6 金錢觀念

Dialogue　對話　MP3 02-06

Steven is reading a book about money management. His friend Billy comes over and begins to chat with him about money.

Billy:What are you doing now, Steven?

Steven:I am reading a book about money management.

Billy:Oh, my God. Do you want to be a millionaire? I can see you are very crazy about money.

Steven:Everyone wants to earn a lot of money. Don't you think so? What's more, I am interested in money management.

Billy:No, you are wrong. Money can't buy happiness and health. I won't sacrifice my health in order to get money. In other words, I don't want to be a millionaire and I want to have more free time to enjoy life.

Steven:Oh, I see. But a proverb says "Money makes the mare go." I think it will be better if you have more money.

Billy:Maybe you are right. Please take care of yourself when you make money. Anyway health is the most important thing.

Steven:Thank you for your caring. I will.

Billy:No thanks.

史蒂文正在讀一本關于金錢管理的書。他的朋友比利走過來，開始和他聊些關于錢的事情。

比利：史蒂文，你現在在干什么？

史蒂文：我在讀一本關于資金管理的書。

比利：哦，天啊，你想成為百萬富翁嗎？我可以看出來你對錢很瘋狂。

史蒂文：每個人都想掙大錢的。難道你不是這么想的？況且，我對資金管理很感興趣。

比利：不，你錯了。金錢買不到幸福和健康。我不會犧牲我的健康來換取金錢的。換句話說，我不想成為百萬富翁，我只想有更多的自由時間來享受生活。

史蒂文：哦，我明白。但是俗話說“有錢能使鬼推磨”。我認為多點錢總是好的。

比利：或許你說的對。在掙錢的時候請照顧好自己。不管怎樣，身體是第一位的。

史蒂文：謝謝你的關心，我會的。

比利：不用謝了。

Vocabulary and Phrases　單詞和短語

management [?m?n?d?m?nt]n．管理，管理部門，手腕

millionaire [?m?lj??ne?]n．百萬富翁，大富豪

sacrifice [?s?kr?fa?s]v．犧牲

proverb [[?pr?v??b]n．諺語，格言，俗語

mare [?me?r?]n．母馬，母驢

Key Sentences　核心句型

積極的金錢觀念

1 Fair gaining makes fair spending．堂堂正正地賺錢，才能堂堂正正地開銷。

2 Money can't buy happiness．金錢買不到幸福。

3 Money has no smell．金錢無臭味。

4 No one should receive a dollar unless that dollar has been fairly earned．倘若不是正當所得，一塊錢也不能拿。

5 Money deposited in banks will accrue to us with interest．錢存在銀行，利息自生。

6 Wisdom in the mind is better than money in the hand．腦中的智慧比手中的金錢更重要。

7 Don't trifle away your time, for time is money．不要虛度光陰，因為一寸光陰一寸金。

8 Money doesn't grow on trees．樹上不會長出錢來。

9 Money is like muck, not good except it is spread．金錢好比糞肥，只有撒到大地才是有用之物。

10 Do not waste money on trash．別濫用錢。

11 Money will come and go．錢乃身外之物。

12 Hope is worth any money．希望價值大于金錢。

13 A good name is better than a good girdle．名譽勝過金錢。

14 Time is money, but money is not time．時間就是金錢，但金錢換不來時間。

15 Better without gold than without friends．寧可沒有金錢，不可沒有朋友。

16 Money does not always bring happiness．金錢并不總是帶來快樂。

17 Take care of the pence and the pound will take care of themselves．金錢積少便成多。

消極的金錢觀念

1 Money is the key that opens all doors．金錢是打開一切門戶的鑰匙。

2 Money holds an allure for us．對我們來說金錢是種誘惑物。

3 Money burn one's pocket．有錢就燒包，急于要花掉。

4 Money makes the mare go．有錢能使鬼推磨。

5 Money unmakes its makers．賺得金錢，損了德性。

6 Money talks．金錢是萬能的。

7 Lend your money and lose your friend．錢借出，友誼失。

8 A full purse makes the mouth to speak．錢多好說話。

9 Money can move even the god．錢能通神。

10 A miser lusts after gold．守財奴死要錢。

11 Money is a good traveler in the world．有錢走遍天下。

12 Money is everything to him．在他眼里，金錢就是一切。

客觀評價金錢

1 Don't value money for its own sake, but for what you can do with it．金錢價值不在其本身，而在于你用它做什么。

2 Money is the root of all evil．金錢是萬惡之源。

3 It is easier to get money than to keep it．掙錢容易，攢錢難。

4 Money is a good servant, but a bad master．金錢是一個好奴仆，卻又是一個壞主人。

5 When we have gold we are in fear; when we have none we are in danger．有錢的時候，我們提心吊膽；沒錢的時候，我們身處險境。

6 The rich are rather possessed by their money than possessors．富人與其說是金錢的占有者，不如說是被金錢所占有。

7 He that serves God for money will serve the devil for better wages．為了金錢而侍奉上帝的人，也會為了更多的報酬而侍奉魔鬼。

8 I hold the opinion that the money we save now may be worthless in ten years' time．我認為我們現在存的錢過了十年或許就毫無價值了。

9 Money helps to smooth away most problems．金錢有助于使許多問題迎刃而解。

10 In my opinion, parents do not owe their children an inheritance, no matter how much money they have．依我看，無論父母多么有錢，他們也不欠子女一份遺產。

11 Money is not everything, but without money you can do nothing．金錢不是萬能的，但是沒有金錢，卻是萬萬不能的。

12 Money will buy a pretty dog, but it won't buy the wag of his tail．金錢能買到一條不錯的狗，但是買不到它搖動尾巴。

13 Money can cure hunger, but it cannot cure unhappiness．金錢可以治療饑餓，它卻不能治療苦惱。

14 We often focus on borrowing money to get the things we want instead of focusing on creating money．我們常常是借錢來獲得我們想要的某種東西，而不是把注意力集中在為自己創造金錢上。

15 Wealth is best known by want．缺錢方知錢可貴。

16 Money is neither good nor bad. It all depends on what use is made of it．金錢本身無好壞，要看怎樣利用它。