谈情说爱 Talking Love
 
True story 真实故事
 
One time l ran into afriend I hadn't seen in a while.  He had a girl with him and they seemed very friendly.My friend told me,“This is Lily.  We are talking love."I couldn't help but laughing because I knew what he was trying to say was“我们在谈恋爱”．Of course, the correct way to say  is "dating"，
 
一次我偶遇一位久未谋面的朋友。他身边有个女孩子，他们看起来很要好。我的朋友告诉我：“这是李莉，我们在谈论“爱情”这个词。”我忍不住笑了起来，因为我知道他想说的是：“我们在谈恋爱。”当然，正确的说法是“dating”。
 
知识扩展
 
提示：
 "Date" in English has two other meanings :
 date 曰期
 have a date with someone 与某人约会（常指男女之间）
 
“dating”的不同说法：
 seeing someone 谈恋爱
 going out with someone 谈恋爱
 have a boyfriend/girlfriend 有男／女朋友
 to be spoken for 已经有男／女朋友
 live common law 同居
 off and on 时而在一起，时而分开（恋爱关系断断续续）