买单
1.惯用口语句子：
Could I have the check, please?
=Can I have the bill, please?
=Would you please bring me the check?
请给我账单，好吗？
check n. （餐厅的）账单，发票
Bill, please.
=Check. please.
请结账。
It's on me.
=Let me get it.
=Let me take care of it.
=Let me have the check/bill.
我来付钱。
This is my round.
轮到我来付钱了。
I'II pay for drinks.
我来付酒水的钱。
Be my guest.
=This is my treat.
=I'll treat you.
我请客。
Separate bills, please.
=We want separate bills.
请把账单分开。
We'd like to pay separately.
我们想分开付账。
How about going Dutch?
我们各付各的怎么样？
Let's go fifty-fifty．
咱们平分吧。
go Dutch“各自付账”
How much shall I pay?
=What's the bill?
我该付多少钱？
Please bill me later.
请过会儿开账单给我。
“bill”除了作名词“账单”之外，还可以作动词，意为“给…开账单”。
I'm afraid there is a mistake on the bill.
恐怕账单上有个错误。
mistake n. 错误，过失
I don't think the bill is correct.
我觉得这个账单不对。
correct a. 对的，正确的
May I have a receipt, please?
能开一张收据吗？
I'd like to have the invoice.
我想要发票。
receipt n. 收条，收据
invoice n. 发票
2.实用对话
Paying the Check买单
Brad: Let me take care of the check today.
布拉德：今天我来买单。
Lucy: Why? It's unfair. How about going Dutch?
露西：为什么？这样不公平。我们各付各的怎么样？
Brad: You paid last time because I didn't have any money, remember?
布拉德：上次我没有钱，就是你付的，还记得吗？
Lucy: Oh, come on. I almost forgot. Don't worry about it. I didn't mind picking up the tab last time.
露西：哦，算了吧。我几乎都忘了。别在意。我不介意上次买单的。
Brad: But you really should let me treat one time. I'd feel like I owe you one if I didn't.
布拉德！不过你确实应该让我请一次客了。不然我会觉得欠你一个人情的。
Lucy: OK. But it's only for this time.
露西：好吧。仅此一次啊。
Brad: What's the damage?
布垃德！总共是多少钱呢？
Lucy: It's 12 dollars and 80 cents altogether. But don't forget the tip. It's usually 15%.
露西：总共是12美元80美分。但别忘了还有小费，通常是总消费的15%。
Brad: (to the waiter) Check. please.
布拉德：（对服务页说）请结账。
3.详细解说
1.“take care of”在这里表示“支付，给…付款”，为比较委婉的说法。例如：We'll take care of the fees.（我们来付费。）另外，此
短语还可以表示“处理，照顾”，例如：Her secretary always took care of the details.（一直是她的秘书处理细节的事情。） Don't
worry about your mother．I'll take care of her．（别担心你的妈妈，我会照顾她的。）
2.“pick up the tab”意思是“支付账款，支付费用”，尤指某人没有义务去支付的情况。“the tab”意为“账单”，例如：Taxpayers
will pick up the tab for the stadium.（纳税人将要为修建体育馆付账。）“tab”可以解释为：an amount of money that you owe, or a
record of an amount of money that you owe．意为“账款，账单，账”，例如：The tab for the campaign was nearly $500 million.（活动费用接近五亿美元。）I'll put it on your tab and you can pay tomorrow.（我将记在你的账上，你可以明天支付。）
3.“What's the damage?“在这里的意思是“多少钱？”这是口语中询问“该付多少钱”时的幽默问法，因为“damage”原意为“损失”。
4.文化洗礼
荷兰人请客却让“客人掏钱”
17世纪，欧洲小国荷兰（the Netherlands或Holland）因商业和领海利益纠纷，与英国连续进行了三次战争，史称“英荷战争”，战争最后以英国取胜而告终。一些傲慢的英国人由此洋洋得意，便挖空心思地，嘲笑、挖苦荷兰人( Dutch)．杜撰很多五花八门的词语用来污蔑、辱骂他们。这些词语当时十分盛行，有些已流传至今。
1.beat the Dutch了不起，令人吃惊，惊人之举。为什么殴打荷兰人成了“惊人之举”呢？原因是那时的英国人认为荷兰人无赖野蛮，没人敢触犯他。所以如果有人敢打荷兰人，那就是了不起的事。
2.a Dutch party各人自带食品的聚会。
3.Dutch lunch客人自己付钱的午餐会。
4.go Dutch各付各的帐，费用平摊。
5.His Dutch is up.他发火了。
7.Dutch uncle严厉的批评者，爱训斥人的人。
8.talk to someone like a Dutch uncle严厉训斥某人。
9.Dutch concert吵吵闹闹、乌烟瘴气。
10.Dutch courage酒后之勇，蛮干，虚勇。
11.Dutch act自杀。
12.The Dutch have taken Holland.步见多怪，不足为奇。此语用来讽刺把人人皆知的事当作新闻竞相传告的做法。
13.talk Dutch乱说，胡言乱语，乱讲些听不懂的话。那时的英国人认为荷兰语与英语相比相差甚远，荷兰语落后、粗俗。
