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A: There’s a question I’m not sure whether it is suitable to ask.

有个问题，我不知道能不能问。

B: You know that I have no secrets toward you.

你知道我对你可没什么保密的。

A: When you go dinner with John, who feets the bill?

你和约翰出去吃饭时，是谁付账的？

B: Why asking that? It’s often the sort of Dutch treat.

问着干什么？一般都是各付各的。

黄金短语

Dutch treat

1. 解词释义

Dutch treat是指“（付账时）各付各的”，也就是我们说的AA制。

2. 拓展范例

e.g. Today we'll have a Dutch treat at the restaurant.

今天在餐馆吃饭我们将各自付费。

e.g. Let's compromise.How about making it a Dutch treat?

我们折中一下吧。各付各的怎么样？

e.g. I thought he was treating, but it turned out to be a Dutch treat.

我以为他要请客,但结果是各付各的。

e.g. A Dutch treat can sometimes pull you out of an embarrassing situation.

各自付费有时能使你摆脱窘境。

词海拾贝

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.

要是我们和你老板一起去吃饭,你可不许谈工作。

e.g. It's boring to go out to dinner with a cheapskate.

和小气鬼一起出门吃饭真没意思。

2. foot the bill：付账

e.g. I was in a jam because I didn't have enough money to foot the bill.

我带的钱不够付帐,处境很狼狈。

e.g. I suppose Jim will foot the bill, as always.

我想吉姆会像往常一样付账的。

3. the sort of：那种

e.g. That's the sort of painting I like: simple, suggestive and unpretentious.

我就是喜欢这种画；朴素，发人深思，而且毫无矫揉造作之感。

e.g. He's not the sort of man who would go back on his word.

他不是那种会食言的人。

3. be suitable to do sth.：做某事恰当

e.g. Would now be a suitable to show the slides?

现在放幻灯片合宜吗？

e.g. It is not suitable to make a joke at the moment.

现在不宜开玩笑。

语法点拨

There’s a question I’m not sure whether it is suitable to ask.

要点解析：这个是一个含有定语从句的复合句。主句是There’s a question，定语从句是I’m not sure whether it is suitable to ask。先行词也就是被修饰的词是question这个名词，它在定语从句中做ask的宾语，指代物，引导词可以用that或者which，而且可以省略。

在定语从句中，含有一个由whether引导的补语从句：whether it is suitable to ask，补充说明not sure的的具体内容。