听一分钟英文：Standard of Living-生活标准

 Standard of living is something very important to all of us. We all want a better standard of living. We all do our best for most of our lives to improve it. I’m quite happy with my standard of living. I’m not rich, I don’t have expensive furniture (in fact I have cheap used furniture) and I don’t have luxury¹ holidays overseas². I don’t think you need a lot of money to have a good standard of living. As long as you are comfortable in your home and you can buy food and go out a few times a week, your standard of living should be fine. Mine is much better than 90 per cent of the world’s population. This is probably true for you, if you are reading or listening to this. We all need to think how lucky we are.

1 luxury   

n.难得享受到的愉悦；奢侈，奢华的生活

参考例句：

• He invited me to his suite. The luxury takes your breath away.他请我到他的套房里去，那豪华的气派真会令你吃惊。
• The government has imposed strict reins on the import of luxury goods.政府对奢侈品的进口有严格的控制手段。

2 overseas   

adj.海外的；adv.在海外

参考例句：

• Her man has been sent overseas by his employers.她的丈夫已被雇主派往海外。
• Many firms are focusing on increasing their markets overseas.许多商行都专注于扩大国外市场。