中式英语错误纠正(67):谈情说爱
分类: 英语语法
谈情说爱 Talking Love
True story 真实故事
One time l ran into afriend I hadn't seen in a while. He had a girl with him and they seemed very friendly.My friend told me,“This is Lily. We are talking love."I couldn't help but laughing because I knew what he was trying to say was“我们在谈恋爱”.Of course, the correct way to say is "dating",
一次我偶遇一位久未谋面的朋友。他身边有个女孩子,他们看起来很要好。我的朋友告诉我:“这是李莉,我们在谈论“爱情”这个词。”我忍不住笑了起来,因为我知道他想说的是:“我们在谈恋爱。”当然,正确的说法是“dating”。
知识扩展
提示:
"Date" in English has two other meanings :
date 曰期
have a date with someone 与某人约会(常指男女之间)
“dating”的不同说法:
seeing someone 谈恋爱
going out with someone 谈恋爱
have a boyfriend/girlfriend 有男/女朋友
to be spoken for 已经有男/女朋友
live common law 同居
off and on 时而在一起,时而分开(恋爱关系断断续续)