随心所欲说英语?金钱27-1（mp3）

unit 105

dialogue 
英语情景对话

Son:Mom, look! My first piggy bank and it still has money in it!
妈，看！我的第一个小猪储蓄罐，而且里头还有钱！

Mother:That is a blast from the past.
那还真是很久以前的东西。

Son:Remember when I used to beg you to break it so I could go buy ice cream?
还记得我以前曾经求你打破它，好去买冰淇淋吗？

Mother:Yes. You sure have come a long way in valuing your hard earned dollars.
记得，你一定很重视这些辛苦赚来的钱。
 
Son:Thanks for not giving in to my childhood tantrums, mom.
谢谢你当时没有屈服于小孩子的无理取闹，妈。

Mother:But what are you going to do with that pig?
你打算怎么处理那个小猪储蓄罐？

Son:I think I'm going to keep it as a monument to what I've learned about money.
我想要把它留作纪念，我从它学到了金钱的观念。
 
Mother:Who knows, maybe one day he will sit on the desk of a top CEO in a major corporation!
天晓得，也许有天它会出现在某大公司首席执行官的办公桌上！

piggy n.小猪
tantrum n. 发脾气
blast n. 一阵疾风
monument n. 纪念物
give in 屈服；退让
corporation n. 公司
childhood n. 幼时