生活英语口语 第 30 课：Cost of Living 生活费用- 1

We need to figure out how much money we’re spending. 我们得算算我们要花多少钱。

I think we could be saving more. 我想我们得存一些钱。

That means we don’t have any receipts for $225. 就是说我们支付的225美元没有收据。

Where do you think we can save more money? 你觉得我们什么地方可以省些钱？

We could eat in more. 我们可以多在家吃饭。

That sounds fair. 这样才公平。

I want to move out. 我想搬出去住。

What kind of job did you find? 你找到了什么工作？

Get a job. 找个工作吧。

If I’m going to live on my own, I have to be independent. 如果我要自己一个人住，我必须学会独立。

A: We need to figure out how much money we’re spending and what we’re spending it on.我们要算算我们花了多少钱而且都花在什么地方了。

B: Why?为什么？

A: Well, I think we could be saving more. 哦，我想我们该多存一些钱了。

B: Really, well, o.k. Get the receipts out.真的，哦，好的。把收据拿出来。

A: Let’s see. We spent $700 dollars for our home loan payment, $400 on groceries, $75 on utilities, $250 on gasoline, $100 on books, and $300 on entertainment last month.让我看看。上个月有房屋贷款700元，食品杂货400元，家具75元，汽油费250元，书100元和300元的娱乐消费。

B: That’s $1825. 总共是1825元。

A: We put $500 into the savings account, and $750 into our stock account.我们存了500元到储蓄账户。还存了750元到资本账户。

B: $3075. Our paychecks our $3300, combined. That means we don’t have any receipts for $225.那就是3075元。我们的薪水加起来是3300元，那意味着有一项225元的支出没有收据。

A: Right 对。