When the bill comes, nobody looks up.
账单来的时候，没人抬头。
Splitting the bill分摊账单
A real Dining dialogue: Splitting the bill. 37 lines, 4 key words, one phrase to keep and a short check.一段真实的吃饭对话：分摊账单。37 句对白、4 个重点词、一句金句和一个小练习。
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Because nobody wants to be the person who does the maths.
因为没人想当算账的那个人。
Split evenly or by dish? I only had a soup and a beer.
平摊还是按菜分？我就喝了瓶啤酒、喝了碗汤。
And I had the lobster thing. That was not cheap.
我点了龙虾那个。不便宜。
Split evenly then. It is easier.
那就平摊吧。简单点。
It is not easier for the people who did not order the lobster.
对没点龙虾的人来说可不简单。
Fine. App on my phone. Everyone types in what they had.
行。我手机上有软件。大家输入自己点了什么。
I had the fried chicken and rice.
我点了炸鸡和饭。
Soup, one beer, and bread for me.
我是汤、一瓶啤酒，还有面包。
Soup is thirty, beer is fifteen, bread is eight. You are fifty-three.
汤三十，啤酒十五，面包八。你的是五十三。
Plus tip?
再加小费？
Ten percent. So five or six more.
百分之十。再加五六块。
Say five. Round up, the world does not end.
算五块吧。凑个整，天不会塌。
Chicken and rice is forty-two. You are forty-seven with the tip.
炸鸡和饭四十二。加小费你是四十七。
Wait, do I owe the same as you? You had tea.
等等，我跟你一样多？你喝茶了。
You had the tea? Then you are fifty-two.
你喝茶了？那你是五十二。
I did not have tea. I had the beer.
我没喝茶。我喝的是啤酒。
The beer is in your fifty-three. You are all set.
啤酒已经算在你那五十三里了。你不用加了。
We should have asked them to count first.
我们该先让他们算好的。
Nobody counts in this group. That is why we are friends.
我们这群人没人算账。所以才是朋友。
Transfer now?
现在转账？
I sent the request. Everyone should see a notification.
请求已经发了。大家应该都收到通知了。
Got it. Paying.
收到。付了。
Mine is not going through.
我的转不过去。
Check the amount. It is fifty-eight for you.
核对一下金额。你的是五十八。
Sent. Now who pays the tip in cash?
转了。小费谁现金付？
I will. I have change.
我来。我有零钱。
Next time we just split with paper and a pen.
下次我们就用纸和笔各付各的。
You always say that and then order the lobster again.
你每次都这么说，然后又点龙虾。
Speaking of next time, whose turn is it to choose?
说到下次，这次轮到谁选？
It was my turn last month.
上个月是我。
Then it is mine. Hot pot again?
那这次是我。又是火锅？
It is always hot pot with you.
你每次都选火锅。
I vote for the noodle place near the cinema.
我投电影院旁边那家面馆。
Seconded. Wednesdays are quiet there.
附议。那里周三很清净。
Wednesday, noodle place, six thirty.
周三，面馆，六点半。
And before we eat, we agree on the maths. Out loud.
还有，开吃之前，先大声把账算清。
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Key words关键词
tip小费。
evenly平均地。
round up凑整。
turn轮流。
Key phrases
Split evenly or by dish?
是平摊还是按菜分？
A three-question check三道小题，检验一下
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01Question 1 of 3
When the bill comes, nobody looks up.
02Question 2 of 3
We should have asked them to count first.
03Question 3 of 3
And before we eat, we agree on the maths. Out loud.