Kat 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。今天是杨琳要问的：放鸽子
Kat: Welcome to today's how to say it in American English! I'm Kat! Yanglin...Yanglin, say hello to our audience! What's wrong with you? why are you so mad?
YL:Ok...ok...观众朋友们，我今天太倒霉了! 我被人放鸽子了!
Kat: 鸽子？I'm sorry, am I missing something? Because there are no pigeons here...
YL: Well...放鸽子的意思嘛...就是你跟别人约好，结果对方却没来! 诶？美语里这个该怎么说？
Kat: Oh! You had arranged to meet somebody, and then that person was a no-show!
YL: A no-show? 哦我明白了。 把 no 和 s-h-o-w “show” 放在一起，no-show，就是“没来，爽约”。
Kat: Yes! But Yanglin, who was this no-show? Your boyfriend?
YL: 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!
Kat: Oh, I got it!! You had a blind date!
YL: A blind date? 把blind和date放在一起， blind date， 就是相亲吗?
Kat: Exactly. So when you arranged to meet someone that you've never met before, and go out on a date, that's what we call a blind date. The only problem is these blind dates don't usually turn out very well, do they?
YL: 就是! I waited for this guy for a whole hour! 就像这个男生，直接放我鸽子，害我白等，真不像话!
Kat: In this case, you say "I got stood up"! 我被人放了鸽子。
YL: stood up ? 站着? 我可没站着傻等啊!
Kat:不是不是不是. If you "stand somebody up", it means you don't turn up for your arranged event.
YL: 哦! 我明白了! 不去约会，放别人鸽子，叫 stand someone up。而我是被放鸽子，所以你说我--got stood up!
Kat: Exactly! 太聪明啦! Alright, let's go over what we've learned today!
YL: 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!
这次的 “美语怎么说” 就到这里了。如果你也有不会说的词，请写信给Kat, 电邮请寄meiyu@voanews.com
Kat: Welcome to today's how to say it in American English! I'm Kat! Yanglin...Yanglin, say hello to our audience! What's wrong with you? why are you so mad?
YL:Ok...ok...观众朋友们，我今天太倒霉了! 我被人放鸽子了!
Kat: 鸽子？I'm sorry, am I missing something? Because there are no pigeons here...
YL: Well...放鸽子的意思嘛...就是你跟别人约好，结果对方却没来! 诶？美语里这个该怎么说？
Kat: Oh! You had arranged to meet somebody, and then that person was a no-show!
YL: A no-show? 哦我明白了。 把 no 和 s-h-o-w “show” 放在一起，no-show，就是“没来，爽约”。
Kat: Yes! But Yanglin, who was this no-show? Your boyfriend?
YL: 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!
Kat: Oh, I got it!! You had a blind date!
YL: A blind date? 把blind和date放在一起， blind date， 就是相亲吗?
Kat: Exactly. So when you arranged to meet someone that you've never met before, and go out on a date, that's what we call a blind date. The only problem is these blind dates don't usually turn out very well, do they?
YL: 就是! I waited for this guy for a whole hour! 就像这个男生，直接放我鸽子，害我白等，真不像话!
Kat: In this case, you say "I got stood up"! 我被人放了鸽子。
YL: stood up ? 站着? 我可没站着傻等啊!
Kat:不是不是不是. If you "stand somebody up", it means you don't turn up for your arranged event.
YL: 哦! 我明白了! 不去约会，放别人鸽子，叫 stand someone up。而我是被放鸽子，所以你说我--got stood up!
Kat: Exactly! 太聪明啦! Alright, let's go over what we've learned today!
YL: 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!
这次的 “美语怎么说” 就到这里了。如果你也有不会说的词，请写信给Kat, 电邮请寄meiyu@voanews.com