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中式英语错误纠正(67):谈情说爱

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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)
 

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