關(guān)于“AA制”和“請(qǐng)客”的地道英語(yǔ)表達(dá)

　　“AA制”怎么說?

　　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: 謝謝你邀請(qǐng)我出來。我正好有些情緒低落，沒啥比和好朋友出去吃點(diǎn)東西更能讓人振作起來的了。

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

　　B: 沒事。今天是你生日，所以我請(qǐng)客。

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

　　A: 噢，我還以為沒人記得我生日呢。不過不用你請(qǐng)了啦，我們AA制吧。

　　① tograba bite to eat

　　這個(gè)短語(yǔ)的意思是“匆忙地、簡(jiǎn)單吃點(diǎn)什么”，和正式吃頓飯有很大不同。來看段對(duì)話幫助理解：

　　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 (外賣).

　　② go Dutch

　　嚴(yán)格說來“AA制”有2種：自己付自己吃飯用掉的錢;所有的錢大家平攤。前者的話在英語(yǔ)里就可以說：go Dutch / Dutch treat，例如：My boyfriend and I always go Dutch.(我和男友吃飯經(jīng)常是AA制);The office outing is always a Dutch treat.(辦公室的同事一起出去吃飯往往會(huì)采用AA制)不過有時(shí)大家也不會(huì)把到底是平攤還是各付各的分那么清楚，所以在比較隨意的情況下，go Dutch / Dutch treat 也能指平攤。

　　Split the bill，按照字面意思就知道它是指“平攤費(fèi)用”，例如：Shall wesplitthe bill? 也可以簡(jiǎn)單說：We'll split. / Let's split.“平攤”還有個(gè)說法叫：go halves/halfers，例如：Let's go halves/halfers on lunch today. 不過這種說法對(duì)于有些老外來說比較陌生，用split相對(duì)比較保險(xiǎn)啦。

　　“請(qǐng)客”怎么說?

　　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: 俺沒錢了，這禮拜的工資都花光了。。。

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

　　A: 沒事啦，我請(qǐng)客。

　　B: You're sure? You're sogenerous!

　　B: 真的嗎?你好大方呀!

　　在這段對(duì)話里我們可以注意一下幾個(gè)表達(dá)：

　?、?I'm broke.

　　Broke 作為形容詞可以理解成“破產(chǎn)的，一文不值的”，所以 I'm broke. 就是指“我身無分文”。

　　② go through

　　我們知道go through有“經(jīng)歷”的意思，例如：We went through hell while working on this project.(做這個(gè)項(xiàng)目的過程中經(jīng)歷了煉獄般的考驗(yàn));還能表示“詳細(xì)檢查”：go through the students' papers(批改學(xué)生的試卷)。但在對(duì)話里它是表示“花光(錢)”。

　?、跧t's my treat.

　　說到今天的重點(diǎn)了，請(qǐng)客怎么說，這就是最常用的表達(dá)之一。同樣常用的還有：I will treat you. / It's on me.此外再給大家介紹一個(gè)比較少見的表達(dá)：I'll shout you.它只用于英格蘭、澳大利亞和新西蘭，所以不要對(duì)美國(guó)朋友講喲~~來簡(jiǎn)單看段對(duì)話：

　　A: Do you want to go out for drinks tonight?

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

　　A: Come on! I'll shout you!

　　B: Shout me?

　　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“這回不去了”。