Anita (Taiwan): Am I good at saving money1? I
don't think that I'm a good person. I don't think that I'm good at saving money
because I spend a lot2.
I like to go shopping3
and everytime4 I
go shopping I will buy something so I don't think I am good at saving but I
think I'm good at making money.
Martin (United States): I
have to say, if there's one thing4
I’d like to be better is saving money.
Right now I'm not very good at it. If I have it I lose5 it or I spend it on something that I
probably don't need but it's too bad6 because I really need to learn7 how to save
money better but I figure that8will come in the future.
Jeanie (United States): OK,
am I good at saving money. Well, most
of9 my life my family has
always been10 a
bit envious11 of my ability to save. Even when12 I didn't have a job, I would always
have money just backed up13
somewhere and people would often have to try
and get14 money from me on loan15. It's a little difficult now that I have
to actually16 pay
rent and things like that17
but, I'm still pretty good at it.
Mark (United States): I
am terrible at saving money, absolutely terrible. And it's something that I
think about a lot because I know I have to
get better at it18 but after payday19, that money just “burns a
hole in my pocket”20. I
go out and I'll spend a hundred dollars in one night, it just, because I got21 the money in my
pocket and then usually before payday, I don't have any money and I'm borrowing22 money
from my friends so it's actually my
worst habit23, is saving money.
Ruth (England): Good
at saving money! Well, I think I am quite good at saving money, except sometimes24 I
am a little bit naughty25
and I tend to spend, spend, spend. I usually have one day a month in which I go
and spend. Except for that, I'm generally quite good. I don't spend too much
money. I try to save all of the money that I can so that I can26 buy something nice at the end.
Simon (Cananda): God
no! I'm not good at saving money. I think I usually spend money faster than27 I can
make it. I don't save. I just take
money out of my account28. I don't pay attention29. I don't organize. I don't budget30. I
buy a lot of things that don't have any resale value31,
like services and beer, things like that: food, restaurants. I can't save
money. I spend money.
Vocabulary
1.
saving money = economizar dinheiro
2.
spend a lot = gastar muito
3. to go
shopping = ir fazer compras
4. if there's one thing = se houvesse uma coisa
5. lose = perder
6. too
bad = é uma pena
7. learn
= aprender
8. figure that = imaginar que
9.
most
of = a maior parte de
10.
has always been = se foi
11.
a
bit envious = um pouco invejosa de
12.
Even when = mesmo quando
13.
backed up = guardado
14.
try and get = tentar conseguir
15.
loan = empréstimo
16.
actually = na verdade
17.
things like that = coisas assim
18. to
get better at it = melhorar nisso
19. payday
= dia de pagamento
20. Burns a hole in my pocket
“faz um buraco em meu bolso”
21. Got
= tenho
22. Borrowing
= tomando emprestado
23. my
worst habit = meu pior hábito
24. except
sometimes = exceto às vezes
25.
a
little bit naughty = um pouquinho desobediente
26.
so
that I can = para que eu possa
27.
faster
than = mais rapido do que
28. take
money out of my account = tiro dinheiro da minha conta
29. pay
attention = prestart atenção
30. budget = provisão de dinheiro
31. resale value = valor de revenda