购物
A:Bob, do you want to go grocery shopping with me?
鲍伯,你想和我一起去杂货店买些东西吗?
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B:Where are you going—to the corner shop down the road or to the new supermarket downtown?
你是去路那边的街角小店还是去市里的新超市?
A:I thought we could go to the new supermarket to check it out. Maybe they’ll have some of those olives that you like so much.
我想我们还是去那个新的超市看看吧。可能那儿有你非常喜欢的橄榄。
end up的解释
B:Alright. Have you made your shopping list?
好吧。你列购物清单了没有啊?
A:No, I thought we’d just have a look.
没有,我想我们只是看一看。
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B:You know what they say. You should never go grocery shopping when you are hungry.
你知道大家怎么说的:当你饿的时候,绝不要去买东西。
A:Why not?
为什么不呢?
B:Because you’ll end up buying a lot more food than you normally would. Maybe we should at least give ourselves a budget to work with.
因为你通常会买比原本打算要买的多很多。或许我们至少应该定一个预算。
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A:Fine. We won’t spend any more than $50.
好,我们不要超过50 美元。
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B:Ok. Let’s go!
好,走吧。
Social Security-(社会保险)
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A:Man, they take a lot of our paycheck.
嘿,他们从我的薪水里扣了不少钱哦。
B:Yeah, the government really takes a bite, doesn’t it?
是呀,政府确实扣除不少。
A:Seriously. The only tax I don’t mind them taking is social security. It’s only a few dollars every paycheck.
当然。只有社会保险这种税我不介意上交。每回只要从薪水里面扣除几元钱。
B:Yeah, I don’t mind it either. We’ll both end up rich slobs and not need it, but what if we do, you know?
是呀,我也不介意。我们最终肯定不会缺钱也不会需要它,但是如果我们有这个钱的话,你知道?
A:Yeah. It won’t be much, but at least we’ll have a monthly check when we get old.
是呀,虽然不多,但是最少老了以后每个月有一个固定收入。
B:Yeah. My grandmother gets by on social security and the money my grandfather invested when he was alive.
是呀,我祖母就是靠社会保险金和祖父在世时的投资生活。
A:Let’s just hope the politicians don’t figure out a way to spend it.
让我们巴望政治家们不会想着法子把它用掉吧。
B:Really?No, they couldn’t. None of them would have jobs if they did.
真的吗?不,不会的。如果他们这样做了,他们的工作就不保了。
Cable TV-(有线电视)
A:Mom, can we get cable TV or a satellite dish?
妈妈,我们可以装有线电视或者卫星电视吗?
B:It costs money, dear. What’s wrong with the regular television stations?
亲爱的,那可很贵呢。一般的电视台有什么不好?
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A:The shows are dull and they’re too many advertisements.
这些节目都很没趣,而且广告太多了。
B:Well, you already watch too much TV instead of doing your homework, anyway.
哦,你可是光看那么多电视不做作业了。
A:There ’re educational stations too. I could learn while I watched TV.
(卫星电视)也有教育电视台嘛。我可以一边看电视一边学习。
B:Well, that’s true, but you’d probably only watch cartoons and action movies.
哦,那倒是真的。可是你可能只会看卡通片或动作片哦。
A:No I wouldn’t…can’t we get cable? Everybody has cable.
不,我不会的。我们不可以装有线电视吗?家家都有。
B:Well, if everybody jumped off a bridge, would you jump too?
那么,如果人人都跳河,你也跟着跳吗?
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A:Mom!!!! Please. All my friends have had it for years.
妈妈!拜托,我的朋友们几年前就有了。
end up的意思
B:Get new friends.
那就交一些新朋友。
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A:Why are you always so mean?
你为什么总是这么小气?
end up是什么意思
B:Because you’d end up spoiled rotten if I wasn’t.
如果我不这样的话你肯定会被我宠得不行的。
A:I could help pay for it.
那我也可以出一部分钱嘛。
B:Let’s see how your grades are this semester, and maybe I’ll talk to your father about it.
我们看看你这个学期考得怎么样,然后我倒可以和你爸爸商量一下。
A:O.K. Thanks, Mom!
好的,谢谢妈妈。