
小豬存銅板 自己發年終
Sally and Ben have just finished a meeting.
莎莉與班恩剛結束一個會議。
coworker(n.)同事finish(v.)完成、結束meeting(n.)會議
Ben: Sounds like your company has loads of new plans for 2018.
班恩:聽起來我們公司在2018年會有很多新計畫。
sound(v.)聽起來company(n.)公司loads of sth.大量的⋯⋯new(adj.)新的plan(n.)計畫
Sally: Tell me about it.
莎莉:是啊。
tell me about it較口語的用法,表達「那還用你說」、「我早就知道了」這類語氣
Ben: So, do you have any new year’s resolutions?
班恩:那你有什麼新年新希望嗎?
resolution(n.)決定、決心,new year’s resolutions新年新希望
Sally: I want to save more money.
莎莉:我想存多一點錢。
want(v.)想要save(v.)存money(n.)錢
Ben: Oh, why don’t you try the 365-day money challenge!
班恩:喔,你可以試試看365天存錢挑戰。
try(v.)嘗試money(n.)錢challenge(n.)挑戰
Sally: What’s that?
莎莉:那是什麼?
Ben: It’s a kind of money-saving plan. You need a form with numbers on it from 1 to 365 and you choose one number and save that amount in dollars each day.
班恩:是一種存錢計畫。你需要一張寫有1到365數字的表格,每天選一格,照著數字存錢。
kind(n.)種類plan(n.)計畫need(v.)需要form(n.)表格number(n.)數字choose(v.)選擇save(v.)存amount(n.)量dollar(n.)元
Sally: So, if I choose “3” today, I put 3 dollars in my piggy bank and cross out the blank with number 3?
莎莉:所以如果我今天選「3」這格,我就放3元到我的小豬公,再把3這格刪掉囉?
choose(v.)選擇put(v.)放置dollar(n.)元piggy bank小豬撲滿cross out刪去blank(n.)空格
Ben: Yes. At the end of the year, you could save over 60 thousand dollars!
班恩:是的,這樣到了年底,你可以存超過6萬元喔!
year(n.)年save(v.)存thousand千dollar(n.)元
Sally: Cool! I’ll print out the form and start trying it today.
莎莉:酷耶!我要印出表格,今天就開始試試。
print(v.)列印form(n.)表格start(v.)開始try(v.)嘗試