购物英语对话-Shopping Budget(3)

A: What are you doing?
B: I'm trying to figure out my budget.
A: What do you need a budget for?
B: I need to put a limit on my spending.
A: What's your spending limit?
B: I'm only allowed to spend $300 each month.
A: That's not much.
B: Because, I need to save the rest of my money.
A: What are you saving¹ for?
B: I have bills to pay for too.
A: It's good that you are being smart with your money.
B: It’s about time that I started being smart.

 

1 saving   

n.节省，节约；[pl.]储蓄金，存款

参考例句：

• Energy saving is term strategic policy of our country.节约能源是我国长期的战略国策。
• Old-fashioned housewives were usually very saving.旧时的家庭主妇通常都很节俭。