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Costing habits

浪費錢的小習慣

You avoid saying“no”

學不會說“不”

Your sister asks you for money. She never gives the money back, but you still just can’t say “no.”

你妹妹問你借錢，從來不還，你還是不會說“不”。

You keep lending money, or buying dinner for your friends, just because saying “no” is easier than paying.

你總是借錢或者請朋友吃飯，只是因為說不比付錢要簡單。

I’m not saying that “no” should come easy. But I am proposing to be conscious about why you do what you do.

我不是說拒絕可以簡單，我只是建議你需要意識到自己為什么要做這件事。

【知識點講解】

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。

conscious about 意識到

例句：

Bess was self-conscious about being shorter than her two friends.

貝絲因比她的兩個朋友個子都矮而感到很不自在。

He's always been self-conscious about being so short.

他老為自己身材矮小而覺得難為情。

The young girl felt very self - conscious about the large mole on her chin.

那位年輕姑娘對自己下巴上的一顆大痣感到很不自在.

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