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交友软件帮你找"气味"相投者

Most believe looks and personality play major roles when searching for a potential match, but a new dating app claims the key to finding your soul-mate is by their smell.

大多数人认为，长相和个性在寻找意中人时占据着主导地位。但是，一款新的交友应用软件却称找到真爱的关键在于"气味"。

Smell Dating sends daters a T-shirt in the mail, instructs them to wear it for three days and send it back. The next step of this matchmaking process requires users to take a whiff of each garment and pick the aroma that arouses them the most-all for just $25.

这个名为"Smell Dating"的软件会给约会对象们邮寄一件T恤并告知他们在穿着三天后寄回。这个配对过程的下一个环节便是要求用户闻一闻每件衣服，并从中挑选出最让自己心动的气味。参加整个活动只需花费25美元。

Unlike other dating sites, a phone number and mailing address are the only two things required to sign up for the service. The only thing they will ask of their clients is that they skip deodorant, perfume and showering for the 72 hours, as it masks a person's natural odor.

不同于其他交友网站，报名此活动只需要两个信息：手机号码和邮寄地址。他们对客户唯一的要求便是在三天内不能使用防臭剂、香水，也不能洗澡，因为这样会遮盖自身的体味。

After you've sniffed your batch of potential suitors you will have the opportunity to choose the shirt you like. If the owner of that shirt also picks yours, Smell Dating will send you both each other's phone numbers and communication can begin.

在闻过众多潜在伴侣的衣服之后，你将有机会选择(气味)让你喜欢的那件T恤。如果该T恤的主人也挑中了你的，那么Smell Dating将会给你们发送彼此的手机号码，然后交流就可以开始了。

不一样的Hello Kitty主题餐厅

When it comes to Hello Kitty, people will firstly have a pink, cute image in their minds. However, the creative director, Dorothy Wang, has broken the traditions and opened a Hello Kitty-themed diner in Sydney's Chatswood, Australia last year, which is totally different from the ones in people's memories.

一提到Hello Kitty，人们的脑海中首先浮现出的便是可爱的粉红色形象。但是，这位创意总监多萝西·王却打破常规，于去年在澳大利亚悉尼的查茨伍德区开设了一家与人们的记忆大相径庭的Hello Kitty主题餐厅。

Different from traditional Hello Kitty diners with pink colors, Dorothy's restaurant is more modern in style and less using pink colors. Dorothy said that they tried to steer clear of anything too traditional. Besides its unique decor, this diner also has an improved menu, which is based on American typical diner style with an Asian fusion. True to Sydney dining trends, many of the menus are far from traditional ones.

与传统的粉红色系Hello Kitty餐厅不同，多萝西的餐厅风格更加时尚，且较少运用粉红色。多萝西表示她们设法避开任何过于传统的东西。除了独特的装修外，这家餐厅还拥有一个经过改良的菜单--菜单是基于美国典型的餐厅风格，并融合有亚洲风格在内。为了紧跟悉尼餐饮的发展趋势，菜单上的许多餐品都与传统的不同。

Dorothy's restaurant has evoked the memories for everyone who grew up with Hello Kitty, not only for girls, for boys they can also be reminded of some relative memories in their life.

多萝西的餐厅唤起了每个人与Hello Kitty一起长大的回忆，不仅仅是女孩们，男孩们也可以由此想起生命中某些相关的记忆。