湖北的Sam问:

    前几天我看了一部电影，讲述的是一段跨国恋情，其中有一段情节令我印象深刻，两位主人公虽然深深相爱，但由于文化的差异产生了一些误会，最终分开了，非常可惜。因此，我对各国的约会习俗产生了浓厚的兴趣，所以想请Anton给我讲讲这方面的事情。

    Rudi:

    Sam你好，我是Rudi，由于Anton要去继续深造，所以现在由我来担任bar-tender为大家服务，希望大家能够一如既往地踊跃提出问题。好了，现在来回答Sam的问题，不同国家的确有不同的约会习俗，下面我就来向大家介绍一些国家的约会风俗，与大家一起感受文化的神奇，希望对正沉浸在跨国恋情里的朋友们也有所帮助。

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