A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
约会
Dating
Dating is for tools.
约会只是工具。
I don't mind dating younger men now.
我现在不介意和年轻人约会。
I've dated a number of 'mama's boys.'
我和很多“妈妈的男孩”约会过。
Assumptions are the termites of relationships.
假设是关系的白蚁。
At this year's Open, I'll have five boyfriends.
在今年的公开赛上，我将有五个男朋友。
In a relationship you have to open yourself up.
在一段关系中，你必须敞开心扉。
I'm dating a woman now who, evidently, is unaware of it.
我现在在和一个女人约会，很明显，她并不知道。
I've been on so many blind dates I should get a free dog.
我已经相亲很多次了，我应该得到一只免费的狗。
Right now I'm pretty single... My career is my boyfriend.
现在我很单身…我的事业是我的男朋友。
I am a hopeless romantic and I love to spoil my girlfriends.
我是一个无可救药的浪漫主义者，我爱宠我的女朋友。
I'm not very experienced with boys or the whole dating thingy.
我对男孩和约会没有什么经验。
Just date people you like, then you're guaranteed to have fun.
只要和你喜欢的人约会，你就一定会玩得很开心。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
I don't understand the whole dating thing. I know right off the bat if I'm interested in someone, and I don't want them to waste their money on me and take me out to eat if I know I'm not interested in that person.
我不明白约会是怎么回事。如果我对某个人感兴趣，我马上就知道了，我不想让他们把钱浪费在我身上，如果我知道我对那个人不感兴趣，我就带我出去吃饭。
I suppose I was a little bit of what would be called today a nerd. I didn't have girlfriends, and really I wasn't a very social boy.
我想我有点像今天所谓的书呆子。我没有女朋友，而且我真的不是一个很合群的男孩。
What I remember most about junior homecoming was my date getting sick afterwards. That kinda sucked. Then, senior year, someone got gum in her hair when we were dancing. She had to get one of the chaperones to take her to the office and cut up her hair. I felt really bad for her, but it worked out fine.
关于初中返校节，我印象最深的是我的约会对象后来生病了。这有点吸。然后，大四那年，我们跳舞的时候，有人把口香糖粘在了她的头发上。她得找个伴儿带她去办公室剪头发。我真的为她感到难过，但结果很好。
Watching your daughter being collected by her date feels like handing over a million dollar Stradivarius to a gorilla.
看着你的女儿被她的约会对象接走，感觉就像把一百万美元的斯特拉迪瓦里交给一只大猩猩。
Here's the funny thing about the response I've been aware of to my dating famous people: It's been very negative. I'm either not good-looking enough, not a good enough actor or not successful enough for these people.
有趣的是，当我和名人约会时，我注意到他们的反应是非常消极的。对这些人来说，我要么不够好看，要么不够优秀，要么不够成功。