英语小达人 401:Hints for Those That Would Be Rich(1)

 　　Hints for Those That Would Be Rich

　　致富之道

　　The use of money is all the advantage there is in having Money.

　　有钱的唯一好处就在于用钱。

　　For six pounds a year you may have the use of one hundred pounds if you are a man of known prudence¹ and honesty.

　　如果你是一个节俭而诚实的人，一年六英镑就可以当一百英镑的钱使用。

　　He that spends a groat a day idly, spends idly above six pounds a year, which is the price of using one hundred pounds.

　　一天浪费四便士的人，一年就浪费六个多英镑，而六英镑相当于一百英镑的使用价值。

　　He that wastes idly a groat's worth of his time per day, one day with another, wastes the privilege of using one hundred pounds each day.

　　每天虚度值四便士的时间的人，日复一日，等于浪费了每天使用一百英镑的权利。

　　He that idly loses five shillings worth of time, loses five shillings and might as prudently² throw five shillings into the River.

　　一个游手好闲而损失了价值五先令时间的人，就是失去了五个先令，他还不如把五先令扔进河里的好。

　　He that loses five shillings not only loses that sum, but all the advantage that might be made by turning it in dealing³, which, by the time that a young man becomes old, will amount to a comfortable sum of Money.

　　一个失去五先令的人，不仅失去了这笔钱，还失去了把钱用于经商可能带来的好处，而一个年轻人到年老的时候这笔钱就等同于一笔可观的财产。

1 prudence   

n.谨慎，精明，节俭

参考例句：

• A lack of prudence may lead to financial problems.不够谨慎可能会导致财政上出现问题。
• The happy impute all their success to prudence or merit.幸运者都把他们的成功归因于谨慎或功德。

2 prudently   

adv. 谨慎地，慎重地

参考例句：

• He prudently pursued his plan. 他谨慎地实行他那计划。
• They had prudently withdrawn as soon as the van had got fairly under way. 他们在蓬车安全上路后立即谨慎地离去了。

3 dealing   

n.经商方法，待人态度

参考例句：

• This store has an excellent reputation for fair dealing.该商店因买卖公道而享有极高的声誉。
• His fair dealing earned our confidence.他的诚实的行为获得我们的信任。