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Costing habits

浪費錢的小習慣

You think "I can't do it " instead of "How can I do it?"

你總覺得“我做不到”而非“我如何去做”？

You can make more money at your current job.

你可以在現有的工作上賺取更多的錢。

You can negotiate more, or improve your skills and then ask for a raise.

你可以溝通協商更多，提高你的技能然后要求漲薪。

Or, you could make more money on the side. Or, you can start your own business.

或者是可以干點副業，再或者自主創業吧。

The options are infinite. The more you're stuck on "can't", the more you'll be losing money that you could have earned had you not had this bad "can’t" habit.

選擇是不定的。你被“不能”捆綁得越多，養成了“不能” 的習慣，那么就會失去越多本可賺到的金錢。

【知識點講解】

instead of （用…）代替…， （是…）而不是…， （用…）而不用…；

例句：

Instead of complaining about what's wrong, be grateful for what's right.

別抱怨不好的事，要對好的事心存感恩。

Instead of moving at his usual stately pace, he was almost running.

他沒像平時那樣優雅莊重地走著，而是幾乎跑了起來。

Small pickling onions can be used instead of sliced ones.

小塊腌洋蔥可用來替代切片洋蔥。

ask for 請求…； 要求…； 找…； 自找麻煩

例句：

That was Nicholas's cue to ask for another chocolate chip cookie.

那表示尼古拉斯還想要一塊巧克力曲奇。

I decided to go to the next house and ask for food.

我決定去隔壁那家要點吃的。

Don'tbe afraid to ask for advice about ordering the meal.

點餐時可以大膽征求意見。

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