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Hey everyone, I'm Jack and I'm Sarah.
大家好,我是杰克,我是萨拉。
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Welcome to Everyday English.
欢迎收听《日常英语》。
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Today we're going to be talking about money but instead of spending it we're going to be talking about saving.
今天我们要聊的话题是钱,但我们不谈花钱,而是要聊聊存钱。
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Save is a verb which means to keep or store up
Save 是一个动词,意思是保存或储存。
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and savings is a noun which means the money that you put aside, usually in a bank.
savings 是一个名词,指的是你存起来的钱,通常存在银行里。
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We sometimes call all of our savings our life savings or our nest egg.
我们有时会把自己所有的积蓄称为毕生积蓄或者储备金。
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We can also call saving money putting away money.
我们也可以把存钱说成存起钱来。
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And we can use the idiom saving up for a rainy day, which means saving money for when it's really needed.
我们可以用“未雨绸缪”这个习语,意思是为真正需要用钱的时候存钱。
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Before we can put aside money, we have to get some.
在我们能够存钱之前,我们得先赚到钱。
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Let's take a look at the different verbs you can use when talking about where your money comes from.
我们来看看在谈论资金来源时可以使用的不同动词。
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You can earn money, which means to work for it.
你可以赚钱,而这意味着你要付出劳动。
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I want to earn money, so I'm looking for a job.
我想赚钱,所以正在找工作。
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To make money means to get it by any means.
赚钱意味着不择手段地获取金钱。
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It could be earning money by working or by selling something.
这可以是通过工作赚钱,也可以是通过出售某物赚钱。
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I made money by having a garage sale.
我通过举办车库旧货出售赚了钱。
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To inherit money can mean to receive money from someone who's died.
继承金钱指的是从已故者那里获得金钱。
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I inherited money from my grandmother.
我从祖母那里继承了一笔钱。
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To find money means to discover something, in this case without expecting it.
捡到钱意味着发现了某样东西,在这种情况下是指意料之外的发现。
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Note that found is the past form of find.
请注意found是find的过去式。
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I found money on the floor while I was running.
我跑步的时候在地上捡到了钱。
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To borrow money means to get money from a personal bank with the intention of giving it back.
借钱指的是从个人或银行处取得资金,并承诺日后归还。
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I borrowed money from the bank to buy a house.
我从银行贷款买了一套房子。
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Of course the most common way of making money is by earning it and receiving a salary.
当然,最常见的赚钱方式就是通过工作获取工资。
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That's the money you're paid for working.
那是你工作应得的报酬。
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You might also make a profit from selling something or get an allowance, which is money that you're given by someone, for example your parents.
你也可能通过出售某物获利,或是得到零用钱——也就是别人给你的钱,比如你的父母给的钱。
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You might also make money from investments where you put money into something like shares
你也可以通过投资赚钱,比如把钱投入股票这类产品。
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or real estate that will make a profit in the future.
或是未来能够盈利的房地产。
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The money that you make from any of these sources is called an income.
你从这些任何一种来源获得的钱都被称为收入。
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If you want to save money, you really have to try to make more money than you spend.
如果你想存钱,就必须努力让自己赚的钱比花的多。
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So a good way to do it is to draw up a budget.
所以一个好办法是制定一份预算。
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It's a list of your expected income and expenditure.
这是一份你的预期收支清单。
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For example, I need to budget hard if I want to go on a holiday.
举个例子,如果我想去度假,就得好好做预算。
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Let's listen to a conversation about spending money.
我们来听一段关于花钱的对话。
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Hey Nick, check out my brother's new car.
嘿尼克,快看我哥的新车。
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Wow, that looks expensive.
哇,那看起来很贵啊。
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Yeah, it wasn't cheap.
是啊,它可不便宜。
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How did he afford it?
他是怎么买得起的?
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Does he have a high salary or something?
他的工资是不是很高啊?
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Yeah, he earns a fair bit.
是啊,他赚得挺多的。
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He's really good at budgeting.
他很擅长做预算。
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He's been putting money away since he started working.
他从开始工作以来就一直在存钱。
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And he's made a few really good investments.
而且他做了几笔非常不错的投资。
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I wish I was good at budgeting.
我真希望自己擅长做预算。
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I spend my money as soon as I earn it.
我一赚到钱就花掉。
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Me too.
我也是。
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I do have a bit saved up though.
不过我确实存了一点钱。
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I got a small inheritance from my grandfather but I'm saving it for a rainy day.
我从祖父那里继承了一小笔遗产,我打算把它存起来以备不时之需。
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Well, that's just about it from us for now.
好的,我们这边目前就先到这里了。
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Have you tried saving with a goal in mind?
你试过带着明确目标存钱吗?
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Did you achieve that goal?
你实现那个目标了吗?
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How long did it take you?
你花了多长时间?
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I hope it was worth it.
希望这一切是值得的。
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Well, with that, we've come to the end of the lesson.
好,本节课的内容就到这里了。
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Thanks for watching.
感谢观看。
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See ya.
再见。
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本课的词汇与口语要点
这节口语课以视频“Everyday English: Saving money”为素材。 视频中反复出现的词有:saving, earn, bank。 这段视频共有 55 个句子、564 个单词可供跟读。 讲话部分时长为 3:15。 说话人语速自然,每分钟约 174 个词,接近日常对话。 85% 的单词属于英语最常用的 3,000 词,其余的词建议在练习前先学一下。
视频中的重点词汇
视频中 15 个值得学习的单词,附发音和释义:
| 单词 | 发音 | 释义 |
|---|---|---|
| earn 动词 | /ɝn/ | 掙 /挣, 賺 /赚 |
| salary 名词 | /ˈsæləɹi/ | 薪金, 薪水 |
| borrow 动词 | /ˈbɑɹ.oʊ/ | 借, 貸 /贷 |
| rainy 形容词 | /ˈɹeɪni/ | 多雨 |
| verb 名词 | /vɝb/ | 動詞 /动词 |
| inherit 动词 | /ɪnˈhɛɹɪt/ | 繼承 /继承, 继承 |
| lesson 名词 | /ˈlɛs.ən/ | 課業 /课业, -課 /-课 |
| discover 动词 | /dɪˈskʌvə/ | 發現 /发现, 發覺 /发觉 |
| intention 名词 | /ɪnˈtɛnʃn̩/ | 意向, 意圖 /意图 |
| garage 名词 | /ɡəˈɹɑʒ/ | 車庫 /车库, 車房 /车房 |
| grandfather 名词 | /ˈɡɹæn(d)ˌfɑðɚ/ | 爺爺 /爷爷, 祖父 |
| grandmother 名词 | /ˈɡɹæn(d)ˌmʌðɚ/ | 奶奶, 祖母 |
| nest 名词 | /nɛst/ | вә, 岫 |
| allowance 名词 | /əˈlaʊəns/ | 允许 |
| inheritance 名词 | /ɪnˈhɛɹɪtəns/ | 繼承 /继承 |
视频中出现的短语动词
| 单词 | 释义 |
|---|---|
| check out 动词 | 退房 |
| draw up 动词 | 草擬 /草拟, 起草 |
| put away 动词 | 收拾 |
值得反复跟读的句子
视频中简短而完整的句子,可以直接用在日常对话里:
- That's the money you're paid for working.
- It's a list of your expected income and expenditure.
- Have you tried saving with a goal in mind?
- Did you achieve that goal?
- How long did it take you?
视频中的语法
说话人最常用的结构,并附上视频中的原话:
| 结构 | 视频中的用法 |
|---|---|
| 定语从句 who / which + 从句 — 补充说明人或事物 | verb which means · noun which means · day, which means |
| 现在完成时 have/has + 过去分词 — 过去发生但与现在仍有关联的事 | Have you tried · we've come |
| 用 “might / may” 表可能 might/may + 动词 — 有可能但不确定的事 | might also make |
| 义务:must / have to / need to 表示某事是必要的 | have to get · have to try · need to budget |
需要注意的发音
说话人用了 10 次缩略和弱读形式,例如 I'm, we're, you're。请按听到的简短形式来说。
- “th” 音: grandfather /ˈɡɹæn(d)ˌfɑðɚ/, grandmother /ˈɡɹæn(d)ˌmʌðɚ/
- “sh” 和 “zh” 音: intention /ɪnˈtɛnʃn̩/, garage /ɡəˈɹɑʒ/
- 长单词——注意重音位置: inheritance /ɪnˈhɛɹɪtəns/, expenditure /ɛkˈspɛndɪt͡ʃə/
中文母语者容易读错的音:
- /v/ — 不要读成 /w/,上齿轻触下唇: verb /vɝb/, discover /dɪˈskʌvə/
- 词尾辅音 — 要读清楚,后面不要加元音: verb /vɝb/, inherit /ɪnˈhɛɹɪt/, garage /ɡəˈɹɑʒ/, nest /nɛst/, allowance /əˈlaʊəns/
- /æ/ — 嘴张大,不要读成 /e/: salary /ˈsæləɹi/, grandfather /ˈɡɹæn(d)ˌfɑðɚ/, grandmother /ˈɡɹæn(d)ˌmʌðɚ/
如何用这段视频练习
- 先完整听一遍视频,不要开口,记下不认识的单词。
- 先用 0.75 倍速逐句跟读,熟练之后再回到正常速度。
- 录下自己的声音并与原声对比,特别注意 earn, salary, borrow 这类单词。
什么是跟读法?
跟读法 (Shadowing) 是一种有科学依据的语言学习技巧,最初开发用于专业口译员的培训,并由多语言者Alexander Arguelles博士普及。这个方法简单而强大:您在听英语母语原声的同时立即大声重复——就像是一个延迟1-2秒紧跟说话者的影子。与被动听力或语法练习不同,跟读法强迫您的大脑和口腔肌肉同时处理并模仿真实的讲话模式。研究表明它能显着提高发音准确性,语调,节奏,连读,听力理解和口语流利度——使其成为雅思口语备考和真实英语交流最有效的方法之一。



















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