To Nip Something in the Bud 防患于未然 Helen: 大家好,欢迎收听 BBC 地道英语节目,我是 Helen. William: Hi, I'm William. Today Hampton Court Palace Flower Show is opening. Music, birdsong Helen: Oh, Hampton Court Palace Flower Sho...
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 ne...
A: What are you trying to do? B: I'm working on a budget. A: What kind of budget? B: I need to budget my shopping so that I don't spend all my money. A: What's your budget? B: I can spend about $300 per month. A: Why so little? B: The rest of my mone...
A: What are you working on? B: I'm figuring out my budget. A: What budget? B: I'm making a shopping budget, so that I don't spend too much money. A: How much money can you spend? B: I can only spend $300 a month. A: Why only $300? B: I need to save t...
Be Happy! The days that make us happy make us wise.----John Masefield when I first read this line by Englands Poet Laureate, it startled me. What did Masefield mean? Without thinking about it much, I had always assumed that the opposite was true. But...