听基础单词,练听力第2期:你的"account"是谁打理的

【今日基础词】Account

【Transcript】

Husband: Hi, honey, here’s my last month’s salary.

Wife: OK, darling. How about this? From now on we’ll put all your salary into our savings¹ account and set aside 20% of my salary as Daniel’s education fund.

Husband: That’s not a bad idea. But do you think the rest of your salary will be enough to cover our daily expenses?

Wife: I got a raise. Have you forgotten it? It should be OK.

Husband: Alright, dear. It’s up to you. I get a headache when it comes to figures.

Wife: That’s why you need a wife like me
Translation】

丈夫：亲爱的，这是我上个月的工资。

妻子：好，亲爱的。这样吧，从现在开始，我们把你的工资都存到存折里，另外拿出我工资的20%作为丹尼尔的教育资金。

丈夫：这个主意不错。但是你剩下的工资足够支付日常开支吗？

妻子：我加薪了，你忘了啊？应该差不多。

丈夫：好极了。你决定吧。提到数字我就头疼。

妻子：这就是为什么你需要一个像我这样的老婆了
Account】

account

v. 解释；
n. 记述，描述

例：In English law a man is accounted innocent until he is proved guilty.
根据英国法律, 一个人未经证实有罪仍视为无罪。

His illness accounts for his absence.
他因为生病，所以才缺席。

【搭配】

account for 解释：

The poor weather may account for the small crowd.
天气不好可能是人来的少的原因。

take into account 考虑：

We should take this factor into account.
我们应该考虑这个因素。拓展：

on account of 由于，因为：

She retired² early on account of ill health.
她体弱多病，所以提前退休。

accountant n. 会计师
 

1 savings   

n.存款，储蓄

参考例句：

• I can't afford the vacation,for it would eat up my savings.我度不起假，那样会把我的积蓄用光的。
• By this time he had used up all his savings.到这时，他的存款已全部用完。

2 retired   

adj.隐退的，退休的，退役的

参考例句：

• The old man retired to the country for rest.这位老人下乡休息去了。
• Many retired people take up gardening as a hobby.许多退休的人都以从事园艺为嗜好。