戴尔英语红宝书 第47期

There’s a 15% service charge.

Victor： Hi,大家好,我是Victor， 

Nancy： Nancy! 

Victor： 今天我们讨论的Topic是： 

Nancy：There’s a 15% service charge. 

Victor：小费的问题啊。 

Nancy：This is extra money that’s added¹ on to the restaurant bill. In Europe, this is what they do instead of asking customers to leave tips. 

Victor：在欧洲国家，附加服务费就直接代替客人给的小费了。 

Nancy：In the US, we always expect people to leave tips, so we don’t use the service charge unless it’s over ten people, which we would say “a party of ten.” 

Victor：不同的文化，付小费的习惯也有所不同呢。 

Nancy: There’s a 15% service charge. 

Victor：There’s a 15% service charge. 

Nancy: That’s all for today. See you! 

Victor: See you!

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adj.更多的，附加的，额外的

参考例句：

• They have added a new scene at the beginning.在开头他们又增加了一场戏。
• The pop music added to our enjoyment of the film.片中的流行音乐使我们对这部电影更加喜爱。