雅思口语话题——money钱

go dutchAA制
take someone out to dinner约人出去吃饭

Hello, Neil. Now tell me, do you usually go dutch when you take someone out to dinner?你好，尼尔。现在请你告诉我，你约人出去吃饭付款时通常是AA制吗?

expect my date to pay 希望我的约会对象付款

share the cost of something平摊某事物的费用

Now go dutch means to share the cost of something, for example a meal in a restaurant. Well Alice, no, I usually expect my date to pay actually. AA制是指平摊某事物的费用，比如在餐厅的用餐费用。不，艾丽斯，我通常都是希望我的约会对象付款。

be on a date约会时

a nice gesture很好的举动

offer to pay for the meal I hope you're joking, Neil. But I wouldn't be surprised! Personally I think it's a nice gesture to offer to pay for the meal when you're on a date.我希望你是在开玩笑，尼尔。但是就算你没有开玩笑，我也不感到吃惊。就我个人而言，我觉得约会时主动为约会对象买单会是一种很好的举动。

be very offended if you offered to pay for everything感到自己被冒犯了如果你什么都争着买单

Yeah. But it can depend on the situation- some people might be very offended if you offered to pay for everything!是的。但是这也需要视情况而定，一些人可能会感到自己被冒犯了如果你什么都争着买单!

offend those people冒犯这些人

dinner with you共进晚餐

Well yes, true. Clearly you're not going to offend those people, Neil, though are you? And I won't be going to dinner with you any time soon.确实。但是很明显你不会去冒犯这些人，尼尔，对吗?在可以预见的将来我是不会和你共进晚餐的。

money matters 金钱问题

cause relationship problems in couples让情侣之间产生矛盾

Well, I didn't ask so calm down, Alice! Actually,money matters can cause relationship problems in couples.我也没有邀请你，艾丽斯，所以你先冷静下来!实际上，金钱问题可能会让情侣之间产生矛盾。

be honest about their finances 坦白自己的财力状况

have an impact on their future financial options 影响到他们将来做出的与财务相关的决定

Now, it seems important that couples are honest about their finances because it can have an impact on their future financial options together.情侣之间互相坦白自己的财力状况似乎很重要，因为这会影响到他们将来做出的与财务相关的决定。

spouse配偶

be in debt欠债

get a mortgage申请房贷

If you're buying a house together and then find out later that your spouse is thousands of pounds in debt, then the chances are you won't be able to get a mortgage.如果你们打算一起买房子，但是后来你发现你的配偶--你的丈夫或妻子 -有数千英镑的欠债，那么很可能你们会申请不到房贷。

guilt愧疚感

shame羞耻感

Often when we talk about money, it's emotions very close to us-there's guilt, there's shame. What have we done in the past? 通常在谈论金钱的时候，我们很可能会产生某种情感，比如愧疚感、羞耻感。我们在过去做过什么?

value ourselves衡量我们的价值

To start those conversations is complicated. Money can be about how we value ourselves, how we feel valued.这种问题回答起来十分复杂。金钱可能是我们对自己以及别人对我们价值的一个衡量标准。

hard cash现金

It's not just a simple case of talking about hard cash.这绝不是简单地讨论现金问题。
physical money有形的货币

banknotes纸币

be opposed to other types of payment与其他的支付方式相对

Well,we say hard cash when we talk about physical money-the coins and banknotes- as opposed to other types of payment. 我们说现金时指的是有形的货币，包括硬币和纸币，与其他的支付方式相对。

a cheap engagement ring一颗很便宜的订婚戒指

feel undervalued觉得自己的价值被低估了

Right-so if I were to buy you a cheap engagement ring you would feel undervalued.对，所以如果我给你买一颗很便宜的订婚戒指你会觉得自己的价值被低估了。

be a cheapskate做吝啬鬼

spend on our engagement ring花钱买订婚戒指

You can't be a cheapskate when it comes to engagement rings! So how much would you spend on our engagement ring, Neil?买订婚戒指时你不能做吝啬鬼!那你会花多少钱为我们买订婚戒指呢，尼尔?

have different attitudes towards money不同的人对金钱的不同态度

Moving on-let's hear more from Arabella about how people have different attitudes towards money. 我们继续，我们来听一听阿拉贝拉向我们介绍不同的人对金钱的不同态度。

a spender爱挥霍的人

a saver节俭的人

Accept the fact that in your relationship you might do money differently-there might be a spender there might be a saver. 要接受这个事实:一对情侣花钱的方式可能不同--他们其中一个可能是爱挥霍的人而另一个是节俭的人。

see money differently看待钱的方式不同

It's very tempting if your partner does things differently to say they're wrong. They might do it differently because they see money differently.如果你的伴侣和你的做事方式不同，你很可能会说他是错的。你们花钱的方式不同可能是因为你们看待钱的方式不同。

have a budget有一个预算

have a different view of money对钱的看法不同

Do it differently but have a budget. Ofcourse be honest about each other but recognise that you might just have a different view of money.每个人花钱的方式可以不同但是必须要有一个预算。情侣之间当然要向对方坦诚但是也要认识到你们或许只是对钱的看法不同。

drop the ring down the kitchen sink 把戒指掉进厨房的洗涤槽里

be stolen被人偷走

Engagements don't always last. You might drop the ring down the kitchen sink or it could be stolen or you might meet someone else.订婚是有期限的。你可能会把戒指掉进厨房的洗涤槽里或者它还可能会被人偷走或者你会遇到其他的人。

invest in a relationship为一份感情投资

You have to invest in a relationship if you want it to work确实。我知道我不应该说你是错的，但是你就是错了!如果你想让一份感情长久，你就必须为它投资。

keep their finances secret from their partners刻意向爱人隐瞒自己的资产情况

Many married couples actively try to keep their finances secret from their partners!该很多已婚夫妇会刻意向对方隐瞒自己的资产情况!

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