欧美人文风情第267篇:给你100美金 你会做什么

 Am I in the right spot? 我在这里对吗？

There we go. 好了。

It's kind of awkward. 有点尴尬。

I would say I'm really striving to be middle class, but I don't know if I am quite yet. 我会说我非常努力要跻身中产阶级，但我还不知道我到底是不是。

I live on campus with three other girls. 我和其他三个女生住在学校里。

We met online and it was love at first email. 我们在网络上认识，那是一「件」钟情。

I am married, and I have two kids. 我已婚，然后有两个孩子。

What does a hundred dollars mean to you? 一百块美金对你来说是什么？

A hundred dollars means food for a week. 一百块美金代表一个礼拜的食物。

A hundred bucks¹ means, like, a couple days' worth of money, or one frivolous² night of indulgence. 一百块美金代表，象是，几天的花费，或是一个不必负责的放纵夜晚。

There are, like, families back in India for whom that's like the monthly incomes. 印度有一些家庭，那数目对他们来说就象是整个月的收入。

Before I had kids, I didn't grocery shop. 在生小孩前，我不采购食品杂货的。

Having kids now is crazy at times. No, Vincent. Stay still. 现在有了小孩有时候实在很疯狂。不行，Vincent。不要乱动。

Money means...getting by. 钱代表着...勉强能糊口。

Are you guys unemployed³? Yeah. Uh, yeah, unemployed. 你们失业吗？对。呃，对，没工作。

Starving artists sort of thing, I think, yeah. 养不起自己的艺术家之类的，我想，没错。

My parents are extremely tight with money, yes. 我爸妈的经济非常吃紧，对。

Do you feel like you're the same? No. 你觉得自己也一样吗？不。

Yes, I collect Social Security—not near enough, by the way. 是的，我领社会福利金－－顺带一提，远远不够。

I get 1,100 dollars a month—puts me pretty close to, if not under, the poverty level. 我每个月有一千一百块美金－－就算没有在贫穷线下，也让我离贫穷线颇近了。

I would say I drink probably...at least six days a week. 我会说我大概喝...每个礼拜至少会喝六天。

Uh, I think we've been out to eat twice in the last year—Mexican food and pizza. 呃，我想我们去年去外面吃过两次饭－－墨西哥菜和披萨。

Usually every day I have pizza rolls, pizza-related stuff. 通常我每天都吃披萨卷，和披萨有关的东西。

Why? Because it's pizza. 为什么？因为那是披萨啊。

I'm always thinking budget. I mean, I'm thinking practical. If I'm feeling tight on money, it definitely causes stress. 我一直都在考量预算。我的意思是，我想得很实际。如果我觉得手头紧，那绝对会造成压力。

I don't think I'm good with money at all. 我觉得我对金钱一点都不在行。

Does somebody have a wine key? Are you serious? 有人有开瓶器吗？你是认真的吗？

 

1 bucks   

n.雄鹿( buck的名词复数 )；钱；（英国十九世纪初的）花花公子；（用于某些表达方式）责任v.（马等）猛然弓背跃起( buck的第三人称单数 )；抵制；猛然震荡；马等尥起后蹄跳跃

参考例句：

• They cost ten bucks. 这些值十元钱。
• They are hunting for bucks. 他们正在猎雄兔。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 frivolous   

adj.轻薄的；轻率的

参考例句：

• This is a frivolous way of attacking the problem.这是一种轻率敷衍的处理问题的方式。
• He spent a lot of his money on frivolous things.他在一些无聊的事上花了好多钱。

3 unemployed   

adj.失业的，没有工作的；未动用的，闲置的

参考例句：

• There are now over four million unemployed workers in this country.这个国家现有四百万失业人员。
• The unemployed hunger for jobs.失业者渴望得到工作。