新潮实用英语第二册 Unit four原文对照翻译

新潮实用英语第二册

Unit four

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Finance Is for Everyone

1 If you’re considering an investment to support your future, you’re

thinking in terms of finance. Maybe it’s on our minds 24/7. After all, we

need money to survive, and most of our lives is spent on making it. Not

just stockbrokers or bankers or investors.

如果你在考虑为未来投资，你就是 在从理财的角度思考问题。理

财意识可能每时每刻都占据着我们的头脑。

毕竟，

我们生存需要金钱，

我们人生的大部分都用在挣 钱上

,

不仅仅只是股票经纪人、

银行 家或

投资人。

2 The thing is, finance is really for everyone. If you’ve got money,

then

you

have

to

involve

your

brain

in

the

act

of

finance

or

money

managing

to

get

the

most

bang

for

your

buck.

Otherwise,

you

will

wonder where in the world the money went.

事实上，理财确实适用于每一个人 。如果你有了钱，那么你必须

得考虑理财或金钱管理来使你的钱财增值。

否则你会对这些金钱究竟

何去何从了感到茫然。

3 The best time to start learning about finance is the time you start

to

receive

money.

Think

about

it.

When

you

received

a

check

in

the

mail from your grandma as your birthday present, weren’t you already

thinking of what you were going to spend it all on?

开始学 习理财的最佳时间是你开始收到钱的时候。试想，当你从

邮件里收到奶奶给你的作为生日 礼物的支票时，

你不是已经在想如何

把这笔钱全部花掉吗？

4 That is the essence of finance, although that very act may have

been insensible and financially disagreeable; hey, you were just a kid,

after all. Maybe you were a smart kid, one who knew how money goes.

Maybe you’ve hid it in your secret place. Maybe you sta

rted to go into

business

by

selling

lemonade

(although

maybe

you

drank

more

than

half of it too). Maybe you gave some away to your favorite charity. Yup,

that was finance too. We all know better now, don’t we?

那就是理财的本质，

虽然那种行为可 能是无意识的，

从理财角度

看也并非恰当。嗨，你毕竟只是个孩 子。也许你是个聪明的孩子，一

个对金钱有所了解的孩子。

也许 你把这笔钱藏在一个秘密的地方。

也

许你开始卖柠檬汁做生意（ 虽然你也可能把一多半柠檬汁都喝了）

。

也许你把一部分钱捐给 了你最喜爱的慈善事业。

是的，

那也都是理财。

现在我们都知道得更多，不是吗？

5

It

hasn’t

changed

much;

we

go

out

to

make

money,

we

spend

some, we save some, until we have enough to make a couple of major

purchases such as homes or vacations. Only we know a bit more. And

we’ve understood more of the finance jargon that sometimes rolls on

the tongue.

一切并没有太多改变。我们出去挣 钱，花一些，存一些，直到我

们攒了足够的钱可以消费大件商品，

比如房屋或度假。

唯一的差别是

我们知道得更多了，我们知道 了更多绕舌的理财术语。

6

Investments.

Assets.

Loans.

Benefits.

Mortgage.

Insurance.

Knowledge is power, as they say, and knowledge on how to finance will

lead you to finance greater amounts of money in the future. So study

up. Take finance management classes. Follow the stock market. Listen

in on discussions.

投资、资产、贷款、利润、抵押、 保险。正如人们所言，知识就

是力量，

如何理财的知识会引领你 在将来管理更多的钱财，

为此开始

用功学习吧。参加理财课程。 追随证券市场。收听理财讨论。

7 Finance also includes self-discipline. Sometimes you have to keep

yourself

from

small

pleasures

in

order

to

gain

the

bigger

more

important

things.

Finance

means

that

you

need

to

set

your

priorities

straight. Sacrifice may seem like a lot at the moment but the end will

justify the means.

理财也包括自律。有时你必须克制 微小的喜悦以便获取更大更重

要的东西。

理财意味着你要调整优 先考虑的项目。

也许在当时看来损

失很多，但最终事实会证明决 策的正确。

8 Finance is planning ahead, for your future, for your future’s future,

for your financial safety and stability. Because it is a very difficult thing

to get by in this world without the proper resources. It is preparation

for

the

unknown.

Managing

your

finances

means

decreasing

the

number of worry lines on your face.

理财就是事先计划

,

为了你的将来， 为了你将来的将来，为了你

资产的安全和稳定。

因为没有相当的 资源在如今这个世界上生活是非

常艰难的。这是未雨绸缪。理财意味着减少你脸上的皱纹 。

9 So if you’ve got money, if you’re planning to make money, or if

you’re thinking about money, well then, you’re thinking about finance.

Just keep in mind not just to think about finance, but to think about it