Managing your budget

词汇

• budget预算
• savings存款
• expenses开支
• income收入
• afford负担得起
• cut back削减开支
• debt债务
• invest投资
• spending花销
• financial goals理财目标
• expense一笔开支
• savings储蓄
• income收入来源
• affordable价格实惠的

表达

• If I save more, I'll be able to...有条件的理财目标
• If we cut back, we'll afford it.省下开支换来负担得起
• I can't afford it right now.说明当下的预算限制
• I need to stick to my budget.讲理财上的自律
• If I track my expenses, I'll save more.把记账和结果连起来
• Unless I cut expenses, I won't save.预算里的否定条件
• To make ends meet现在很难做到收支相抵。
• To cut back on我们削减了娱乐方面的开支。

常见错误

• ✗If I will save more, I'll travel.
  ✓If I save more, I'll travel.

  第一类条件句的 if 从句用一般现在时，不能用 will。

• ✗If I cut expenses, I would save money.
  ✓If I cut expenses, I will save money.

  第一类条件句的主句用 will；would 属于第二类条件句。

• ✗I can't afford buying a new car.
  ✓I can't afford to buy a new car.

  afford 后面接 to + 动词原形，不接动名词。

• ✗Unless I don't cut back, I'll spend too much.
  ✓Unless I cut back, I'll spend too much.

  unless 已经含有 if not 的意思，再加否定就成了双重否定。

• ✗I don't have enough money for pay
  ✓I don't have enough money to pay

  enough + 名词后面接 to + 动词原形。

• ✗I spend too much in clothes
  ✓I spend too much on clothes

  花钱在某样东西上说 spend money on，不用 in。

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