【在生活中學習語言】Getting the Bill 買單
2008年09月27日蘋果日報
對話
Customer：We're ready for the bill now.
顧客︰我們要埋單。
Waiter：I'll get it right away. Here you are. Please let me know if you have any questions about it.
服務生︰我馬上去拿。在這兒。如果您對帳單有任何問題，請告訴我。
Customer：Actually, I do. Were we charged separately for the salad dressing?
顧客︰事實上，我有個問題。沙拉醬我們要另外付費嗎？
Waiter：No. We list the dressing separately to make sure the orders are clear when we make them.
服務生︰不是的。我們將沙拉醬分別列出，是為了要確保備餐時一清二楚。

「句」細靡遺
◎We're ready for the bill now. 我們要埋單。
帳單的英文可以是check或是bill，兩者並無太大差異。以下為介紹買單的實用例句：
．Could /May I have the check/bill, please?
= Check/Bill, please.（可以麻煩你給我帳單嗎？）
Could you bring me the check/bill?（你可以幫我拿帳單過來嗎？）
We'd like the check/bill, please.（請給我們帳單。）
I'd like to pay /settle the bill, please.
= I'd like to settle up, please.（我想要結帳，麻煩你了。）
＊ settle vt.支付，結算
＊ settle up結清帳單
◎pay the bill　付帳
=settle the bill
例︰It's your turn to pay /settle /foot the bill.輪到你付帳了。

字字珠璣
◎charge vt.（向……）收費；索價
例︰Please charge the money to my account.（請把錢記到我帳上。）
＊charge +人+金額+ for +某事物　　因某事物向某人索價……金額
例︰The repairman charged us NT$700 for fixing our TV.（工人修電視向我們要700元。）
◎separately adv.分別地
例︰Can you help me put the shirts and the pants separately into these two boxes?你可以幫我把這些襯衫和褲子分別放入這兩個箱子嗎？
◎dressing n.沙拉、調味醬
＊Caesar dressing凱薩沙拉醬
＊Yogurt dressing優格沙拉醬

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