最需要学的技能-学会靠自己生活(4)

The most important skills you need tolearn

 

最需要学的技能

 

Learn to live within your means.

 

学会靠自己生活。

 

Learn smart financial management now.Learn how to live within a budget and maintain good credit.

 

现在开始，学些理财知识吧。学着怎么在不打破预算的情况下生活，还保持良好的信用额度。

 

A mistake I once made, and one I stillsee a number of my peers making, is being a slave to lifestyle: taking cabs everywhere, buying expensive clothing, and having meals out constantly. This isstupid and reckless.

 

我曾经犯过一个错误，现在我仍旧看见我的很多朋友在犯这个错误，那就是成为了生活方式的奴隶：无论去哪儿都打的，买昂贵的衣服，还有经常去外面吃饭。这是愚蠢和鲁莽的。

 

I know people who were left completely a drift despite having made great salaries because they had no savings¹ when their careers hit a rough patch. Their income was spent all on things that are frivolous².

 

我见过那种人，尽管工资很高，但是当他们的工作遇到困难的时候却因为没有积蓄而彻底绝望。他们把所有的收入都用在那些没有意义的东西上。

 

Luxuries are a wonderful thing only ifyou can truly afford them.

 

只有当你真正能负担得起的时候，奢侈才是恰到好处。

 

Don't be a slave to funding a lifestylethat will not last. Learn to live modestly and save up, and then you will have earned the right to purchase yourself some treats, in moderation.

 

不要去选择一种不会持久的奴隶的生活方式。学会谦虚地生活还有节约，然后你就可以有节制地给自己来个奖励。

1 savings   

n.存款，储蓄

参考例句：

• I can't afford the vacation,for it would eat up my savings.我度不起假，那样会把我的积蓄用光的。
• By this time he had used up all his savings.到这时，他的存款已全部用完。

2 frivolous   

adj.轻薄的；轻率的

参考例句：

• This is a frivolous way of attacking the problem.这是一种轻率敷衍的处理问题的方式。
• He spent a lot of his money on frivolous things.他在一些无聊的事上花了好多钱。