约会进行曲 On a date
（Hogan is naked in front of the mirror）
Hogan: Only geniuses can see my new clothes!
A genius usually has high IQ or is exceptionally good at a particular skill. An “idiot savant” is an individual who is a genius in a particular skill, but strikingly deficient in all other skills.天才通常有很高的智商，或者有某项特长。傻瓜专家是一个特例，他在某一方面是一个天才，不过在其它方面却十足的烂。
Dr. Weird: Oh! You look beautiful tonight.
怎样让你和恋人的约会会更加美好，其实是有很多技巧的。当你们在灯光摇曳终准备跳第一个舞蹈的时候，你发现你心爱的女孩今晚特别地美。这时候不要把这种美好地感觉藏在心里。在她的耳边轻轻地说：You look beautiful tonight. 女孩子听了一定会心花怒放地，心里对你的好感徒然增加了不少。beautiful一般是用来形容女孩子的，如果你想对男孩子说这句话，那你最好用handsome来形容他的英俊潇洒。当然了，对于崇尚潮流的年轻人，最好的赞扬无疑是：You look cool.

Miss ABC: I’ve really had a good time today.
William: You did?
Miss ABC: Except for when you throw up on me.
throw up: to vomit 俚语呕吐
你受朋友邀请去参加一个舞会，舞会办的很成功，你玩得很尽兴，于是在临走之前你要对主人说：I really had a good time tonight. 我今天晚上过得很愉快。这样既体现出了你得礼貌，又表达了你对主人得感激之情。同样的，美国人在温馨浪漫的二人幽会结束之前，也经常这么说，温柔于留恋之情就尽在此言中了。如果有人这么对你说 I’ve really had a good time tonight. 你应该说：Me too. 告诉他你今晚也过得很愉快。

Hogan: I’d like to see you again sometime.
Woman: Sure, how about next week?
Hogan: Great.
约会已经进入尾声了，你将女朋友送回家，在告别之前，你应该告诉她：I’d like to see you again sometime. 我希望有机会再见到你。如果她也很喜欢和你在一起，她就会欣然对你说： I’d like that too. 我也希望如此。或者更直接：Sure, How about next week? 当然了，下星期如何？那如果你是女孩子，你并不想再次与这个人约会了，你可以委婉地说：OK, maybe sometime. Why don’t you give e a call? 而最好不要直接拒绝，这样可以给对方留有余地。

Culture Note:
You look marvelous! Do you know that? Of course you do! But not only men can say these things, in fact women can and should also say these things to people. In the West, just like in China, men tend to take the lead in dating. But women are more and more trying to take the lead as well. For example, if two people go out to dinner, one person will usually pay for the other on a date. But it’s not always the man who pays. Or even asking for a date, the women can ask men, and they’re doing it more and more. Besides figuring out who takes the lead, it’s also very important to know where you’re going to do. Westerners, for example, it’s very very popular on a first date to go to a nice romantic cozy dinner for two people. Or they can go to a club that has music, you can listen to the music. That way, if you want, you can talk, or you can just listen and look at each other.
Some men are very romantic and sweet, and they like to five their dates gifts. Things for example, like some nice flowers. Oh, how wonderful plant you have here! Or maybe even something fun like a balloon. But remember, no matter what you give your date, you have to make sure that it’s something that she wants, because if she’s not happy with it, then you’ll be going on a date by yesterday.

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