Spending and Saving Money 花销储蓄
1. Hey. I want to pick up some groceries. Can I have a little money? 嘿,我想挑些食品杂货。你能给我点钱吗? 或者需要借钱买: Can I borrow some money to get some groceries? 我能借点钱去买些食品杂货吗? 买东西也要按计划行事啦: Okay. Here's a list of what we need, too. 好的，这是一张单子，上面列出了我们所需要的东西。 Sure, but don't get too much. 好的，但是别买太多了。 Here you go. Just don't buy all the name brands. 给你吧，别都买名牌就行。 ♦ grocery n. 食品,杂货(其复数是 groceries) ♦ name brand 名牌 2. I'll only get stuff that's on sale. 我只买特价商品。 除了特价的还可以去折扣店: I'll just go to bargain shop. 我只去折扣店。 是的,太贵的东西不实惠: Yeah, don't splurge on the expensive food. 是的，别在那么贵的食物上挥霍。 ♦ on sale 廉价出售,贱价抛售
♦ splurge vi. 挥霍金钱,舍得花钱 3. Can I take your calculator? 我能用你的计算器? 有谁随身携带计算器图: I'll take your calculator to help me out, if that's okay. 如果可以的话，我想用你的计算器帮帮我。 Where is your calculator? I'll take it with. 你的计算器呢？我要用一下。 有的话可以借用一下: Here's the calculator. Keep it turned off so you don't waste the battery. 给你计算器。不用的时候就关了,那样就不浪费电池了。 ♦ calculator n. 计算器 ♦ battery n. 电池，蓄电池 4. I forgot how to figure out better deals. Can you show me Quick? 我忘了怎么计算出更好的折扣了。你能快速给我演示一下吗? 瞧美国人的精明劲儿: Will you show me how to calculate the prices? I forget. 你能给我演示怎么计算价格吗?我忘了。 临时抱佛脚: Can we review over the math I need to do to get the better deal? 咱们能复习一下数学吗?我需要计算出更好的折扣。 各有绝招: Okay, get me a piece of paper. 给我张纸吧。 It's easy. Give me the calculator and I'll show you. 很容易的。给我计算器我给你演示。 5. Excuse me, sir. Can I get the price of this? The sticker is worn off. 打扰一下,先生。我能以这个价买吗?商标都已经磨损了。 或者还可以说: Hey, the sticker seems to be worn off of this. Can you tell me the pnce? 嘿,这价格标签好像磨损了。你能告诉我价格吗? 很热情的回答:
Sure thing Let me Scan that for you. 当然可以，我来给你扫一下。 ♦ sticker n. 标签 ♦ be worn off 磨损,磨破 6. Could you please tell me if both of these are on sale? 你能告诉我这两个都打折销售吗? 或者还可以说： Are both of these items on sale? 这两样东西都打折吗? Excuse me. I see one of these things are on sale, but are both? 打扰一下,我看见这些东西当中有些打折,但两种都打折吗? 可根据实际情况回答: Yes, both of them are on sale. 是的，都打折销售。 No, sorry. Only the one kind is on sale. 不，抱歉，只有一种打折。 7. I can't find the store-brand of this. Can you show me where it is? 我找不到这个品牌。你能告诉我在哪里吗? 或者还可以说: Can you please help me find where the store-brand is? 你能帮我找到这个品牌的东西在哪里吗? 如果想找便宜点的东西: I don't want to get the expensive brand. Is there a cheaper brand of this item somewhere?我不想买贵的品牌。这东西在哪里有更便宜的牌子吗? 可根据实际情况回答: Sure, I think it's right over here. 当然有，我想就在这儿了。 Sorry, we only carry that brand. 抱歉，我们只有这牌子的。 The cheaper brand should be in Aisle 8. We might be out of it. 便宜点的品牌应该在8号过道,我们可能没有了。 ♦ store-brand (为某一店特制的）商品上印制的商店标志 8. I Have Some Coupons to use, too. 我还有些优惠券用。 以下几种说法也同样适用:
Here, I have a few Coupons for those items. 嘿，我有几张哪些商品的优惠券。 Here are some coupons I have. 我这有些优惠券。 如果优惠券还能用: Okay, let me add these. 好的，我来加上这些。 万一过期了: Oh, I'm Sorry, but these are expired. 哦，不好意思，这些都过期了。 ♦ coupon n. 赠券,减价优惠券 9. I have a store discount card. 我有张商场打折卡。 更明确的表达: Here's my discount card. 这是我的打折卡。 接受之人会表达谢意: Alright, thank you. 好的，谢谢。 收银员可能会说: Sorry sir. We stopped taking these cards. 抱歉，先生。我们已经停止用这些卡了。 10. I really need to save for school. 我真的需要为上学攒钱了。 需要攒钱的理由各种各样: I need to save up for that concern. 我需要为那场音乐会攒钱。 My loan needs to be paid off. 我的贷款需要还了。 Can we start saving for a vacation? 我们要开始为度假攒钱了吗? I'm saving money for when I have kids. 考虑到要小孩，我现在正在攒钱。 ♦ save up 储蓄,贮存 11. I want to go to see that band but I need to save money. 我想去看哪个乐队的演出,但我需要存钱。 类似这种句型的表达：
I want my kids to have the best so I’m saving money. 我想让我的孩子生活得最好,所以我在存钱。
I would love to go on vacation but I need to save first. 我很想去度假，但我需要先攒钱。
I would love to go on vacation but I need to save first. 我很想去度假，但我需要先攒钱。
Spending and Saving Money Conversation 对话
Kevin: Excuse me, I wasn’t sure if it was on sale or not.
凯文：打扰一下，我不确定它是否特价销售。
Cashier: Was there a sign or sticker on it?
收银员:上面有标志或标签吗?
Kevin: There was a sign for the one kind, but this one is a bit different and I didn’t know if it was included.
凯文：一种有标志，但这种有点儿不同，我不知道是不是包括在內。
Cashier: Hold on. Let me check.
收银员:等等，我看看。
Kevin: Alright.
凯文:好的。
Cashier: Yup, this is on sale. Sorry about the confusion.
收银员：是的这个是特价销售的。不好意思弄混了。
Kevin: Okay, thank you, I’ll take it then.
凯文:没事,谢谢你。那我还是买了吧。
Cashier: Your total is $36.74
收银员:总共是36.74美元。
Kevin: Thank you. Have a nice day.
凯文:谢谢你, 祝你愉快.
Cashier. Thanks. You too.
♦ confusion n. 混乱，混淆
