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。今天是杨琳要问的是“放鸽子”。Kat: Yanglin, what's wrong with you? why are you so mad? YL: 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！美语里这个该怎么说呢？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。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? 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！