中英文访谈实录：外籍专家教你用英语约会

主持人:ok so now we go onto our next part of ICIBA lecture. Q&As. I see now that a lot of you have some very interesting questions that you wanna ask Josh. Lets look at what you guys want to know.

好，现在我们要进入大讲堂的下一个环节，互动提问。有很多词友在我们的专题页面上向Joshua提出了很有趣的问题，渴望得到Joshua的解答，下面我们一一来看下：

主持人: Look at this one. Dear Josh, What are some pickup lines I can say on a date?

看这个问题：在约会的时候我能说些什么搞笑搭讪的话作开场白比较好？

J.M.: Ok, that is a good question. The first thing is that you should never use a pickup line. Pickup lines are more as a joke. But if you want to start a joke to introduce yourself to someone, probablly my favorate pickup line that I've heard is that "Do you rent or own?" Normally people say "Rent" Or "" Own what". Those owns win your angle.
Yet the best idea is to stay away from pickup lines. There is a word in English called "cheasy", it's a slang word, which basically means it's a little silly. So we say pickup lines are cheasy.

这是个好问题。其实你最好不要用pickup line，这更象在开玩笑。当然如果你想以这样的方式向别人介绍你自己。我喜欢的话可能是，“你租的还是自己有？”人们可能通常会说“租”或者“有什么”，以此来赢得你的心。其实最好还是远离所谓的搞笑的话。英语里有个词叫“cheasy”，基本的意思就相当于“有点傻”。我们形容那些搞笑搭讪的话就用这个词cheasy。

主持人: Let's go on. Josh Help! How do I refuse to go on a date with someone without hurting their feelings?

Josh，帮帮忙，如果我想拒绝别人的约会，又不想伤害别人的感情，我该怎么做？

J.M. : That's tough, that's very difficult. I think most of the time, just to be honest, in a nice way. If I ask you for a date, you thought, no, I don't like you, you could say, in a very popular way, that "you're not my type. Sorry. But I'm sure there must been many girls after for you."

很难回答。我想，很多时候，以友善的方式诚实地表达就好。比如，我想邀请你，你想，我不喜欢这个人，你就可以说，很常见的说法，“你不是我喜欢的类型，对不起。但我相信一定有很多女孩子喜欢你。”

主持人: Ok let's look at our next question. If you go on one of those 5 minute speed dating, what can I do or say to leave them the best 1st impression?

如果去那种现在很流行的5分钟约会，怎么才能在最短时间内给对方深刻印象？

J.M.: The best method for that, I think, would be the same at any other time, is that just "be yourself". When you're being in any relationship, buisienss or personal, people just want you to be honest or to be real. So if you sit down for that 5 Minutes, think about what is the most important things in your life and let them know.

最好的方法，我想，这是任何时候都一样的，就是做你自己。当你处在某种关系中的时候，工作上或私人关系上的，人们都是希望你诚实和真实。所以，当你坐下来应对所谓的5分钟约会，只要想清楚什么是你生命中最重要的东西，并且让对方了解你的想法就够了。