Carpooling to Work: Who Pays for Petrol?

Morning! Hop in, it's absolutely pouring.

早！快上車，雨下超大的。

Ugh, cheers. The bus was cancelled again.

唉，謝啦。公車又停駛了。

Again? That's the third time this week!

又來？這禮拜已經第3次了！

Honestly, I'd be lost without these lifts.

說真的，要不是你載我，我真的不知道怎麼辦。

Actually, there's something I've been meaning to mention...

其實，有件事我一直想跟你講……

Um, it's a bit awkward, to be honest.

嗯，老實說有點尷尬。

Oh dear. That sounds serious. Go on.

糟糕，聽起來很嚴重。你說吧。

Don't worry, it's nothing bad.

別擔心，不是什麼壞事。

It's just that petrol has gone up quite a lot lately.

只是最近油價漲了不少。

Oh, I'm so sorry. I should have offered ages ago.

啊，真的很抱歉。我早就該主動說的。

Well, honestly, I wasn't sure how to bring it up.

嗯，老實說，我也不知道要怎麼開口。

No, you're absolutely right to. How shall we split it?

不會，你說得完全沒錯。我們要怎麼分？

Well, I fill up about once a week, roughly sixty pounds.

嗯，我大概一個禮拜加一次油，差不多60英鎊。

So how about I pay half? Thirty a week?

那我出一半怎麼樣？一個禮拜30？

No, that's too much. I'd be driving in anyway.

不用，太多了。反正我本來就要開車上班。

Fair point. What about twenty, plus the parking?

也對。那20，再加停車費呢？

Oh, that's more than fair. Deal!

喔，那很公道了。成交！

Um, can I be honest with you, though?

嗯，不過我可以跟你說句實話嗎？

Of course. What is it?

當然。什麼事？

I'm afraid I've been avoiding this for weeks.

其實我已經逃避這件事好幾個禮拜了。

I just didn't know how to say it, really...

我只是真的不知道要怎麼講……

Ha! So we were both too polite to mention it?

哈！所以我們兩個都太客氣，誰都沒講？

Typically British of us, isn't it?

超典型的英國人作風，對吧？

Absolutely. We'd rather suffer than talk about money!

就是啊。寧可自己吃虧也不想談錢！

Right, here we are. Five minutes early, for once.

好，到了。難得提早5分鐘。

Brilliant! Coffee's on me this morning.

太好了！今天早上的咖啡我請。

Oh, you don't have to do that!

哎呀，不用啦！

I insist. Consider it the first instalment.

我堅持。就當作第一期款項。

Well, in that case, I'll have a large latte.

那既然這樣，我要一杯大杯拿鐵。