第697期:Quora精选: 钱花在什么东西上绝对是浪费?（在线收听）

Spending on what is absolutely a waste of money?

你有冲动消费过吗？冲动消费一时爽，事后没钱悔断肠。冲动消费是每个人都很容易遇到的问题，有的时候头脑一个不清醒，就花大价钱买了自己根本不需要的东西，钱花完了，心情也变得更糟了。特别是当你花了不少钱后，发现你买来的东西你几乎不怎么用。而且没有用的东西越堆越多，你会发现你所到之处都是你买的不需要的东西。这种感觉真的很容易让人心烦。 在国外的Quora上提出了一个问题：Spending on what is absolutely a waste of money?得到了很多国外网友的响应，大家纷纷各抒己见。今天我们看其中一个网友的回复。

对于这个问题，你是怎么想的呢? 也欢迎留言哦！

New Words:

preference n. 偏爱;爱好;喜爱;

Parents can express a preference for the school their child attends

父母可以表达对自己孩子所上学校的偏好。

mercilessly adj.毫不怜悯的;无情的;残忍的

Whistler, as always, was merciless.

和以往一样，惠斯勒还是那么冷酷无情。

sponsor n. v. 赞助(活动、节目等);为慈善活动捐资;捐款

Please could you sponsor me for my school's campaign for Help the Aged?

我在参加我们学校举办的“助老”募捐活动，您能赞助我吗？

1. Junk food &Soda垃圾食品和苏打水

No value addition for me. Total waste of money.

对我没有任何多余的价值。完全浪费金钱。

2. Clothing服装

I do not say that clothing is a waste. My point is rather about expensive clothing and unnecessary quantity of clothing. I could spend an ordinary week in 3 sets of clothes.

我不是说衣服是浪费。我的观点是关于昂贵的服装和不必要的服装数量。我可以穿3套衣服度过一个平常的星期。

3. Expensive food昂贵的食物

This is a personal preference. Eating at malls or cinema halls is too expensive. I would rather just eat elsewhere, if I can.

这是个人偏好。在商场或电影院吃饭太贵了。如果可以的话，我宁愿去别处吃饭。

4. Gift wraps礼品包装

No one cares for them. They are shredded mercilessly half the times, and always end up in trash. Do not waste resources in gift wraps. The gift is important. Not the wrap.

没有人关心他们。它们被无情地撕碎了一半，最后总是被扔进垃圾桶。不要在礼品包装中浪费资源。礼物很重要。不是包装。

5. Ridiculously expensive luxuries极其昂贵的奢侈品

Here I intend to include the likes of hot tubs, saunas, high end cars, etc.. Too much money for a trivial luxury. Sponsor an education for a child. Help a needy for their medical treatment. If you have the money to buy a hot tub and sponsor an education for a child, then you could consider sponsoring education for 2 children.

这里我是想说包括热水浴缸、桑拿、高档汽车等。花太多钱买一件微不足道的奢侈品。你可以赞助一个孩子的教育啊！你可以帮助有需要的人就医啊！如果你有钱买一个热水浴缸，赞助一个孩子的教育，那么你可以考虑赞助两个孩子的教育。

6. Watches手表

I admit that I have a big love for watches. However, it makes no sense to buy many watches at a time because you will wear only one watch at a time.

我承认我非常喜欢手表。但是，一次买很多表是没有意义的，因为你一次只能戴一块表。

7. MP3 players MP3播放器

If you have a phone that plays songs, buying an MP3 player puzzles me. Phones these days have no lesser sound quality than those players. Why buy that?

如果你有一部能播放歌曲的手机，买一台MP3播放器让我很困惑。如今，手机的音质并不比那些播放器差。为什么要买那个？

8. Fireworks烟花

So, you spent a few thousands for a moment of noise and light? Happy polluting!

所以，你花了几千块钱就为了一会的噪音和光？祝你污染快乐！