美語情景對話 第1262期:Should children be taught about finance? 應該教孩子理財知識嗎?

Christophe: Hello, I am Christophe from Belgium, and this is Aiste from Lithuania. This is the question of the day: Should kids learn about personal finance? Aiste, what is your opinion about that?

克里斯托夫：大家好，我是克里斯托夫，來自比利時，這是艾斯蒂，來自立陶宛，今天的話題是：孩子們應該瞭解理財知識嗎？艾斯蒂，你怎麼看？

Aiste: Well, I think it should definitely learn about personal finance, so my opinion is that any kids shouldn't be given a lot of money, and shouldn't think that money just appears when you go to your mom or dad and say, " I want this. I want that - and - please give me money for that, so if the kid feels that money is a limited thing, I think that's the first step to learn about personal finance. What's your opinion, Christophe?

艾斯蒂：我認爲絕對應該瞭解個人理財知識，我認爲不應該給孩子們太多錢，不應該讓孩子們認爲要去管父母要錢，比如“我想要這個。我想要那個，請給我錢去買”，如果孩子們感覺錢是有限制的，那就是了解個人理財知識的第一步。你的看法呢，克里斯托夫？

Christophe: Wait! But you told me that when you were a small girl, you went to your daddy and you said 'Daddy, can I have money, please?' and it was all the time like that.

克里斯托夫：等等！可是你跟我說過，你小時候會去向你爸爸要錢，你會說：“爸爸，能給我點兒錢嗎？”而且你一直是那樣做的。

Aiste: Yes, but my amount was kind of limited, and every litas I got, that's the currency in my country, every litas was counted for a certain purpose, so my dad knew exactly that my transportation costs would be two litas and I had five litas for my lunch during the day, and that was it. So it was really ... because I used to go to school for a kind of locked time and I had to eat lunch, and so because he knew that, I couldn't have any extra money that I would use that for for example, if I would need some puzzle, or I would like to go somewhere, I couldn't actually save unless I didn't eat. So the money was actually limited, so I could feel that this was not just get as much as you want.

艾斯蒂：對，不過我的錢是有限制的，我們國家的貨幣是立特，我拿到的每枚立特都有特定的用途，我爸爸清楚地知道我的交通費是2立特，午飯需要5立特，就是這樣。以前我上學有固定的時間，而且我要吃午飯，所以他知道，我沒有多餘的錢去幹別的事情，即使我想買拼圖，或者我想去其他地方，那我也沒辦法攢錢，除非我不吃飯。所以我的零花錢是有限制的，我能感覺到，並不是你想要多少就能得到多少。

Christophe: So what you're saying is that you learned about personal finance?

克里斯托夫：你的意思是，你學到了個人理財知識？

Aiste: Yes, I think so.

艾斯蒂：對，我想是的。

Christophe: So that's good.

克里斯托夫：那很好。

Aiste: Well, probably.

艾斯蒂：可能吧。

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重點講解：
1. all the time 一直；始終；
例句：I get the two of them mixed up all the time, they're so similar.
我一直把他們倆弄混，他倆太像了。
2. used to do sth. 過去常常；過去曾；
例句：Above all, this time that I used to waste on social network sites has taught me nothing and has given me very little in return.
最重要的是，這些我過去浪費在社交網站上的時間沒有教給我任何東西，幾乎沒有帶來益處。
3. would like to do sth. （表示願意）想要；
例句：Lastly, I would like to ask about your future plans.
最後，我想問一下你未來的計劃。