An important question about eating out is who pays for the meal. If a friend of yours asks you to have lunch with him, you might simply say something like this, “I’m afraid I’ll have to find a cheap place because I don’t have 1) _______ ________.” The other person may say, "OK., I'll meet you at McDonald's. "This means that the two agree to go Dutch, that is, each person pays for himself. He may also say, "Oh, no. I want to take you to lunch at Johnson's ", or "I want you to try the steak(牛排) there. It's great. "This means the person wants to pay for both of you. If you feel friendly towards this person, you can go with him, and you needn’t pay for the meal. You may simply say, "Thank you. That would be very nice."

American customs(習(xí)俗) about who pays for a date(約會(huì)) are much the same as those in other parts of the world.3) In the old days, American women wanted men to pay for all the meals. But, today, a woman who is a university(大學(xué)) student or is working in the business world will usually pay her own way during the date. If a man asks her to dinner, outside the normal working hours ,it means "come as my guest(客人). " So you can see it is better for you to make the question clear at the very beginning. 

1． 將1)處填上適當(dāng)?shù)脑~,使句意完整：______________ ______________

2． 回答問題： What does ‘to go Dutch’ mean ? __________________________________________________________.

3． 將劃線的句子譯成中文：__________________________________________________________

4． 找出文中與下列句子意思相近的句子

So you can see you’d better make the question clear at the start.

_______________________________________________________________________

5．找出文中最能表達(dá)短文主題的句子______________________________________________________________________________

 

【答案】

1. much money

2. Each person pays for himself.

3. 在過去，美國婦女要男子給所有的飯付款。

4 So you can see it is better for you to make the question clear at the very beginning.

5. An important question about eating out is who pays for the meal.

【解析】略

 

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