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关于“AA制”和“请客”的地道英语表达

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  “AA制”怎么说?

学习啦在线学习网   A: Thanks for inviting me out today. I was feeling kind of sad. There's nothing better thangrabbing a bite to eatwith a good friend to make you feel better.

  A: 谢谢你邀请我出来。我正好有些情绪低落,没啥比和好朋友出去吃点东西更能让人振作起来的了。

  B: No problem. It's for your birthday, so it's on me.

  B: 没事。今天是你生日,所以我请客。

  A: Oh, I thought no one remembered, but you don't have to treat me. We cango Dutch.

  A: 噢,我还以为没人记得我生日呢。不过不用你请了啦,我们AA制吧。

  ① tograba bite to eat

  这个短语的意思是“匆忙地、简单吃点什么”,和正式吃顿饭有很大不同。来看段对话帮助理解:

学习啦在线学习网   A: I am hungry!

  B: So am I, but I only have an hour before my next class.

  A: Well, let's grab a bite to eat at that Chinese takeout (外卖).

  ② go Dutch

  严格说来“AA制”有2种:自己付自己吃饭用掉的钱;所有的钱大家平摊。前者的话在英语里就可以说:go Dutch / Dutch treat,例如:My boyfriend and I always go Dutch.(我和男友吃饭经常是AA制);The office outing is always a Dutch treat.(办公室的同事一起出去吃饭往往会采用AA制)不过有时大家也不会把到底是平摊还是各付各的分那么清楚,所以在比较随意的情况下,go Dutch / Dutch treat 也能指平摊。

  Split the bill,按照字面意思就知道它是指“平摊费用”,例如:Shall wesplitthe bill? 也可以简单说:We'll split. / Let's split.“平摊”还有个说法叫:go halves/halfers,例如:Let's go halves/halfers on lunch today. 不过这种说法对于有些老外来说比较陌生,用split相对比较保险啦。

  “请客”怎么说?

  A: Let's eat out, shall we?

  A: 咱出去吃吧?

  B:I'm broke. I'vegone throughmy paycheck for the week already.

  B: 俺没钱了,这礼拜的工资都花光了。。。

  A: Don't worry about it.It's my treat.

学习啦在线学习网   A: 没事啦,我请客。

  B: You're sure? You're sogenerous!

  B: 真的吗?你好大方呀!

学习啦在线学习网   在这段对话里我们可以注意一下几个表达:

  ① I'm broke.

学习啦在线学习网   Broke 作为形容词可以理解成“破产的,一文不值的”,所以 I'm broke. 就是指“我身无分文”。

  ② go through

  我们知道go through有“经历”的意思,例如:We went through hell while working on this project.(做这个项目的过程中经历了炼狱般的考验);还能表示“详细检查”:go through the students' papers(批改学生的试卷)。但在对话里它是表示“花光(钱)”。

  ③It's my treat.

学习啦在线学习网   说到今天的重点了,请客怎么说,这就是最常用的表达之一。同样常用的还有:I will treat you. / It's on me.此外再给大家介绍一个比较少见的表达:I'll shout you.它只用于英格兰、澳大利亚和新西兰,所以不要对美国朋友讲哟~~来简单看段对话:

学习啦在线学习网   A: Do you want to go out for drinks tonight?

  B: No thanks,I'll pass. I don't have any money.

学习啦在线学习网   A: Come on! I'll shout you!

学习啦在线学习网   B: Shout me?

学习啦在线学习网   A: Yeah! It's on me.

  基本意思大家都懂了吧,注意一下其中的"I'll pass."是指“这回不去了”。

关于“AA制”和“请客”的地道英语表达

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