得到一张“王牌”，意思是他们可以不遵守其中一个决定。每天，世界各地的网络用户可以通过访问www.liveyourlife.msn.co.uk网站来投票为他们做决定。活动还为这5个人分别建立了专门的网站，其中介绍了他们的背景、好恶、愿望等相关情况，并有每天更新的日记。15天活动的最后，网民们将决定5人当中谁最大限度地让因特网主宰了自己的生活，此人将赢得1万英镑的奖金。
Cupid’s Arrow Finds Its Mark—in Cyberspace
Here are words of comfort for anyone who has spent more time than he should in online chat rooms—a British psychologistpsychologist has found that courtshipscourtship begun in cyberspacecyberspace can very well lead to true love.
Many “virtual”relationships thrive once online partners meet facetoface because they already know each other so well through their online encounters，said Jeffrey Gavin，a lecturer in psychologypsychology at the University of Bath.“Chat rooms don’t lead to shallow and impersonal relationships，”Gavin said in an interview.“They lead to really close relationships because people express themselves more freely and are more open and honest on the Internet.”
Gavin carried out indepth interviews with 42regular chat room users aged 19to 26years.Of the volunteers he studied，29reported close friendships or romantic relationships with people they met online，with 21progressing to facetoface meetings.One couple became engaged to be married.“What tends to happen is that，when they meet，it’s a fairly smooth transition from online to offline because they know each other so well，”said Gavin，who presented his findings to the annual conference of the British Psychological Society （BPS）in Blackpool.
网上有真情
以下这些话可令那些花了太多时间上网聊天的人得到些许安慰：一位英国心理学家发现网上开始的浪漫完全可能结出真爱之果。
巴斯大学心理学讲师杰弗里·加文说，“虚拟”关系在网友见面后往往蓬勃发展，因为他们已经通过网上的接触对彼此有了相当的了解。“聊天室不会导向浅薄、疏远的关系，”加文在采访中说。“网上聊天会发展出真正亲密的关系，因为人们在网上会变得更开放、更诚实，会更自由地表达自己。”
加文对42个19岁到26岁之间的聊天室常客进行了深入采访。在这些志愿者当中有29人报称他们与网上认识的人有亲密或是浪漫关系，其中21人发展到了当面会晤，有一对已经订婚。加文在黑泽的英国心理学会年会上陈述了自己的发现，他说：“通常情况是，网上关系会在双方见面后非常顺利地过渡到现实生活中，因为他们已相知甚深。”
My Cyber Love
I have frequentedfrequent the same chat line for more than three years now and have made some wonderful online friendships.However I have become bored with the typical chat and Internet all together.So，I decided to take a break.
After about a week of being off line，I returned late one night to check mail.There，in my box was an emai1from a lady friend I had met in a chatroom.She was going on and on about a man that had recently entered the room and how he was supposedly the “male incarnateincarnate ”of myself.Anyone who knows me also knows that I am a bit of a “character”.My sense of humor is one of a warpedwarp and demented nature.The thought of finding anyone who does’t become annoyed instant1y is a chore.Much less a man that shared the same.I completely discrediteddiscredited the email and went about my business.
Later that night，I found myself wandering the net.It was then I ran across one an Photo gallery that proved to be quite entertaining.As I clicked from one picture to the next，I ran across one gentleman’s photo.I was stunnedstun by his presence.Approximately 10minuets had gone by when I finally tore myself away from the photo and decided to venture into chat.There，I found the woman who had sent me the email earlier that week.She proceeded to tell me all about this man.“You just have to meet him，”she said，ranting on and on about how much alike we were.I laughed at her thinking it was amusing.“No，I am serious！You have got to talk to him.”I finally agreed that I wou1d make effort to do so later on and left the chat quick1y.Again，finding myself staring at this anonymousanonymous photo I had found earlier.
