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I posed this dilemma on a few social media sites and the majority of you agreed that the "get the next one" method is the simplest course of action. Anamari suggested a slight alternative:

幾天前我在一些社交網(wǎng)站上發(fā)出了這個帖子，大部分人都覺得“你付下一單”這個方法簡單便行。然而，一位網(wǎng)友對此提出了異議：

I wouldn't put someone on the spot by saying "you're paying, right?" or "you've got this one" without fair warning. After all, they might be short on cash in that moment, too, and simply hadn't remembered the last time. If it's really important to get evened up, I'd say something at the time of setting up the date, either very directly or along the lines of "I'm tight for cash this week, can you get me this time? Last time it was me."

“沒事先聲明的話，我不會跟朋友說‘這次你來付’之類的。畢竟，可能他們真的是錢緊，或者就是真的忘了。如果我手頭也很緊張的話，我會在約出去玩的時候就先說好，或者直接告訴他們‘我最近手頭有點緊，這次你能付嗎?上次是我。’”

I'd argue that in most cases you're not really putting them on the spot when you're dealing with insignificant amounts like $5-10. If they can afford that amount for themselves, coming up with double shouldn't be an issue. Nonetheless, if you want to take a more sensitive approach you can always ask them before you go out so nobody finds themselves in an awkward position when it comes time to pay。

我想說的是，如果你們涉及的金額只是5~10美元這樣的話，其實不必?fù)?dān)心會讓你的朋友尷尬。如果他們自己付得起，那么多付一份也沒關(guān)系。但是，如果你真的想更謹(jǐn)慎一些，可以選擇每次出去前都詢問一下，這樣當(dāng)涉及到賬單時就沒有人會覺得尷尬了。