للاستماع إلى أحدث التقارير الصوتية والبودكاست، اضغطوا على الرابط التالي.
SBS Learn English تساعدكم على التحدث والفهم والتواصل مع الآخرين في أستراليا بحلقاتها العديدة التي يمكن متابعتها عبر هذا الرابط.
هذا الدرس مفيد للمتعلمين من المستوى المتوسط. بعد الاستماع للحلقة اختبروا معلوماتكم من خلال هذا الاختبار.
ملاحظات التعلّم
الهدف اللغوي
تعلّم كيف تتحدّث عن تجارب المواعدة عبر الإنترنت باستخدام عبارات شائعة وطبيعية في المحادثات اليومية.
عبارات تُستخدم عند الحديث عن المواعدة عبر الإنترنت
I’m back on the apps again.
عدتُ لاستخدام تطبيقات المواعدة من جديد.
I’ve matched with someone.
تطابقتُ مع شخص ما على التطبيق.
We’ve been chatting for a few days.
نحن نتحدّث منذ بضعة أيام.
Anyone catch your eye?
هل لفت انتباهك أحد؟
Has anyone caught your attention?
هل شدّ انتباهك أحد؟
Is there someone you like?
هل هناك شخص يعجبك؟
Is there a spark?
هل هناك شرارة إعجاب؟
Any chemistry?
هل هناك انسجام بينكما؟
She’s sliding into my DMs a lot.
هي ترسل لي رسائل خاصة كثيرًا.
I’m taking it slow.
أمضي في الأمر بهدوء ومن دون استعجال.
I’m being careful this time.
أتوخّى الحذر هذه المرة.
I don’t want to rush into anything.
لا أريد التسرّع في أي شيء.
I got burned last time.
تعرّضت لخيبة أمل في المرة الماضية.
Someone ghosted me.
أحدهم تجاهلني فجأة وتوقّف عن الرد.
تعبيرات عاميّة
- To catch someone’s eyeتعني لفت انتباه شخص ما، أو أن يبدو مثيرًا للاهتمام أو جذابًا له.
- To match with someoneتعني أن يُعجب كل منكما بالآخر على تطبيق المواعدة، فيحدث تطابق بينكما.
- To swipe rightتعني الإعجاب بملف شخص ما على تطبيق المواعدة. وإذا قام الطرف الآخر بالأمر نفسه، يحدث تطابق.
- To slide into someone’s DMsتعني إرسال رسائل خاصة لشخص ما، غالبًا بطريقة ودّية أو تحمل طابعًا لطيفًا.
- To get burnedتعني التعرّض للأذى أو خيبة الأمل بسبب معاملة غير جيدة من شخص آخر.
المفردات
To be back to doing something
العودة إلى القيام بشيء كنت قد توقّفت عنه.
- Chemistryالانسجام أو الجاذبية المتبادلة بين شخصين.
- A sparkشرارة صغيرة من الإعجاب أو الشعور بالاتصال بين شخصين.
- Flirtatiousإظهار اهتمام لطيف أو رومانسي بشخص ما.
- To ghost someoneالتوقّف فجأة عن الرد على الرسائل أو الاختفاء من حياة شخص من دون تفسير.
- To give something a goتجربة شيء ما.
محور التعلّم
في المحادثات غير الرسمية، قد نحذف بعض الأفعال التي تظهر عادة في الكتابة الرسمية.
مثلاً:
Anyone catch your eye?
في الكتابة نقول: Did anyone catch your eye?
Any chemistry?
في الكتابة نقول: Is there any chemistry?
يحدث هذا الاختصار كثيرًا في اللغة المحكية لجعل الحديث أسرع وأكثر طبيعية.
(Note: This is not a word-for-word transcript)
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You’re single, busy, and ready to meet someone new. Online dating seems like an easy place to start, so you download an app and see what happens next. Very quickly, you notice that online dating has its own language - words and phrases you need to get used to.
Hi, I’m Josipa. In this episode, I’ll share all the new expressions and phrases I’ve learned over the past few months since I started using a dating app.
As always. Allan and Claire are here to guide us. Let’s hear how they talk about online dating.
Allan
I’m back on the apps again.
Claire
Really? Anyone catch your eye?
Allan
I’ve matched with someone, and we’ve been chatting for a few days.
Claire
Nice! Any chemistry?
Allan
It’s early days. She’s sliding into my DMs a lot, but I’m taking it slow. I got burned recently when someone ghosted me.
In my experience, dating apps are really confusing, and then there’s the language! Phrases like sliding into my DMs or being ghosted made things even more difficult for me. So, let’s take a closer look at what Allan and Claire just said.
First, we heard Allan,
I’m back on the apps again.
So, when Allan says he’s back on the apps again, he means he’s using dating apps again after taking a break.
To be back to doing something is to return to something or to doing something that you had stopped doing. You can use this expression in a lot of different situations — anytime you return to something you had stopped doing, like a hobby, a class, or even watching a TV show.
Maybe you’ve taken a break from learning English over the holidays? If you did, we’re glad to have you back listening to this podcast! You could say "I’m back learning English".
Claire then said,
Really? Anyone catch your eye?
Here, Claire is asking if Allan has noticed someone he likes. if something or someone catches your eye it means that they look interesting or attractive. You can use this phrase for things, not just people. For example, a book or a movie can catch your eye if it grabs your attention.
You could also say:
- Has anyone caught your attention?
- Is there someone you like?
Allan replied,
I’ve matched with someone, and we’ve been chatting for a few days.
If you match with someone on a dating app, it means that both of you liked each other. On a dating app, you might ‘like’ each other by swiping right or tapping on a ‘like’ button. And when both of you have ‘liked’ each other, then you are matched and getting a match is usually the first step before you can start chatting (sending messages) to someone.
You could also say:
- Someone I liked me back on the app.
here’s that word ‘back’ again! Here is just means that you ‘liked’ someone and then they ‘liked’ you.
On many dating apps, you swipe on someone’s profile to show if you’re interested. Swiping left means you’re not interested, while swiping right means you like the person.
Next Claire said something really useful that can be used to ask about a relationship. She said:
Nice! Any chemistry?
Here, Claire wants to know if Allan and the person he matched with seem to get along well. In dating, if two people have chemistry, that that they seem to have an attraction for each other and to have made a good understanding of each other. You can also use chemistry in other situations, like at school or work, to talk about how well people work together. For example, I have great chemistry with my team here at SBS Learn English, which means that we all get on well together.
You could also ask:
- Is there any spark?
A spark is like a small flash of excitement or chemistry between two people — it shows that there is interest or energy in the relationship.
At the end of our dialogue Allan said,
She’s sliding into my DMs a lot, but I’m taking it slow — got burned last time someone ghosted me.
Let’s divide this phrase into two parts. First let’s explain,
She’s sliding into my DMs a lot.
First, a DM is short for “direct message” and it usually means a personal message between people on some kind of app. You can just say DM. It’s informal, casual, and often used for talking with friends.
Now, if someone is sliding into someone’s DMs on a dating app it means they are sending private messages to them
Now, the second part of Allan’s answer was,
I’m taking it slow — I got burned recently when someone ghosted me.
If you take it slow, it means you don’t want to rush anything.
You could also say:
- I’m being careful this time.
- I don’t want to rush into anything.
They all mean the same thing. Allan also said,
I got burned recently when someone ghosted me.
There are two interesting words to learn here. First, to be burned. is an informal way of saying that you have been hurt in the past. Haven’t we all been burned at least once in our lives?
Next, to be ghosted means that someone has suddenly stopped replying to messages or has disappeared without explaining why. It’s not very polite and can be very hurtful, but it is also really common in online dating. Poor Allan has been hurt by someone in the past who didn’t treat him well.
Dating isn’t always easy. But learning the phrases around them is not so bad, right? And as you’ve heard, many of them can be used in lots of situations, not just dating.
With Valentine’s Day coming, I’m hoping you’ll be able to try out these new expressions!
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