实战口语情景对话 第730期:Wasting Money 乱花钱

Todd: So, Anita, we're talking about money.
托德：安妮塔，我们来谈谈钱。

Anita: OK.
安妮塔：好。

Todd: I have some questions for you.
托德：我有几个问题要问你。

Anita: Fire away.
安妮塔：问吧。

Todd: First question: are you good at saving money?
托德：第一个问题：你擅于存钱吗？

Anita: You know now that I got married, I think I'm much better at saving money, than I was before.
安妮塔：你知道我已经结婚了，我想和以前相比，我现在在存钱方面做得更好。

Todd: Yeah, I think it's definitely one thing that comes with age. The older you get, the better you get at saving money.
托德：我觉得这肯定与年龄有关。年龄越大，越擅长存钱。

Anita: Definitely.
安妮塔：肯定是这样。

Todd: But we all waste money, so what is something you waste money on?
托德：我们都会浪费钱，你一般会在哪方面花钱？

Anita: Oh, what do I waste money on? Probably movie rentals.
安妮塔：哦，我会在哪些地方花钱？那可能是租电影光盘。

Todd: Movie rentals, right.
托德：租电影光盘，好。

Anita: I love watching movies, and I am capable of renting five movies a week, so that's one thing.
安妮塔：我非常喜欢看电影，我一周会借五部电影看，这是一方面。

Todd: You know, actually, not that you mention it, I have a huge problem with movie rentals, not so much the movie rental but the late fee. I'm terrible. Like, I'll have a movie for two weeks, and I could have bought the movie for the price I have to pay for the rental, for the late fee. Oh, it drives me nuts.
托德：既然你提到了，其实我在租电影光盘上遇到了很大的问题，并不是租借费用而是滞纳金。我经常逾期。比如一个电影我借两周，可是我还的时候，因为滞纳金的问题最后支付的费用能买下这张电影光盘了。这已经快把我逼疯了。

Anita: You should do what I did. I moved to a new apartment last month and that apartment is right in front of a movie rental place.
安妮塔：你应该像我这样做。上个月我搬到了新公寓，那座公寓就在影片出租店的前面。

Todd: That's it. That's the solution. Always live by the movie rental place.
托德：没错。这的确是解决方法。住在影片出租店附近。

Anita: That's my way of saving money.
安妮塔：这是我存钱的方法。

Todd: Well, these days you can actually download movies on the internet which is really convenient.
托德：现在可以从网上下载电影，非常方便。

Anita: If you're American, yes. Usually many of these websites where you can legally download movies are only for American or people with American credit cards.
安妮塔：美国人可以这样做。因为通常合法的电影下载网站只对美国人开放，或者只供持有信用卡的美国人使用。

Todd: That's true.
托德：没错。

Anita: Unfortunately, it's not available to the rest of the world yet, but I know in my country we have a website where you can rent movies. You download them from the internet and you get a special password, so the movie, you can only access the movie within those 24 hours that you rent it for. I've never tried it but the system is there and I think it's a great system.
安妮塔：不幸的是，世界其他地方不能这样做，不过我知道我们国家有一个可以租电影的网站。从网上下载之后，你会得到一个特殊的通行口令，在24小时内可以观看，这是你租借的时限。我从来没试过，不过我知道有这种系统，我认为这个系统很棒。

Todd: That's a cool technology.
托德：这种技术太酷了。

Anita: Yeah, very.
安妮塔：没错，非常酷。

Todd: What about other things like music and books? Do you spend a lot of money on that?
托德：那音乐和书籍呢？你会在这两样东西上花很多钱吗？

Anita: Books, yes. Books yes. Music not as much. But one thing I definitely spend a lot of money on is my phone bill.
安妮塔：对，书籍，我会在书籍上花很多钱。音乐倒是不太会。不过我一定会花很多钱的是电话费。

Todd: Oh, really.
托德：哦，是吗？

Anita: Yes.
安妮塔：对。

Todd: Talking on the phone.
托德：我一直在讲电话。

Anita: Yes, talking on the phone.
安妮塔：打电话。

Todd: Well, actually it's funny because those are two things I never waste money on. 1) I hate talking on the phone, so I'm never on the phone. I always have extra minutes, and 2) for books, go to the library. It's free.
托德：这很有趣，因为我从来没在这两样事情上花费太多钱。首先，我讨厌打电话，所以我从来不打电话聊天。我套餐里的时间经常用不完。其次，我看书一般会去图书馆。那里可以免费看书。

Anita: But then you can't keep the book at home and the whole beauty of reading a book it to... after you've read it, put it in your own personal library and feel good about yourself when you look at your library and think. "Ah, I've read so many books" but I like having books at home because you can reread them anytime you feel like it.
安妮塔：可是那样家里没有书了，就读书来说，最美的事情是……看完以后把书放在个人图书馆里，这样你在看你的个人图书馆时会感觉很好，你会想“啊，我已经读过这么多书了”，我喜欢在家看书，因为可以随时再看一遍。

Todd: Oh, that's interesting. I don't think I've ever reread a book, ever.
托德：哦，这很有意思。我想我没有一本书看过两遍。

Anita: Really.
安妮塔：真的吗？

Todd: Yeah, one time and that's it.
托德：对，我只看一遍。

Anita: Really.
安妮塔：是吗？

Todd: Maybe I just don't have the same love of reading as you do.
托德：可能我不像你那么热衷于阅读。

Anita: Could be.
安妮塔：可能吧。