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A: Hey，man，what do you think of Angelababy?
D: Um，she's cute .
A: Oh，how about Shu Qi?
D: Oh，man，she is so hot ! She is my Goddess!
A: Wow! How about Yang Mi?
D: She is hot too! She is also my Goddess!
A: Shut up!
All right,听完今天的对话之后，我们来看一下 cute 和 hot 有什么区别。So, Darby，what's the difference between“ cute ”and“ hot ”?
W ell，when we want to describe the appearance of other adults，like Angelababy，if we say “ cute ”，it means we recognize that they're good-looking，but maybe we're not really really attracted to them .
But if we say “ hot ”，that means sexy，right? So it means maybe we really really are attracted to them. So it's a higher degree of attraction.
OK，我来给大家用中文解释一下 cute 和 hot 的区别。在对话当中大白觉得Angelababy is“ cute ”，说明她 good-looking ，就 是感官上的好看 ，但是他认为舒淇是他的女神，因为他觉得she is“ hot ”，她 很性感 。
cute 是“ 感官上的好看 ”，而 hot 指“ 很性感，更有吸引力，更有感觉 ”。不知道大家理解了吗？
All right，it's bonus time! So for the bonus，we're gonna talk about the word“ cute ”.
When we use the word cute to describe adults，it's different than when we use the word cute to describe kids and animals. For adults，of course we mean “ good-looking ” For kids and animals，it doesn't necessarily mean good-looking；it means more adorable . For example，maybe we want to hold a cute baby or pet，a really cute kitten.
对于很多中国学生来说， cute 都意为“ 可爱的 ”，但是我们在用 cute 形容成年人和小孩/小动物的时候，其实是有区别的。
cute 在形容成年人的时候，表示 good-looking ，是 “好看的” 意思，但是在形容小朋友或者小动物的时候，则是“可爱的”意思。