美語情景對話 第1203期:Are you good at saving money? 你擅長存錢嗎?

Tlotlo: Hi, my name is Tlotlo and I am from Botswana.

特羅特洛：嗨，我是特羅特洛，我來自博茨瓦納。

Reese: And my name is Reese from Botswana as well.

里斯：我是里斯，同樣來自博茨瓦納。

Tlotlo: And our question is are you good at saving money?

特羅特洛：我們今天要討論的問題是，你擅長存錢嗎？

Reese: I think I used to be good at saving money.

里斯：我想我以前很擅長存錢。

Tlotlo: When did that stop and why did it stop?

特羅特洛：那你什麼時候不擅長存錢了？爲什麼不擅長了？

Reese: I don't know. As you get older there's just so much stuff you feel you need to spend money on. I don't know, money just keeps going out of your wallet for reasons you don't even know.

里斯：我也不清楚。隨着年齡的增長，有很多地方需要花錢。怎麼說呢，錢包裏的錢不斷被花掉，可是你甚至不知道你都買了什麼。

Tlotlo: I think I'm pretty good at saving money actually.

特羅特洛：我認爲我很擅長存錢。

Reese: You are?

里斯：是嗎？

Tlotlo: I am. Yes, why do you seem so surprised?

特羅特洛：是。你看起來爲什麼這麼驚訝？

Reese: How much of your allowance would you say?

里斯：你能把收入的百分之多少存起來？

Tlotlo: I think I save ten per cent of my allowance.

特羅特洛：我想我可以存10%。

Reese: Really?

里斯：真的嗎？

Tlotlo: Yes I do.

特羅特洛：對，沒錯。

Reese: Wow.

里斯：哇哦。

Tlotlo: Every month I just make sure that that ten per cent, I save it.

特羅特洛：每個月我會確保將收入的10%存起來。

Reese: That's really amazing. I don't think I can save any money. I have to spend every cent I have, I don't know why.

里斯：那太不可思議了。我想我存不下來錢。我會花掉我所有的收入，我也不清楚原因。

Tlotlo: Saving is a culture, you get adapted to it, you know and that's what my mom taught me and I think I just grew with it that you need to save money and once you start doing it, it becomes easier. It becomes like an obligation. You know what obligations are for?

特羅特洛：存錢是種文化，你要適應，這是我媽媽教給我的，我想存錢這一概念一直陪伴我長大，而一旦你開始存錢，事情就變得簡單多了。那就像責任一樣。你知道是什麼責任嗎？

Reese: I think you need to teach me some sometime because I'm hopeless.

里斯：我想你應該找個時間教教我，因爲我真的很無望。

Tlotlo: I'll give you a few tips.

特羅特洛：我會告訴你一些小技巧的。

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重點講解：
1. be good at 擅長的；精通的；能幹的；
例句：Most of the students in this class are good at mathematics.
這個班的學生多半數學很好。
2. used to do sth. 過去常常；過去曾；
例句：I used to stay up late with my mom and watch movies.
我以前總是和媽媽一起熬夜看電影。
3. make sure 一定要；設法保證；
例句：You have to make sure you're comparing like with like.
你必須確保是在進行同類比較。
4. get adapted to 適用於…的；適合…的；
例句：The Indians had to get adapted to a new climate as they moved south.
當印第安人往南遷移時,他們必須習慣新氣候。