雅思口語:a way to save money

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　　雅思口語最近有個省錢話題，對於爹娘供養的我們體會不到這個苦。但是毛爺爺當年教導我們，「自己動手，豐衣足食」，還有什麼比這個更省錢麼!

　　尤其是已經在國外生活過一個學期的娃們，更會深有體會吧!之前從來沒進過廚房的你是不是開始自己做飯了?衣服必須自己洗啊，哪裡有錢送去乾洗店(the dry cleaner’s)!甚至為了省個20刀頭髮都開始自己剪了(cut my own hair to save money)!搬到新家自己布置(do my own home decorating)，家具必須得是宜家的，自己組裝(assemble the furniture on my own)，因為便宜啊!甚至有心靈手巧的孩子自己修車(do my own car repairs)，自己修熱水器啥的(do my own repairs around the house)，特全能!所以一個學期下來，真能省不少錢啊!

　　於是我們按照Do it yourself的原則，來搞一下雅思口語a way to save money這個話題吧：

　　Well, my way of saving money is to do things myself. Actually, it’s been a while since the last time I did it, but I’m gonna share it with you anyway.

　　The thing is, my ex boyfriend used to study in America, and I would visit him during summer vacations. Back then, we were students, we didn’t have that much money, you know. Besides, we basically spent most of the money on the flight tickets, so it was like, every day we were on a budget. So you see, we just had to be frugal and cut down on all those unnecessary costs. Our trick was to do everything by ourselves. Like, we would assemble the furniture on our own from IKEA 『cause it’s a lot cheaper that way. We would do the laundry ourselves and bear the loud noise the clothes dryer made, instead of going to the dry cleaner’s. And we would cook our own meals, 『cause we couldn’t afford to eat out every day.

　　The funniest part was that he used to get me to cut his hair, 『cause according to him, each time I gave him a haircut, we would save, like 20 dollars, so that’s about 120 RMB, which was quite an amount of money. We』d rather spend the money on food or entertainment than in a barbershop. At first, I would just trim the bangs, and later I got bolder, and started to try new hairstyles. Sometimes it looked hilarious, but after I got the hang of it, it got much better.

　　So you see, that was how I, I mean, we, saved money, and it really worked.

　　語言點解析：

　　1. anyway

　　Anyway除了有「把扯遠的話題扯回來」的功能之外，還有despite，even so的意思。例如：I'm afraid we can't come, but thanks for the invitation anyway.

　　2. The thing is, …

　　『The thing is』 is used to introduce an important fact, reason or explanation.例如：I'm sorry my assignment isn't finished. The thing is, I've had a lot of other work this week. 有的時候我們還會看到thing前面有各種形容詞，常用的有funny，amazing，awful等。

　　3. cut down on

　　It means to reduce the size, amount or number of something. 例如：The doctor told him to cut down on his drinking.

　　4. trick

　　A way of doing something that works well or a good method. 例如：The trick is to pick the animal up by the back of its neck.

　　5. dry cleaner’s

　　A shop or store where clothes, curtains, etc. are cleaned, especially with chemicals. 就是「乾洗店」。例如：Can you pick up my suit from the cleaner's?

　　6. eat out

　　To have a meal in a restaurant, etc. rather than at home. 例如：Do you feel like eating out tonight?

　　7. trim

　　To make something neater, smaller, better by cutting parts from it. 通常跟hair搭配使用，表示「修剪一下」，trim the bangs就是修一下劉海。同時，trim還有名詞的詞性，例如：a wash and trim.

　　8. get the hang of something

　　To learn how to do or to use something or to understand something. 例如：It's not difficult once you get the hang of it.

　　作者簡介：

　　朱博，新東方吉林學校雅思口語美女講師，畢業於985院校大連理工大學，碩士保送一等獎學金。在校期間曾遊學美國，任出版社英語出版中心校對四年，工作嚴謹，活潑開朗，讓大家快樂的學習英語。

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