英语口语最炫潮流 48 月光族

 　　01. You'd better save some money for a rainy day.

　　你最好存些钱以备不时之需。

　　02. I think you should develop a habit of saving.

　　我觉得你应当养成存钱的习惯。

　　03. Don't call me Miss Moonlight.

　　别叫我"月光小姐"。

　　04. My purse usually becomes empty by the end of the month.

　　我的钱包通常一到月底就空了。

　　05. I have to borrow some money from my parents.

　　我不得不跟父母借点钱。

　　06. I have hardly any savings¹.

　　我几乎没什么存款。

　　07. They have been dubbed² "Fu weng" and the moonlight clan³?

　　他们被冠以"负翁"以及"月光族"的称号。

　　08. Y ou should control your monthly expenditure⁴.

　　你最好控制一下你的每月花销。

　　09. I think the money you have spent is the money yon really own.

　　我认为你花出去的钱才是你真正拥有的钱。

　　10. My brother is one of the typical moonlight clans⁵.

　　我弟弟是个典型的月光族。

　　11. No matter how much he earns, he spends all his money by the end of the month.

　　不管他赚多少钱，一到月底保证全部花完。

　　12. My salary is not enough for my spending now.

　　我现在已经入不敷出了。

　　13. She has almost nothing in her bank account.

　　她在银行几乎没有存款了。

　　14. I have no idea about how I spend out all my salary every month.

　　不太清楚自己每个月的薪水都花到哪儿去了。

　　15. He is a big spender.

　　他花钱大手大脚。

　　16. Do you have any savings?

　　你有积蓄吗?

　　17. I spend money because I make it.

　　我赚钱当然就要花钱了。

　　18. Most of my salary is spent on fashionable clothes.

　　我大部分薪水都花在买时髦的衣服上了。

　　19. Where did all your money go?

　　你的钱都花到哪儿去了?

　　20. I have experienced huge debts this month.

　　我这个月已经债台高筑了。

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 dubbed   

v.给…起绰号( dub的过去式和过去分词 )；把…称为；配音；复制

参考例句：

• Mathematics was once dubbed the handmaiden of the sciences. 数学曾一度被视为各门科学的基础。
• Is the movie dubbed or does it have subtitles? 这部电影是配音的还是打字幕的？ 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 clan   

n.氏族，部落，宗族，家族，宗派

参考例句：

• She ranks as my junior in the clan.她的辈分比我小。
• The Chinese Christians,therefore,practically excommunicate themselves from their own clan.所以，中国的基督徒简直是被逐出了自己的家族了。

4 expenditure   

n.(时间、劳力、金钱等)支出；使用，消耗

参考例句：

• The entry of all expenditure is necessary.有必要把一切开支入账。
• The monthly expenditure of our family is four hundred dollars altogether.我们一家的开销每月共计四百元。

5 clans   

宗族( clan的名词复数 )； 氏族； 庞大的家族； 宗派

参考例句：

• There are many clans in European countries. 欧洲国家有很多党派。
• The women were the great power among the clans [gentes], as everywhere else. 妇女在克兰〈氏族〉里，乃至一般在任何地方，都有很大的势力。 来自英汉非文学 - 家庭、私有制和国家的起源