美语怎么说放鸽子

 　　Jessica 在北京学汉语，她的中国朋友要是遇到了不知道用美语怎么说的词，就会来请教她。今天是庄明要问的：放鸽子

　　Jessica：哟，庄明，你干嘛气冲冲的？

　　ZM: 今天真倒霉! 我刚让人放鸽子了!

　　Jessica: 鸽子？Pigeon¹? I don't get it.

　　ZM: 放鸽子，就是你和别人约好，结果对方却没来! 诶？美语里这个该怎么说？

　　Jessica: Oh! You mean you arranged² 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“没来，爽约”。

　　Jessica: Yes! But Zhuang Ming, who was this no-show? Your boyfriend³?

　　ZM: 嗯....怎么说呢。我约好去见一个从来没见过面的男生，是别人介绍的，就算是……相亲吧!

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

　　ZM: blind 后面加上 date--约会，blind date， 就是相亲吗?

　　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! 就说我今天这个相亲对象吧，直接放我鸽子，害我白等。

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

　　ZM: stood up 不是“站起来”的意思么？我可没一直站着傻等啊!

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

　　ZM: 哦! 不去约会，放别人鸽子，就可以说 stand someone up。而我是被放鸽子，所以你说我--got stood up!

　　Jessica: That's right! 我也常被放鸽子! Last month, I had a date with a really cute guy, but he stood me up! 唉，也别生气了，还是说说你今天都学了什么吧!

　　ZM: 第一，“爽约，没来”，可以说 no-show;

　　第二，放别人鸽子，可以说 stand someone up;

　　第三，“相亲”可以说 blind date!

1 pigeon   

n.鸽子

参考例句：

• The pigeon homed from a distance of 100 miles.鸽子从百英里之外返回窝巢。
• How many pigeon eggs do you need?你要几个鸽子蛋？

2 arranged   

adj.安排的v.安排，准备( arrange的过去式和过去分词 )；把…（系统地）分类；整理；改编（剧本等）

参考例句：

• The party was arranged quickly. 聚会很快就安排好了。
• Chairs in rows are not as conducive to discussion as chairs arranged in a circle. 椅子成排摆放不如成圈摆放便于讨论。

3 boyfriend   

n.男朋友

参考例句：

• The girl was so angry that she hung up on her boyfriend.那姑娘一气之下挂断了男朋友的电话。
• My boyfriend gathered some beautiful flowers for me. 我的男朋友为我采来一些美丽的花。