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  then we probably will go for our second preference,
  我们可能会退而求其次 选择第二喜好
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  rather than our first preference. Right?
  而放弃第一喜好
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  So well I would like to date somebody;
  所以 当我想跟某个人约会时
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  I very much would like to date that person.
  并且我非常兴奋能跟他约会
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  But in order to have a successful date,
  但是为了这场赴约能完美
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  I have to take this person into a four, five-star restaurant.
  我不得不带他去一家四五星级的酒店
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  Well the dinner will cost me $200.00.
  吃上一顿二百美金的晚餐
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  Well there is another person whom I would not mind to date--
  另外一场约会是同我不是很在乎的一个人
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  you know, my second preference--
  我的第二选择
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  and that would go with a full-star restaurant,
  我只需带他去家小餐馆
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  and would cost me only 50 bucks.
  花费也不过五十美金
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  And therefore, you know,
  这样一来