美國(guó)人盡管喊了多少年的「性開放」，但很多美國(guó)人在談情說愛方面，
仍然喜歡采用一些含蓄保守的詞句或語句，表現(xiàn)文明和禮貌。以下舉一些例句，
或許能說明一二。
to have a crush on (someone);
to feel an instant magnetism;
to catch one's eyes; to hit it off;
to have the hots for (someone);
to be attracted to each other.
這些片語，都是描寫男女間互相傾慕，兩情相悅，有吸引力或一見鍾情。
例如：
* He (she) has a crush on her (him) (他對(duì)她十分愛慕) 。
* He felt an instant magnetism when their eyes met.
(他們見面時(shí)，他立即感到磁性般的吸住)。 意指女的外表吸引;
如果是 she felt …… 那么就是指男的外表吸引。
* A nice-looking girl caught his eye.(漂亮的妞兒吸住)。
注意：不用eyes。
* He was introduced to a pretty woman and they seem to hit it off
immediately.(他被介紹給一位漂亮女子後，他們似乎就一見鍾情)。 或
* They were attracted to each other the moment their eyes met.
* When he met her, he had the hots for
her.(當(dāng)他見到她，他就對(duì)她愛慕不已。)(多半指 sexual attraction。)
例如說，女對(duì)男的沒有興趣，那么也可以說：
* She did not feel any attraction toward him.(她對(duì)他毫無興趣); 或
* He is the man for whom she feels no attraction, catch or no
catch.(不管他的條件好或壞，她對(duì)他就是沒有興趣)。
這里的 catch，可指財(cái)富、地位、名望和外表。
to be a lady's man (或 ladies' man);
to be a prince on a white horse;
to be a casanova;
to be a womanizer.
這些都是指男人英俊瀟灑，作風(fēng)奔放，野性旺盛，喜歡在「女人窩」里。例如：
* Mr. Lin has been considered a prince on a white
horse.(林先生被認(rèn)為是白馬王子。)
這是中古時(shí)代女子對(duì)男人的夢(mèng)中理想，然而現(xiàn)在也有老外認(rèn)為美男子應(yīng)該是：
全身盔甲燦爛光輝的王子。
* He is a prince in a shining armour.(動(dòng)詞時(shí)態(tài)：shine, shone 或
shined。)
* Many people think that Mr. Clinton is a real lady‘s man.(或 a
real womanizer)(許多人認(rèn)為柯林頓先生喜歡在女人窩里。)
*As a casanova, he has many girl
friends.(由於他是美男子，他有許多女友。)
(Casanova 是意大利人，據(jù)說是頂尖的美男子，他的全名是：Casanova de
seingalt Giovanni Giacomo 在此 casanova 被當(dāng)做普通名詞，故 c不必大寫。
如果形容男人外表魅惑力大，能使女人「如饑似渴」般崇拜他，也可以說：
* He has melted her down and made her knees
buckle.(他把她溶化了，使她拜倒他的西裝褲下)。
這句話老外通常不用在男人身上，也許因?yàn)槟凶討?yīng)該比較堅(jiān)強(qiáng)些吧!或且說：
* So many women swarmed him like bees to the
honey.(許多女人看到他，就像一群蜜蜂見到蜜那樣蜂擁而至。)
倘若說：…… like flies to the garbage
指像一群蒼蠅喜歡垃圾那樣，當(dāng)然就不是恭維了。
to be a beauty queen; to be a dream boat;
to be a cutie; to be a babe;
to be a fox.
這些都是形容女人漂亮，曲線玲瓏，身材曼妙，揮身性感或散發(fā)一種性感的野性。
例如：
* She is a beauty queen.(= very beautiful)
* She is a cutie.(= pretty and attractive)(漂亮迷人)
* She is a dream boat.(= ideal type of woman)(理想女人)
* She is a babe.(= very beautiful and attractive)
* She is a fox.(= She is a foxy lady = She is
sexy.)(她很性感)。
注意：如果說： She is as sneaky(或 cunning)as a fox.
又是指她像狐貍一樣的狡猾。
假如女人能使男人拜倒她的石榴裙下或神魂顛倒那么就能說：
* Her beauty (attraction) has caused his knees to shake. (或 to
quiver)(她的漂亮迷人使他膝部發(fā)抖)?；?BR> * She made him feel up there in the clouds.
(= on clouds nine = on the top of the
world)(她使他神魂顛倒，飄飄然如仙。)
其實(shí)，所謂「情人眼里出西施」(Beauty is in the eyes of
beholder)，世上的美或丑，只是主觀的看法而已。
to fall in love with (someone);
to fall head over heels in love; to love (someone) from head to
toe.
都是指男歡女愛，沉溺情海，或是愛得暈頭轉(zhuǎn)向。
例如：
* They have fallen in love with each other for
years.(他們相愛多年)。
(動(dòng)詞時(shí)態(tài)：fall, fell, fallen)
* He fell head over heels in love with her.
(= He fell for her head over heels = He is head over-heels in
love with
her.)(他與她沉溺情海，愛得暈頭轉(zhuǎn)向。)多半指很快落入情海。
* He loves her from head to
toe.(他從頭到腳地愛她)。多指經(jīng)過較長(zhǎng)時(shí)間後才熱戀, 或
* He falls madly in love with her.
至於男女熱戀時(shí)「目中無人」或「形影不離」，也可以說:
* They are two peas in a pod.
(他們像豆莢里的兩粒豆子--即形影不離。)
* They only have eyes for each other(and forget the entire
world.)(世界上似乎只有他們兩個(gè)人。)