生活英語情景口語:工作要是丟了我就完了...

J: I don’t know what I’m going to do! It’s going to be impossible to make ends meet if I lose my job!
C: don’t worry. I don't think you’re going to lose your job over one mistake.
J: it was a rather big mistake. When you work as an investment adviser, onc small mistake can cost the company millions.
C: but it wasn’t just you who was involved, right? You were only doing what your supervisor told you to do.
J: that’s true, but my supervisor sis very dishonest. There’s no reason he needs to tell our boss the truth. I’m sure he will tell our boss that it was all my fault, and there’s nothing I can do about that. My boss won’t believe me if I tell him the truth.
C: let’s think realistically about what might happen. How much money do you have in your savings?
J: I have enough to live off of for about 3 months. But I really don't want to spend my life savings on just living! I’d rather invest my money somehow.
C: well, that’s good. If you lose your job, you can just move in with me until you find another job. That will save you plenty of money.
J: that’s very generous of you. I guess that would work.
C: if you lose your job, you just have to go for a few months without buying all the junk you usually buy. If you live frugally, you’ll save plenty of money.
J: I guess working with so much money has made me rather greedy. Maybe losing my job would be a good thing!

我真不知道該怎麼辦！我要是丟了工作，一定會入不敷出的。
別擔心，我覺得你不會因爲只犯一次錯就丟掉工作的。
可真的是個大失誤，如果你是投資顧問，那麼即使是一個很小的失誤也會造成公司上百萬的損失。
不過，這事又不是隻歸你一個人負責，對吧？你只是做了你上司吩咐你做的事而已。
這倒是事實，可是我上司可不是個誠實的人。他不可能跟我們老闆說實話。我敢肯定，他會跟老闆說全是我的錯，而臥也根本什麼都做不了。就算我跟老闆說實話他也不會相信的。
那咱們模擬想象一下接下來會發生什麼。你有多少存款？
大概有足夠支持我生活三個月的。可是我真不想把存款都花在日常生活上。我想做點投資。
嗯，你不可能什麼都佔着。 咱們算算如果你失業了該怎麼辦。你房租的合同什麼時候到期？
下個月。所以，我要麼搬出去，要麼再續簽一年的合同。
哦，那好辦了。如果你被炒了，你就搬過來和我一起住，知道你找到新工作。這樣可以幫你省一筆錢。
你真是太慷慨了。我覺得這樣行得通。
如果你真的失業了，你恐怕要有幾個月不能再買你平常愛買的那些再雜七雜八的東西了。如果你過的簡樸一點，也能省下不少錢。
我也覺得上班掙這麼多錢使我變得有點貪心了。也許是也反倒是件好事!


It might be hard to make ends meet if you lose your job.
如果你丟了工作，那恐怕很難維持收支平衡。

There should be a single currency for the world.
全球應該只流通一種貨幣。
Currency: 貨幣,通貨
foreign currency 外幣
The Japanese yen is one of the stronger currencies in the world.
日元是世界上較堅挺的貨幣之一.

Money is still a major incentive in most occupations.
在許多職業中，錢仍然是主要的激勵因素.
ncentive 刺激;鼓勵;動機
The child has no incentive to study harder because his parents cannot afford to send him to college.
這孩子沒有努力學習的動力,因爲他父母供不起他上大學.

Some people become rich by winning the lottery or playing the stock market.
有些人有錢是因爲中了彩票或者炒股票賺了一筆.
in the lottery 中彩票
Stock market 股市

What do you think are the best ways to save or invest money?
你覺得省錢或者投資的最好方法是什麼?


Make ends meet 收支平衡

Investment adviser 投資顧問

Greedy 貪婪的

incentive 刺激,鼓勵,動機