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costing habits
浪費錢的小習慣
You think you would never spend this much money, and then spend it
你覺得自己絕不會花那么多錢,然后花了。
My friend and NYT best-selling author Ramit Sethi likes making fun of people who think they will never spend, e.g. $30,000 on a wedding. But when time comes, and it's their turn to get married, they spend it.
我朋友和《紐約時報》暢銷作家Ramit Sethi喜歡取笑那些總覺得自己不會花那么多錢的人,比如花3萬美元籌辦婚禮。但輪到他們結婚的時候,似乎花的也不少哦。
I'm not criticizing spending money on your wedding here. I'm just saying that had you accounted for the "having a big wedding" scenario, you might have saved more in the past, and hence not need to get into credit card debt.
我不是說不該在婚禮上花錢。我只是說如果你已經考慮了一幅“有個盛大婚禮”的場景,你就應該開始節約用錢,這樣以后才不至于成卡奴。
【知識點津】
account for 說明(原因、理由等); 導致,引起; (在數量、比例上)占; 對…負責
例句:
Now, the gene they discovered today doesn't account for all those cases.
不過,他們現在發現的基因無法解釋所有的病例。
scenario n.(行動的)方案; 劇情概要; 分鏡頭劇本
例句:
Let me suggest a possible scenario .
我來設想一種可能出現的情況。
hence adv.因此,所以; 從此; 從此處
例句:
It's handmade and hence expensive.
這是手工做的,因此很貴。
credit card debt 信用卡債務
例句:
All major credit cards are accepted at our hotels.
我們的飯店接受所有主要的信用卡。
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