Kat在北京學漢語，她的中國朋友要是遇到了不知道用美語怎么說的詞，就會來請教她。今天是楊琳要問的是“放鴿子”。
　　Kat: Yanglin, what’s wrong with you? why are you so mad?
　　YL: 我今天太倒霉了！我被人放鴿子了！
　　Kat: 鴿子？I’m sorry. Am I missing something? Because there are no pigeons here...
　　YL: Well...放鴿子的意思嘛……就是你跟別人約好，結果對方卻沒來！美語里這個該怎么說呢？
　　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“沒來，爽約”。
　　Kat: Yes! But Yanglin, who was this no-show? Your boyfriend?
　　YL: 嗯……怎么說呢。我約好去見一個從來沒見過面的男生，是別人介紹的，就算是……相親吧！
　　Kat: Oh, I got it!! You had a blind date!
　　YL: A blind date? 就是相親嗎?
　　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! 就像這個男生，直接放我鴿子，害我白等，真不像話！
　　Kat: In this case, you say "I got stood up"! 我被人放了鴿子。
　　YL: stood up？站著？我可沒站著傻等啊！
　　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！不去約會，放別人鴿子，叫 stand someone up。而我是被放鴿子，所以你說我--got stood up！
　　Kat: Exactly！太聰明啦！Alright, let’s go over what we’ve learned today!
　　YL: 第一，“爽約，沒來”，可以說no-show;
　　第二，放別人鴿子，可以說stand someone up;
　　第三，“相親”可以說blind date！