生活英语口语 第 28 课：Insurance 保 险- 3

B: Well, this is going to be a very expensive broken leg, Mr. Taylor.哦，泰勒先生。这次摔断腿花费可不小。

A: Ohhhh!哦哦哦。

A: Man, they take a lot of our paycheck. 嘿，他们从我的薪水里扣了不少钱哦。

B: Yeah, the government really takes a bite, doesn’t it?是呀，政府确实扣除不少。

A: Seriously. The only tax I don’t mind them taking is social security. It’s only a few dollars every paycheck.当然。只有社会保险这种税我不介意上交。每回只要从薪水里面扣除几元钱。

B: Yeah, I don’t mind it either. We’ll both end up rich slobs and not need it, but what if we do, you know?是呀，我也不介意。我们最终肯定不会缺钱也不会需要它，但是如果我们有这个钱的话，你知道？

A: Yeah. It won’t be much, but at least we’ll have a monthly check when we get old.是呀，虽然不多，但是最少老了以后每个月有一个固定收入。

B: Yeah. My grandmother gets by on social security and the money my grandfather invested when he was alive.是呀，我祖母就是靠社会保险金和祖父在世时的投资生活。

A: Let’s just hope the politicians don’t figure out a way to spend it.让我们巴望政治家们不会想着法子把它用掉吧。

B: Really？No, they couldn’t. None of them would have jobs if they did.真的吗？不，不会的。如果他们这样做了，他们的工作就不保了。

Social security is a government program that provides a fixed monthly payment of money to people over 68 years old. 社会保险是一项政府规划，它每月为68岁以上的老人提供一定数额的资金。

The great U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt created it in the 1930’s. 这项规划是20世纪30年代由美国伟大的总统弗兰克林·德拉诺·罗斯福开始实施的。

Workers pay for it by having a small amount taking out of their paycheck every month, which the government invests very safely. 每个月从业人员的从薪水中拿出一小部分来支付，然后政府对这部分钱妥善投资。

Then, when they retire, they receive a check in the mail every month from the government. 之后，等到他们退休，政府每个月便给他们邮寄一张支票。

Social security is a very important issue in the U.S. presidential campaigns because older people tend to vote more than younger people. 社会保险是美国总统竞选重要的一个环节，因为比起年轻人来说，老年人更热衷于投票。