迷你对话学地道口语第905期:AA制(在线收听

   A: There’s a question I’m not sure whether it is suitable to ask.

  有个问题,我不知道能不能问。
  B: You know that I have no secrets toward you.
  你知道我对你可没什么保密的。
  A: When you go dinner with John, who feets the bill?
  你和约翰出去吃饭时,是谁付账的?
  B: Why asking that? It’s often the sort of Dutch treat.
  问着干什么?一般都是各付各的。
  Dutch treat
  1. 解词释义
  Dutch treat是指“(付账时)各付各的”,也就是我们说的AA制。
  2. 拓展范例
  e.g. Today we'll have a Dutch treat at the restaurant.
  今天在餐馆吃饭我们将各自付费。
  e.g. Let's compromise.How about making it a Dutch treat?
  我们折中一下吧。各付各的怎么样?
  e.g. I thought he was treating, but it turned out to be a Dutch treat.
  我以为他要请客,但结果是各付各的。
  e.g. A Dutch treat can sometimes pull you out of an embarrassing situation.
  各自付费有时能使你摆脱窘境。
  1. go to dinner with sb.:和……一起吃晚餐
  e.g. If we go to dinner with your boss, you're not to talk shop.
  要是我们和你老板一起去吃饭,你可不许谈工作。
  e.g. It's boring to go out to dinner with a cheapskate.
  和小气鬼一起出门吃饭真没意思。
  2. foot the bill:付账
  e.g. I was in a jam because I didn't have enough money to foot the bill.
  我带的钱不够付帐,处境很狼狈。
  e.g. I suppose Jim will foot the bill, as always.
  我想吉姆会像往常一样付账的。
  3. the sort of:那种
  e.g. That's the sort of painting I like: simple, suggestive and unpretentious.
  我就是喜欢这种画;朴素,发人深思,而且毫无矫揉造作之感。
  e.g. He's not the sort of man who would go back on his word.
  他不是那种会食言的人。
  3. be suitable to do sth.:做某事恰当
  e.g. Would now be a suitable to show the slides?
  现在放幻灯片合宜吗?
  e.g. It is not suitable to make a joke at the moment.
  现在不宜开玩笑。
  There’s a question I’m not sure whether it is suitable to ask.
  要点解析:这个是一个含有定语从句的复合句。主句是There’s a question,定语从句是I’m not sure whether it is suitable to ask。先行词也就是被修饰的词是question这个名词,它在定语从句中做ask的宾语,指代物,引导词可以用that或者which,而且可以省略。
  在定语从句中,含有一个由whether引导的补语从句:whether it is suitable to ask,补充说明not sure的的具体内容。
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