ConsumersattheWhaleInsideDarkRestaurantareledbyawaiterwithnightvisionGoggles(夜视镜).InsideDarkRestaurantinBeijingatableof30dinerswasgettingquarrelsome.“I’mtouchingyourhead!”saidonelikeatalkativechild.“Whojustsaidthat?”anotherreplied.Suchvoicesfloatedacrossthe90-plus-seatrestaurantbutnoonecouldseewhowastalkingexceptthewaiterswhowereequippedwithmilitary-gradenight-visiongoggles.

Inthenewconceptualdiningrestaurantsareturningoffthelightstofocusattentiononthefood.ThetrendseemstohavestartedinZurichandhassincespreadallovertheworldwithdinerssittinginunlitroomsandlatelybeingservedbywaitersinnight-visiongoggles.Theideaisthatbydepriving(剥夺)onesense(sight)othersensesareheightened.

Darknesshasotherbenefits.''Chinesepeopletendtobeshy''saidChenLongwhoownsWhaleInsideDarkwhichopenedinJanuary.''Peoplehavefounditeasytobreaktheicehere.''

ThefirstdarkrestaurantwhichopenedinZurichin1999hadasimpleintention.Thegoal''wascreatingjobsfortheblindandhandicappedpeople''saidthemanager.TheconcepthasbeenpopularinParisLondonSydneyandelsewhereofferingnewvariationsonsightdeprivationbywhichpeoplecanexperiencealotinacompletelydarkcondition.

InBeijingtheWhaleInsideDarkRestaurantisnotonlyaboutheighteningthesenseoftastebutloweringsocialinhibitions(压抑).ItispopularwithInternetdaterswhometonmatchmakingWebsitesthatarespreadingthroughoutChina.Dinerfortwoisabout225yuanor$29at7.76yuantothedollar.

Eatinginthedarkisnotwithoutitstroubles.Insteadoffamily-stylediningfoodisservedonsingle-servingplates.Wheneachdisharrivestheserverguidesyourhandtotheplateandoffershelpfultipslike''Thiscourseiseatenwithaspoon.''

Thestyleseemstobeworking.''Peoplefeelalotmorecomfortablewhentheycan'tbeseenbyothers''saidMr.ChenwhoisopeningasecondbranchinShang-hai''Couplesgettoknoweachotherwithoutseeingother'sfaces.''

56．What’sthebesttitleofthepassage?

A．Thefuninthedarkrestaurant

B．Dininginthedark

C．Thetroublesinthedarkrestaurant

D．Theadvantage