美语情景对话 第1276期:Do you worry about money? 你担心钱的问题吗?
George: Hello! I'm George from Hawaii.
乔治:大家好!我是乔治,来自夏威夷。Crystal: And I'm Crystal from America.
克里斯托尔:我是克里斯托尔,来自美国。George: And today's question is do you worry about money? So, Crystal? Do you worry about money?
乔治:今天要讨论的问题是,你担心钱吗?克里斯托尔,你担心钱吗?
Crystal: No, I do not worry about money.
克里斯托尔:不担心,我并不担心钱。George: What?!
乔治:你说什么?!Crystal: What, Why?
克里斯托尔:怎么了?George: How is that possible?
乔治:那怎么可能呢?Crystal: Well, I have a good job at the moment, they pay me well. And I have a lot of working hours.
克里斯托尔:目前我有一份不错的工作,工资很高。当然我工作时间很长。George: Oh, make sense.
乔治:哦,那可以说得通。Crystal: I work like a dog but I get paid well. So, these days I don't really thought about money these days. How about you?
克里斯托尔:我拼命工作,不过我的工资很高。所以最近我不太担心钱的问题。你呢?George: Lucky. I have nightmares about money, you know. I have horrible hours these days, you know. I get less and less hours of work ything is so expensive.
乔治:你真幸运。你知道,我会做有关钱的噩梦。最近几天我经历了可怕的几个小时。我的工作时间越来越少,可是所有东西都那么贵。Crystal: But then well, what they said the more money you have the less happiness you feel.
克里斯托尔:可是人们都说,越有钱越不幸福。George: Was that by puff daddy? 's start it over.
乔治:那是吹牛老爹说的吗?不是……我们重新开始吧。译文属仅供学习交流使用,未经许可请勿转载
重点讲解:
1. worry about 担心;忧虑;发愁;
例句:Don't worry about me; I'm very well.
别为我担心,我很好。
2. make sense 可以理解;讲得通;
例句:It all makes sense now.
现在就都讲得通了。
3. work like a dog 拼命工作;
例句:They say that to be successful, a person has to work like a dog.
他们说,一个人想要成功就得拼命工作。
4. start over 重新开始;从头再来;
例句:But at this point, it's too late to start over.
但是现在,从头开始已经太晚了。