英文原版对话1000个:961 Kids and Money

Hanna: So, next week I have to do a debate in my finance class.

Diego: Oh, really, what is your debate about?

Hanna: Our debate topic is about whether we should teach finance to kids, so things like investment and the stock market. Things like tax.

Diego: OK, and what do you think about the topic?

Hanna: I think it is really important that kids learn about things like this, particularly in our society these days, where literally¹ everything revolves² around money. I mean, even when you're fourteen or fifteen, you go out and get a job and you have to start doing things like paying tax, and I mean, you're gonna have savings³, and you can invest that if you wanted to and turn that into more money, so even when you're really young I think it is important to know this kind of information.

Diego: But don't you think that there's a lot of consequences when you're burdening kids from ... what was it - middle school, high school with financial responsibilities? I mean kids are kids after all. Shouldn't they be playing around ... going to the park instead of worrying about the stock market crashing in Europe or in the States?

Hanna: Well, they don't have to worry about the stock market crashing, but I think it is good if just they know a little bit of information about it.

Diego: But if they have all the information every time there's a drop in GE stocks, they're going to flip⁴ out and you know, they won't be able to sleep and you're giving kids too much to worry about in an age they shouldn't be worrying about these things. It is after all they're parents' responsibility to worry about these things, and eventually it's going to be their turn but I think it's just giving them something before they have to worry about it.

Hanna: So you think junior high school's too early to start to start teaching kids about this kind of stuff?

Diego: I think so. Yeah. Especially when you're making it because they have to take responsibility of their own money considering the fact that they don't even have an income.

Hanna: What if they do have an income?

Diego: Well, they're income would be like five dollars an hour, so I don't think they'll be investing anything of that.

Hanna: Well, you never know.

Diego: Maybe.
 

1 literally   

adv.照字面意义，逐字地；确实

参考例句：

• He translated the passage literally.他逐字逐句地翻译这段文字。
• Sometimes she would not sit down till she was literally faint.有时候，她不走到真正要昏厥了，决不肯坐下来。

2 revolves   

v.（使）旋转( revolve的第三人称单数 )；细想

参考例句：

• The earth revolves both round the sun and on its own axis. 地球既公转又自转。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• Thus a wheel revolves on its axle. 于是，轮子在轴上旋转。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 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。

4 flip   

vt.快速翻动；轻抛；轻拍；n.轻抛；adj.轻浮的

参考例句：

• I had a quick flip through the book and it looked very interesting.我很快翻阅了一下那本书，看来似乎很有趣。
• Let's flip a coin to see who pays the bill.咱们来抛硬币决定谁付钱。