There are many places a young man can go for romantic advice--friends, family, and if the worst comes to the worst, the internet.
關(guān)于愛(ài)情，年輕人可以從很多地方得到建議——朋友、家人，再不濟(jì)也可借助互聯(lián)網(wǎng)。
Now, desperate bachelors are taking dating tips from a nine-year-old boy.
而如今，絕望的單身漢們都在向一名九歲的男孩學(xué)習(xí)約會(huì)技巧。
Alec Greven, from Colorado, is the author of How To Talk To Girls. The book, which started as an elementary school project, has become a New York Times best-seller.
美國(guó)科羅拉多州的亞歷克·格雷文寫(xiě)了一本名為《如何與女孩交談》的書(shū)。這本書(shū)起初只是亞歷克的一次小學(xué)作業(yè)，而現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)登上了《紐約時(shí)報(bào)》的暢銷(xiāo)書(shū)榜。
"I just observed around the playground how boys mess up and what mistakes they make," said Alec. "A lot of boys made the wrong conversations."
亞歷克說(shuō)：“我只是在操場(chǎng)上觀察男孩子和女孩子在一起的時(shí)候都搞糟了哪些事情，犯了哪些錯(cuò)誤。很多男孩子的交談方式都有問(wèn)題?！?/p>
Alec believes showing interest is the key to winning a girl's heart. He said: "Your goal is to make sure she does most of the talking so then you can't mess up."
亞歷克認(rèn)為：要贏得女孩子的芳心，關(guān)鍵是要表現(xiàn)出感興趣。他說(shuō)：“你要做的是確保她在交談中占主導(dǎo)地位，這樣事情就不會(huì)搞砸?！?/p>
In his book, Alec suggests that men find a cool role model to base their behaviour on. "The best choice for most boys is a regular girl." he said.
在書(shū)中，亞歷克建議男性要為自己選擇一個(gè)言談舉止的好榜樣。他認(rèn)為，“對(duì)于大多數(shù)男孩來(lái)說(shuō)，最好是選擇一個(gè)普通女孩?！?/p>
Alec also offers advice for when relationships don't work out so well.
亞歷克對(duì)于相處不順的情況也提出了建議。
On breaking-up, he said: "You say something like, 'I don't think this is really going to work but would you like to be friends'." On being dumped, he replied: "I say, life is hard, move on. If you can't get over it, it's ruined."
比如分手時(shí)，他認(rèn)為：“這種情況下應(yīng)該說(shuō)‘我認(rèn)為我們倆在一起不合適，但能讓我們繼續(xù)做朋友嗎’之類(lèi)的話。”如果是被甩了，則回答：“我會(huì)說(shuō)生活就是如此艱難，繼續(xù)生活吧。要拋開(kāi)過(guò)去，否則你的生活就毀了。”
Despite his junior love-guru status, Alec says there are no ladies in his life, aside from his mother. "I'm a little too young for all that dating and everything," he said.
雖然身為年少的愛(ài)情專(zhuān)家，但亞歷克說(shuō)自己的生活中除了母親還沒(méi)有其他女士。他說(shuō)：“約會(huì)及諸如此類(lèi)的事情對(duì)我來(lái)說(shuō)還太早了點(diǎn)?！?/p>
Alec is working on several follow-ups to How To Talk To Girls. How To Talk To Moms, How To Talk To Dads and How To Talk To Grandparents are already in the pipeline.
亞歷克正計(jì)劃寫(xiě)《如何與女孩交談》的續(xù)篇：《如何同母親交談》，《如何同父親交談》以及《如何同祖父母交談》都在加緊構(gòu)思撰寫(xiě)。
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（來(lái)源：北外網(wǎng)院，英語(yǔ)點(diǎn)津編輯）
