McGaugh invited her to his lab, and began to test her: he would give her a date and ask her to tell him about the world events on that day.

麦克高邀请她到实验室，开始对她进行测试：他会给出一个日期，让她告诉他当天发生的世界大事。

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He's handsome, wealthy and unattached. You should ask him out on a date.

他既英俊又有钱而且还是单身，你应该赶快找他出去约会。

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Eventually, she gathered the nerve to ask him on a date, but B.B. coughed into his fist and said he already had a girlfriend.

最后，她鼓足了勇气要和他约会，可是博博用拳头挡在嘴边咳了咳，说他已经有女朋友了。

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Ms. Steinberg gave a series of pointers: how to make eyes at a man (quick glances that indicate you like what you see), how to break the ice (talk about anything you can see, touch, smell or hear) and, most importantly, how to get a man to ask you on a date (make it very clear that you will say yes).

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In another study, men were given a cell phone so that they could call a woman they had just been introduced to and ask her on a date.

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Another example of something small would even be to ask man or woman you like on a date.

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