從古至今，戀愛有3個階段。第一階段是“尋求戀情”，第二階段是“戀情帶來的興奮和激動”，第三階段是“戀情的終止”。既然戀愛是我們生活中的一個重要部分，當然有很多表示關于愛情的俚語。下面，我們就繼續來學習它們。

1. 原味表述：give someone a shout

解析：It means to To say something to one or contact them in some way in order to alert them to something. 譯為：告訴某人事情。

例句： Give me a shout when you are ready. 當你準備好的時候，就告訴我們。

The cashier will give us a shout when our order is ready. 當我們點好菜時，收營員匯喊我們一聲的。

If you need help, just give me a shout. 如果你需要幫助，就聯系我們。

2. 原味表述：touch base with someone

解析：It means to make contact with someone. 譯為：與某人取得聯系。

例句：I wanted to touch base with you just in case something had gone wrong. 就是萬一出什么問題了，我想和你聯系。

Will you please touch base with the marketing team and find out how they're progressing? 你可以和營銷人員聯系以了解他們的進展嗎？

3. 原味語匯：dirty old man

解析：It refers to an older man who is deliberately outspoken when it comes to sexual topics, to the point of making others uncomfortable. 譯為：老色鬼。

例句：Bob is always making lewd comments to the younger women at work. He's such a dirty old man. Bob在工作時總是對年輕人說下流話，他是個十足的老色鬼。

Did you see the way Ann's father hugged me? I think he's a dirty old man. 你看到過Ann的父親擁抱我的樣子嗎？我覺得他是個老色鬼。

今天，我們學習3個可以用于戀情中需要用得到的俚語：give someone a shout，touch base with someone，dirty old man 。Hope thatyou can keep them in your mind andmake use ofthem in your daily life.

今天，我們補充學習Lesson one：《Tim想套磁沒有成功》的拓展語匯。