纯女人 Pure
 
True story 真实故事
 
One time, a friend tried to set me up on a date with a girl. My friend was telling me how great this girl was and going on about all of her out-standing qualities. l wanted to know more about her character/personality,so he then went on to tell me, "Oh,she is very pure." In English this sounds pretty strange. He sensed he made a mistake and then said, "She is a pure girl" . I couldn't help but laughing.  Of course what he meant to say was.“She is very pure-hearted”．
    
一次，我的一位朋友想让我和一个女孩子约会。我的朋友一直对我说这个女孩是多么地好、多么地出众。我想对她的人格品性作更多的了解，我朋友就继续说：“Oh，she is very pure.”在英语中，这听起来很奇怪，意思是“她很纯正”。他意识到自己的错误，然后说：“She is a pure girl（她是个百分之百的女人）．”我禁不住大笑起来。当然，他想说的是“She is very pure-hearted（她很单纯）．”
 
知识扩展
 
描述人性格／长相的常见错误及正确用语：
 
Wrong
 pure adj.纯的，纯粹的
 naive adj.天真的（贬义）
 warm adj.暖和的
 clever adj.机灵的，狡猾的
 aggressive adj.好斗的（贬义）
 lovely adj.可爱的（小孩儿或宠物）
 fat adj.肥大的
 
Correct
 pure-hearted adj．真诚的，正直的
 simple adj.简单的
 warm-hearted adj.热诚的，热心的
 smart／intelligent[in'telid3ant] adj.聪明的
 assertive adj.过分自信的
 cute/sweet adj.可爱的
 obese [au'bi:s]／overweight ['auvaweit] adj