英語口語練習小對話 第905期:AA制
A: There’s a question I’m not sure whether it is suitable to ask.
有個問題，我不知道能不能問。
B: You know that I have no secrets toward you.
你知道我對你可沒什麼保密的。
A: When you go dinner with John, who feets the bill?
你和約翰出去吃飯時，是誰付賬的？
B: Why asking that? It’s often the sort of Dutch treat.
問着幹什麼？一般都是各付各的。
Dutch treat
1. 解詞釋義
Dutch treat是指“（付賬時）各付各的”，也就是我們說的AA制。
2. 拓展範例
e.g. Today we'll have a Dutch treat at the restaurant.
今天在餐館吃飯我們將各自付費。
e.g. Let's about making it a Dutch treat?
我們折中一下吧。各付各的怎麼樣？
e.g. I thought he was treating, but it turned out to be a Dutch treat.
我以爲他要請客,但結果是各付各的。
e.g. A Dutch treat can sometimes pull you out of an embarrassing situation.
各自付費有時能使你擺脫窘境。
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.
要是我們和你老闆一起去吃飯,你可不許談工作。
e.g. It's boring to go out to dinner with a cheapskate.
和小氣鬼一起出門吃飯真沒意思。
2. foot the bill：付賬
e.g. I was in a jam because I didn't have enough money to foot the bill.
我帶的錢不夠付帳,處境很狼狽。
e.g. I suppose Jim will foot the bill, as always.
我想吉姆會像往常一樣付賬的。
3. the sort of：那種
e.g. That's the sort of painting I like: simple, suggestive and uNPRetentious.
我就是喜歡這種畫；樸素，發人深思，而且毫無矯揉造作之感。
e.g. He's not the sort of man who would go back on his word.
他不是那種會食言的人。
3. be suitable to do sth.：做某事恰當
e.g. Would now be a suitable to show the slides?
現在放幻燈片合宜嗎？
e.g. It is not suitable to make a joke at the moment.
現在不宜開玩笑。
There’s a question I’m not sure whether it is suitable to ask.
要點解析：這個是一個含有定語從句的複合句。主句是There’s a question，定語從句是I’m not sure whether it is suitable to ask。先行詞也就是被修飾的詞是question這個名詞，它在定語從句中做ask的賓語，指代物，引導詞可以用that或者which，而且可以省略。
在定語從句中，含有一個由whether引導的補語從句：whether it is suitable to ask，補充說明not sure的的具體內容。
