Website for Beautiful People Kicks Off Fatties

A dating website for "beautiful people" says it has booted off 5,000 members for piling on the pounds over Christmas.

BeautifulPeople.com said it acted after users posted photos of themselves celebrating Christmas and the New Year – revealing they had "let themselves go".

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"We responded to complaints by moving the newly chubby members back to the rating stage. This is the same as having them re-apply," said Greg Hodge, the managing director.

"Their re-applications were reviewed by existing members and only a few hundred were voted back in. Over 5,000 were rejected."

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Most of those expelled came from the US and Canada, but nearly 900 were from Britain, reports the Daily Telegraph.

The social networking site, which boasts 550,000 members worldwide, allows its members to decide on who should be allowed to join.

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Mr Hodge said: "Every year we see that some of our members from western cultures eat and drink to excess over the holidays and clearly their looks suffer."

"The USA has been grossly over-indulging since Thanksgiving – it's no wonder that so many members have been expelled from the network. We hope they will be back after shedding the festive pounds.

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"In the UK and Canada, Christmas and the New Year are all about over-eating, over-drinking and watching TV on the sofa."

In an attempt to soften the blow to those given the boot, the website sent details of fitness centres where they could work off their holiday excesses.

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to reveal

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to review

to expel

to boast

to suffer

to overindulge

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excess

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1.  дать себе волю

2.  отреагировать на жалобы

3.  слишком много есть, переедать

4.  слишком много пить

5.  смягчить удар

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1.  To react to something that has been said or done.

2.  To show by marking a paper or raising your hand which person you want to elect.

3.  To refuse to accept someone for a job, course of study, etc.

4.  A group of people, organizations etc. that are connected or that work together.

5.  An act of trying to do something, especially something difficult.

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Переведите на английский язык:

1.  Вебсайт для красивых людей исключил 5000 участников за то, что они набрали вес.

2.  Действующие члены рассмотрели их повторные заявки.

3.  Более 5000 человек получили отказ.

4.  Некоторые участники из западных стран на протяжении праздников слишком много едят и пьют.

5.  Господин Ходж надеется, что исключенные участники вернутся, сбросив лишний вес.

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