实用美语之爱恋篇:Place a Personal Ad
Topic: Place a Personal Ad 登征友广告
“ The way I see it, the Internet is just another way for me to get rejected”, then let’s try to place a
personal ad.Dialogue:
Man: Hello. I would like to place a
personal ad in your newspaper.Receptionist: Can you tell me what it should say?
Man: Yes. It should say: single, beautiful man, six feet tall, blond hair, blue eyes and bulging muscles.
Receptionist: Maybe you should come down to
the paper in person.
Vocabulary:
the paper: 这里是当报社的简称
Personal Ad Abbreviation:
SWM - single white male
SWF - single white female
SAM - single Asian male
SAF - single Asian female
SM - single male
SF - single female
Tip:Good for you 真替你高兴！
Good的用法和cool很像，同样都是用来认同或是肯定别人的行为或表现。-I've done my homework.
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- I’ve got an A in that course. 我那门课拿了A。
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- I am getting married this month.
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- Hi. How are you doing?
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- Bad./ Not very good. (这样的回答会让别人多关心你一下哦！)
QUIZ:
1.SWM seeking long term romance. 5’3”, green eyes, slightly bald. Non smoker but smells a bit funny. Enjoys dancing, hiking, walks in the sunset, cooking and thumb wrestling. Seeking SAF 5-55. Contact via this newspaper.
Answer:
2. Older SAF looking for romance. Likes old movies, Wayne Newton and cheap cigars. Serious replies only. (SM ages 75-150) Mail all inquiries to Box 55, Queens, New York.
Answer:
