Love on the Slopes

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Skiers to get slushy at Glencoe and Nevis Range resorts

Scottish ski resorts are to offer single people the chance to find love in a cold climate as part of Valentine's Day celebrations.

Glencoe Mountain Resort will host ski dating on Sunday, using its Main Basin run and t-bar lift to give participants five minutes with a different person.

Those taking part can fill in score cards and swap details.

Nevis Range, near Fort William, will offer skiing lessons on Monday where singles can meet up.

Human biology teacher Dr Niall MacFarlane, of the University of Glasgow, said previous research by two psychologists suggested skiing and snowboarding could make a person more attractive.

"The idea of excitement/fear being related to developing emotional attachments or love has been about for a long time," he said.

"The classic studies in this area stem from an original observation in 1974.

"Arthur Aron and Don Dutton showed that a young woman became twice as attractive to men under conditions that we might now describe as being 'extreme sports' - they were on rope bridges.

"This study lead to the idea that an 'adrenalin rush' associated with extreme sport will mimic the same feelings we experience during the early phase of physical attraction."

Source: BBC News 

Vocabulary:

slushy -

Snow and slush along Hospital Road, Campsie, Omagh
Heading WNW towards Omagh pic.twitter.com/C7MFEQC0JR

— Kenny Allen (@KennyAllen18) February 13, 2021

 

#PV FILL IN (also fill out) - write all the information that is needed on a document
e.g. I had to fill in an application form.

FILL IN (for sb) - substitute
e.g. I'm filling in for Jack today. His son is sick.

FILL SB IN (on stg)
e.g. Can you fill me in on what I missed? pic.twitter.com/ObSvEP0ETa

— Graham Mad Teacher (@madteacher72) January 28, 2020

 

#WOTD SWAP (v,n) - to give sth to sb and get sth from them in return; to exhange sth (intercambiar, trueque)
e.g. Can we swap seats?
e.g. I'll SWAP my pen FOR your watch.
e.g. They swapped stories about their experiences. pic.twitter.com/DkHZlSFZLH

— Graham Mad Teacher (@madteacher72) November 30, 2019

 

adrenalin rush - 

I felt really weird immediately after mine, like an adrenalin rush, during my 15 minute post vaccine monitoring. Later on I had a slightly sore arm, but not as bad as the flu jag, and a feeling of coming down with something, but flu powders and Drambuie helped😊 I had Pfizer.

— Norma Ballingall 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 (@Balr0g) February 13, 2021

What do you think of the idea of ski dating? Would you give it a go?

Do you think that extreme sports increase attraction?

Are you going to do anything special for Valentine's Day?

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