【英语时差8,16】学生怎样理财-3

 We’ve just heard some students talking about their budget. But we will also hear from a parent sharing her views on supporting her children through university. It’s like putting your children through private school and you cannot expect them to do it without help. So the arrangement that we came to was that first of all we paid the fees for them; secondly¹ we paid their hall fees; and thirdly we gave them an allowance². In her case, Carmel and her husband provided³ full support for their three children. They came to this arrangement. Well, the first one did excellently but then she was a very determined⁴ person and when she decides she is going to do something she does it. She decided⁵ first of all she was going to get a first, which she did, and secondly she was not going to have any debts. She put the money in a high interest account, and when she came out she took the money and travelled around the world, and she came out with no debts at all. But she did live on Marmite sandwiches almost for three years. The second one didn't fare quite so well, mainly because I think he is quite a generous spirited soul and he likes to be the life and soul of the party, and being the life and soul of the party actually involves spending money and being full of bonhomie and going out and enjoying it.

1 secondly   

adv.第二，其次

参考例句：

• Secondly,use your own head and present your point of view.第二，动脑筋提出自己的见解。
• Secondly it is necessary to define the applied load.其次，需要确定所作用的载荷。

2 allowance   

n.津贴，补贴，零用钱

参考例句：

• My monthly allowance is 50 yuan.我每月的津贴是50元。
• I have to work to earn my allowance.我非得工作挣零用钱。

3 provided   

conj.假如，若是；adj.预备好的，由...供给的

参考例句：

• Provided it's fine we will have a pleasant holiday.如果天气良好，我们的假日将过得非常愉快。
• I will come provided that it's not raining tomorrow.如果明天不下雨，我就来。

4 determined   

adj.坚定的；有决心的

参考例句：

• I have determined on going to Tibet after graduation.我已决定毕业后去西藏。
• He determined to view the rooms behind the office.他决定查看一下办公室后面的房间。

5 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。