點擊上方VOA英語每日一聽，右上選擇「分享及設為星標」
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Todd: So, Anita, we're talking about money.Todd: I have some questions for you.Todd: First question: are you good at saving money?Anita: You know now that I got married, I think I'm much better at saving money, than I was before.Todd: Yeah, I think it's definitely one thing that comes with age. The older you get, the better you get at saving money.Todd: But we all waste money, so what is something you waste money on?Anita: Oh, what do I waste money on? Probably movie rentals.Todd: Movie rentals, right.Anita: I love watching movies, and I am capable of renting five movies a week, so that's one thing.Todd: You know, actually, not that you mention it, I have a huge problem with movie rentals, not so much the movie rental but the late fee. I'm terrible. Like, I'll have a movie for two weeks, and I could have bought the movie for the price I have to pay for the rental, for the late fee. Oh, it drives me nuts.Anita: You should do what I did. I moved to a new apartment last month and that apartment is right in front of a movie rental place.Todd: That's it. That's the solution. Always live by the movie rental place.Anita: That's my way of saving money.Todd: Well, these days you can actually download movies on the internet which is really convenient.Anita: If you're American, yes. Usually, many of these websites where you can legally download movies are only for American or people with American credit cards.Anita: Unfortunately, it's not available to the rest of the world yet, but I know in my country we have a website where you can rent movies. You download them from the internet and you get a special password, so the movie, you can only access the movie within those 24 hours that you rent it for. I've never tried it but the system is there and I think it's a great system.Todd: That's a cool technology.Todd: What about other things like music and books? Do you spend a lot of money on that?Anita: Books, yes. Books yes. Music not as much. But one thing I definitely spend a lot of money on is my phone bill.Todd: Talking on the phone.Anita: Yes, talking on the phone.Todd: Well, actually it's funny because those are two things I never waste money on. 1) I hate talking on the phone, so I'm never on the phone. I always have extra minutes, and 2) for books, go to the library. It's free.Anita: But then you can't keep the book at home and the whole beauty of reading a book it to... after you've read it, put it in your own personal library and feel good about yourself when you look at your library and think. "Ah, I've read so many books" but I like having books at home because you can reread them anytime you feel like it.Todd: Oh, that's interesting. I don't think I've ever reread a book, ever.Todd: Yeah, one time and that's it.Todd: Maybe I just don't have the same love of reading as you do.本文音頻下載連結請見最底部
文中生詞
rental 租借
詞彙例句
fire away 開始(講話或提問), 打光
e.g: I am all ears. Please fire away.
She asked me to fire away and explain why I wanted the job.
每日口語
我每天都睡不夠
I am not getting enough sleep
新聞熱詞
就業優先政策=pro-employment policies
The Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee held a meeting, analyzing the economic situation and arranging economic work in the second half of the year. The meeting required solid implementation of pro-employment policies with a particular focus on ensuring the employment of college graduates, migrant rural workers and veterans.
中共中央政治局近日召開會議，分析研究當前經濟形勢，部署下半年經濟工作。會議提出，實施好就業優先政策，做好高校畢業生、農民工、退役軍人等重點群體就業工大眾創業萬眾創新 mass entrepreneurship and innovation
就業創業 employment and entrepreneurship
慢就業 delayed employment
聽力測試(答案請見最底部)
1) What does Anita waste money on?
a) Buying DVDs
b) Movie rentals
c) Late fees
2) What does Todd waste money on?
a) Buying DVDs
b) Movie rentals
c) Late fees
3) In her country, what can Anita do online?
a) Buy movies
b) Rent movies
4a) Who wastes money on the phone?
a) Anita
b) Todd
4b) Who wastes money on books?
a) Anita
b) Todd
流行新詞
一本大學=the first batch of universities
Beijing has also combined its first and second batches of universities for students to apply but allows students to apply to up to 16 universities and 6 majors at each.
北京也將本科一批、二批合併，設置16所平行志願高校，每個志願高校設置6個志願專業。
今日短語
Be like chalk and cheese 囧然不同
Emma and Veronica are like chalk and cheese. They can never get along with each other!艾瑪和維羅妮卡是兩個完全不同的人，她們絕對沒辦法好好相處！測試答案
1. b; 2. c; 3. b; 4a). a; 4b).a
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