时间:2019-03-05 作者:英语课 分类:美国文化脱口秀


英语课

   年底各种聚会、饭局扎堆。吃完喝完,谁买单?请客还是AA?今天,我们说说美国的买单文化!BTW, 久违的Spencer从美国回来啦!


  关键词:
  A lot going on: 年底活动多
  Activities: 活动,不过更多用在:
  Kids activities: 小朋友的活动
  Outdoor activities: 户外活动
  年底各种聚餐、社交活动,更贴切的表达:
  There's a lot of things going on: 很多活动
  Parties: 派对聚会
  Galas/banquets: 宴会
  Wining and dining: 吃吃喝喝
  和朋友聚:
  Going out with friends
  Getting together with friends
  Catching 1 up with friends
  Entertaining (hosting parties/dinners): 招待朋友
  Restaurants are very full this time of the year: 这段时间饭店特别满
  So are our stomachs: 大家的肚子也是
  Time to pay: “买单”各种英语说法
  买单:
  Picking up the bill
  Getting the bill
  Paying for the bill
  请客:
  Treating people
  I got this: 我请客、我买单
  “我请客”、“我买单”,英语怎么说?
  It's on me.
  This one is on me.
  Let me get it.
  I'm buying lunch/dinner/drinks.
  I got this.
  I got it.
  It's my treat.
  I'll get dinner. You get drinks.
  Dinner is on me. You cover the drinks.
  Bar-hopping: 泡吧
  美国人聚会,特别喜欢去bar-hopping:
  Bar-hopping: 一个晚上去几个不同的酒吧
  Hop 2: 跳来跳去,不在一个固定地方
  One person get drinks at one bar: 一个人请一个地方
  Open a tab: 开账单(通常几个人去酒吧会点好几轮酒,就开一个属于你们的账单,都结算在这个单子上)
  Give your credit card to the bartender: 很多美国人会把信用卡直接先给酒吧侍应生
  It sounds so dangerous: 听起来不太安全
  If you get drunk and forget to pay, they have your card: 但是如果喝醉了,忘付钱,酒保有你的信用卡
  Buy rounds: 买好几轮酒
  I'm getting this round: 这轮我来买
  不一样!美国的买单文化
  请客还是AA?
  最重要的是:不要说AA!
  这不是一个标准的英语说法。
  大多数native speakers都听不懂这个说法;懂的人也是从中国学来的。
  那Go Dutch呢?
  这个说法是标准的,但是比较过时。
  “分摊”最常用、最自然的说法:
  Split the bill:分摊
  怎么用?
  Let's split the bill
  Let's split dinner/drinks.
  除了分摊,还能分开结账:
  Separate checks: 单独分开的账单
  在美国,服务生看到一群人聚餐,会问你是否要"separate checks"; 但这也给饭店造成额外的工作,所以有些饭店会手续surcharge(额外费用);
  有些会直接写出"No separate checks"
  Who picks up the bill?
  美国买单:请客还是分摊?
  如果你召集,你要买单吗?
  If you invite people or initiate 3 the gathering:如果你邀请、召集聚会
  看你怎么说:
  "I'd like to invite you/take you out to dinner": 如果这样说,意思基本是你付钱
  "Let's get together": 如果你说“我们聚一聚”,基本大家会分摊
  It also depends on how big the group is: 也看一共多少人
  Big groups usually split the bill::一般人多都是分摊的
  男生要请女生吗?Do men always pay?
  If it's romantic, maybe the first few dates: 如果是浪漫约会,前几次男生会付
  If it's not romantic, people just split the bill: 如果不是浪漫关系,那就分摊
  Overall, splitting the bill is much more common than one person paying: 总体来说,分摊比请客常见得多
  Hospitable 4 & reciprocal: 热情好客、礼尚往来
  Chinese are very hospitable: 中国人很热情
  Many like to treat foreign friends: 很多经常请外国朋友吃饭
  *其实也没必要一直很客气;外国人很习惯分摊。*
  Reciprocity: 礼尚往来
  Return the favor:同上
  Goes back and forth 5: 你一次我一次
  Generous vs. cheap: 大方、小气
  “小气”的说法更多:
  Cheap
  Miserly
  Stingy
  Cheapskate:铁公鸡(名词)
  大方:
  Generous
  Giving
  Always treating people

adj.易传染的,有魅力的,迷人的,接住
  • There are those who think eczema is catching.有人就是认为湿疹会传染。
  • Enthusiasm is very catching.热情非常富有感染力。
n.单脚跳,跳跃;vi.单脚跳,跳跃;着手做某事;vt.跳跃,跃过
  • The children had a competition to see who could hop the fastest.孩子们举行比赛,看谁单足跳跃最快。
  • How long can you hop on your right foot?你用右脚能跳多远?
vt.开始,创始,发动;启蒙,使入门;引入
  • A language teacher should initiate pupils into the elements of grammar.语言老师应该把基本语法教给学生。
  • They wanted to initiate a discussion on economics.他们想启动一次经济学讨论。
adj.好客的;宽容的;有利的,适宜的
  • The man is very hospitable.He keeps open house for his friends and fellow-workers.那人十分好客,无论是他的朋友还是同事,他都盛情接待。
  • The locals are hospitable and welcoming.当地人热情好客。
adv.向前;向外,往外
  • The wind moved the trees gently back and forth.风吹得树轻轻地来回摇晃。
  • He gave forth a series of works in rapid succession.他很快连续发表了一系列的作品。
学英语单词
Abandonment of Marine Insurance
Active Directory Services Interface
aero-gamma survey
anachoretical
anacreons
animalized cellulose fibre
Armur
atmungsspielraum
azotea
bailadila hill
Bilgrām
BREGMACEROTIDAE
ceniza
check stand
chromoleucites
class of fit
columbariums
combined multiple organs transplantation
copelandia cyanescens
cut damper
day and night line
DBA (design-base accident)
de(s)oxycorticosterone
decellularisation
dental tubules
desegregate
electronic multichannel recorder
end of reel mark
ERGIC
experiment tank
form rollers
four-color image
full-mouthedly
gender incongruence
gone crazy
hernia intrapelvica
high-points
hill's problem
horizontal tail efficiency
hydrolysis theory
hyps-
iliumination intensity
index slip
infangenthef
inflesh
innocent bystander
installation sequence
Inventec
Kienbock's dislocation
latences
line circuit
looping pipe
main forecastle coil
margraviates
maungy
missile penetration aids
movable-inclined-tube micro-manometer
Nathan, George Jean
naturalists
nonretouched
omega match
pair of poles
peaty
photo coverage
pipe fastening-ring
Pomatiopsis
practice range
Provolone cheese
pulvinis
radio clock
range disc
reflectance value
refulgences
rerolled rail
S-SLEEP
Saturnical
screenout
sea starworts
Sechium edule Swartz.
St Bartholomew's Day massacre
St-Denis-lès-Martel
stagnant steam
standard thimble
station houses
steel ladder
stroke form
subanalysis
Suliote
sumpplementary benefit
supertriangle
Surdila Greci
tetraterpene
theletyky(v.siebold 1871)thely toky
three-dimensional weave
tree stands
tychies
U-27810
uranium(v) methoxide
vector algorithm
view aligned
water heating system
wild vetch