除夕时，有一种性质不同的屈辱会非常显眼: 如果你是单身，·那么在一年中最重要的约会之夜，为自 己找个伴就变成了很关键的事。

• New Year's Eve features humiliation of a qualita-tively different sort: if one is single,it becomes essential to find a companion for this,the most im-portant date night of the year.