白领爱晒的“豆腐帐”

 　　The term, tofu ledger¹, was originally used to describe account books made by tofu sellers where each sale is clearly recorded and all the costs and profits are counted at the end of each month. But now it refers to detailed² accounts of personal expenditure³. Many white-collar workers today love to jot⁴ down and share their everyday spending record on the Internet.

　　“豆腐帐”最初指卖豆腐的商贩记的帐，每天卖出去多少豆腐、每个月底汇总的成本支出和收益都会记在这个帐上。现在，这个词多用来指个人记的消费流水帐。很多白领都喜欢把他们每天的消费支出记下来然后拿到网络上跟别人分享。

　　For example:

　　Jenny posted her tofu ledger for the Labor⁵ Day holiday, you just cannot imagine what she has bought.

　　珍妮把她的黄金周豆腐帐给贴出来了，她买的那些东西你简直都想象不到。

1 ledger   

n.总帐，分类帐；帐簿

参考例句：

• The young man bowed his head and bent over his ledger again.那个年轻人点头应诺，然后又埋头写起分类帐。
• She is a real accountant who even keeps a detailed household ledger.她不愧是搞财务的，家庭分类账记得清楚详细。

2 detailed   

adj.详细的，详尽的，极注意细节的，完全的

参考例句：

• He had made a detailed study of the terrain.他对地形作了缜密的研究。
• A detailed list of our publications is available on request.我们的出版物有一份详细的目录备索。

3 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。

4 jot   

n.少量；vi.草草记下；vt.匆匆写下

参考例句：

• I'll jot down their address before I forget it.我得赶快把他们的地址写下来，免得忘了。
• There is not a jot of evidence to say it does them any good.没有丝毫的证据显示这对他们有任何好处。

5 labor   

n.劳动，努力，工作，劳工；分娩；vi.劳动，努力，苦干；vt.详细分析；麻烦

参考例句：

• We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
• He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。