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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。

【知識點講解】

make fun of 嘲弄， 取笑； 開玩笑； 排調； 調笑

例句：

I'd make fun of her dress and imitate her speech.

我會拿她的衣著開玩笑，并模仿她說話。

It is wrong to make fun of a cripple.

嘲笑殘疾人是不對的.

It was miserable of you to make fun of him.

你取笑他,這是可恥的.

例句：

account for 說明（原因、理由等）； 導致，引起； （在數量、比例上）占； 對…負責

Ministers should be called to account for their actions.

部長們應該對他們的行為作出解釋。

The social services account for a substantial part of public spending.

社會福利事業占了一大部分的公共支出。

Together they account for less than five per cent of the population.

他們總共占不到總人口的5%。

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