'英語口語天天練(21)'
家庭財務
家庭財務
Both the husband and wife are wage-earners.
This job offers fat paycheck.
Today is pay day.
I have a family to feed.
Living expenses eat most of our income.
We paid 2000 dollars in tax last year.
She records every income and expense.
I often set aside some of money for emergency use.
丈夫和妻子都是工薪階層。
這份工作薪水很高。
今天是發薪日。
我要養家餬口。
生活開支消耗了我們大部分的收入。
我們去年交了2000美元的稅。
她記錄了所有的收入和開支。
我經常留出一些錢用於緊急用途。
開支明細
We need to figure how much money we are spending and what we are spending on.
Why?
Well, I think we could be saving more.
Really? Well, okay. Get the receipts out.
Let's see. We spent $700 for our home loan payment, $400 on groceries, $75 on utilities, $250 on gasoline, $100 on books, and $300 on entertainment last month.
That's $1825.
We put $500 into the savings account, and $750 into our stock account.
$3075, our pay checks are $3300 combined. That means we don't have any receipts for $225.
Right.
節省開支
家庭財務
Both the husband and wife are wage-earners.
This job offers fat paycheck.
Today is pay day.
I have a family to feed.
Living expenses eat most of our income.
We paid 2000 dollars in tax last year.
She records every income and expense.
I often set aside some of money for emergency use.
丈夫和妻子都是工薪階層。
這份工作薪水很高。
今天是發薪日。
我要養家餬口。
生活開支消耗了我們大部分的收入。
我們去年交了2000美元的稅。
她記錄了所有的收入和開支。
我經常留出一些錢用於緊急用途。
開支明細
We need to figure how much money we are spending and what we are spending on.
Why?
Well, I think we could be saving more.
Really? Well, okay. Get the receipts out.
Let's see. We spent $700 for our home loan payment, $400 on groceries, $75 on utilities, $250 on gasoline, $100 on books, and $300 on entertainment last month.
That's $1825.
We put $500 into the savings account, and $750 into our stock account.
$3075, our pay checks are $3300 combined. That means we don't have any receipts for $225.
Right.
節省開支
OK. So where do you think we can save more money?
Well, we couldn't eat anymore. That 300 dollars for entertainment is mostly going to restaurants.
Yes. That's a good idea! And you like to cook. What about the books?
No, I need my books.
Come on! If we save more money we can retire earlier and you'll actually have time to read all those books you buy.
Well,what about the 50 you spent on shirt? You could have gotten something for less!
Ok, let's compromise. If you agree to only spend 75 on books I'll agree to only spend 50 for my next shirt.
All right. That sounds fair!
我們需要計算出我們花了多少錢以及我們花在什麼上。
為什麼？
我想我們可以多存些錢。
真的嗎？好吧，好吧。把收據拿出來。
讓我們來看看。上個月，我們花了700美元用於家庭貸款，400美元用於食品雜貨，75美元用於公用事業，250美元用於汽油，100美元用於書籍，300美元用於娛樂。
這是1825美元。
我們把500美元存進儲蓄賬戶，750美元存進股票賬戶。
3075美元，我們的薪水加起來是3300美元。這意味著我們沒有225美元的收據。
是啊
投資理念
家庭財務
Both the husband and wife are wage-earners.
This job offers fat paycheck.
Today is pay day.
I have a family to feed.
Living expenses eat most of our income.
We paid 2000 dollars in tax last year.
She records every income and expense.
I often set aside some of money for emergency use.
丈夫和妻子都是工薪階層。
這份工作薪水很高。
今天是發薪日。
我要養家餬口。
生活開支消耗了我們大部分的收入。
我們去年交了2000美元的稅。
她記錄了所有的收入和開支。
我經常留出一些錢用於緊急用途。
開支明細
We need to figure how much money we are spending and what we are spending on.
Why?
Well, I think we could be saving more.
Really? Well, okay. Get the receipts out.
Let's see. We spent $700 for our home loan payment, $400 on groceries, $75 on utilities, $250 on gasoline, $100 on books, and $300 on entertainment last month.
That's $1825.
We put $500 into the savings account, and $750 into our stock account.
$3075, our pay checks are $3300 combined. That means we don't have any receipts for $225.
Right.
節省開支
OK. So where do you think we can save more money?
Well, we couldn't eat anymore. That 300 dollars for entertainment is mostly going to restaurants.
Yes. That's a good idea! And you like to cook. What about the books?
No, I need my books.
Come on! If we save more money we can retire earlier and you'll actually have time to read all those books you buy.
Well,what about the 50 you spent on shirt? You could have gotten something for less!
Ok, let's compromise. If you agree to only spend 75 on books I'll agree to only spend 50 for my next shirt.
All right. That sounds fair!
我們需要計算出我們花了多少錢以及我們花在什麼上。
為什麼？
我想我們可以多存些錢。
真的嗎？好吧，好吧。把收據拿出來。
讓我們來看看。上個月，我們花了700美元用於家庭貸款，400美元用於食品雜貨，75美元用於公用事業，250美元用於汽油，100美元用於書籍，300美元用於娛樂。
這是1825美元。
我們把500美元存進儲蓄賬戶，750美元存進股票賬戶。
3075美元，我們的薪水加起來是3300美元。這意味著我們沒有225美元的收據。
是啊
投資理念
Rachel: How are your stocks doing, Jim?
Jim: Oh, all right. I lost a bunch of money in the last two years, but this year has been pretty good.
Rachel: Yeah. I lost money investing in the Internet, too.
Jim: Just goes to show that you should buy companies, not ideas.
Rachel: I changed my strategy around too. I invest in good companies now.
Jim: Yeah, me too. Did you hear about Ted?
Rachel: No, what happened?
Jim: He lost his kids' college money by trading.
Rachel: Oh, boy! His wife can't be happy about that. I have been saving my pennies”
瑞秋：你的股票怎麼樣了，吉姆？
吉姆：哦，好吧。我在過去的兩年裡損失了一大筆錢，但今年過得還不錯。
瑞秋：是的。我在網上投資也賠錢了。
吉姆：只是表明你應該買公司，而不是創意。
瑞秋：我也改變了我的策略。我現在投資的是好公司。
吉姆：是啊，我也是。你聽說泰德的事了嗎？
瑞秋：不，發生什麼事了？
吉姆：他通過交易輸掉了孩子們的大學學費。
瑞秋：哦，孩子！他的妻子不會為此高興的。我一直在存錢。