Jessica 在北京學(xué)漢語，她的中國朋友要是遇到了不知道用美語怎么說的詞，就會(huì)來請教她。今天是莊明要問的：放鴿子

Jessica：喲，莊明，你干嘛氣沖沖的？

ZM: 今天真倒霉! 我剛讓人放鴿子了!

Jessica: 鴿子？Pigeon? I don't get it.

ZM: 放鴿子，就是你和別人約好，結(jié)果對方卻沒來! 誒？美語里這個(gè)該怎么說？

Jessica: Oh! You mean you arranged to meet someone, but the person was a no-show!

ZM: No-show? 把 no 和 s-h-o-w “show” 放在一起，no-show，就是“沒來，爽約”。

Jessica: Yes! But Zhuang Ming, who was this no-show? Your boyfriend?

ZM: 嗯……怎么說呢。我約好去見一個(gè)從來沒見過面的男生，是別人介紹的，就算是相親吧!

Jessica: 噢，我明白了! You went on a blind date!

ZM: blind 后面加上 date——約會(huì)，blind date， 就是相親嗎?

Jessica: Yes! if your friend set you up with someone you've never met before, that's called a blind date. Blind dates usually end up bad.

ZM: 可不是么! 就說我今天這個(gè)相親對象吧，直接放我鴿子，害我白等。

Jessica: In this case, Zhuang Ming, you say "I got stood up"! 我被人放了鴿子。

ZM: stood up 不是“站起來”的意思么？我可沒一直站著傻等啊!

Jessica: No. If you "stand someone up", you fail to show up at a date.

ZM: 哦! 不去約會(huì)，放別人鴿子，就可以說 stand someone up。而我是被放鴿子，所以你說我——got stood up!

Jessica: That's right! 我也常被放鴿子! Last month, I had a date with a really cute guy, but he stood me up! 唉，也別生氣了，還是說說你今天都學(xué)了什么吧!

ZM: 第一，“爽約，沒來”，可以說 no-show;

第二，放別人鴿子，可以說 stand someone up;

第三，“相親”可以說 blind date!

這次的 “美語怎么說” 就到這里了。如果你也有不會(huì)說的詞，請寫信給Jessica, 電郵請寄meiyu@voanews.com

A: 原來相親是Blind date! What're your thoughts on blind dates, Kat?

B: 我不介意認(rèn)識新朋友，you can start with friendship and see where things go!

A: Kat, 其實(shí)我朋友Matthew一直想認(rèn)識你! Let me set you guys up!

B: Haha, again, I don't mind another friend!

A: It's a date! 好的同學(xué)們，這次的節(jié)目時(shí)間就到這里。如果你對我們的節(jié)目有什么建議，或者你有任何問題和評價(jià)，請發(fā)電子郵件到meiyu@voanews.com

B: Don't forget to tune in next time for American English Mosaic! Bye bye!

A: See you later!