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Hello, everyone.
大家好。
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My name is Robert, and in this video, I'm going to talk about two expressions that describe how people use or control money.
我的名字是羅伯特,在這個視頻中,我將談論兩個描述人們如何使用或控制金錢的表達方式。
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one is positive and one is negative.
一個是積極的,一個是消極的。
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All right, so these two adjectives, the first one we're going to talk about Is stingy.
好的,所以這兩個形容詞,第一個我們要談的是Is stingy。
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Okay, now let's focus on the pronunciation 1st.
好了,現在讓我們把注意力集中在第一種發音上。
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Stingy.
小氣。
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A lot of my students, uh, mistakenly say sting E.
我的很多學生,呃,誤認為是刺E。
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Okay, you gotta be very careful.
好吧,你得非常小心。
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It is pronounced stingy.
它的發音是小氣的。
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And what does stingy mean?
那麼小氣是什麼意思呢?
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Well, someone who is stingy, uh, they don't like to spend money.
嗯,一個小氣的人,呃,他們不喜歡花錢。
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They don't like to share money.
他們不喜歡分享金錢。
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Okay.
好的。
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They are very greedy.
他們非常貪婪。
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They are not generous.
他們並不慷慨。
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They are exactly like Scrooge.
他們完全像史古治。
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You may have.
你可能有。
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You may have heard or know about Scrooge.
你可能聽說過或知道史古治。
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He is a very stingy guy.
他是一個非常吝嗇的人。
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He does not want to share any of his money.
他不想分享他的任何錢。
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All right, so to help us understand stingy a little bit better.
好的,所以為了幫助我們更好地理解小氣。
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Let's look at a few example Sentences.
讓我們來看看幾個例子的句子。
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Okay, So the first example for stingy he doesn't want to give his son bus money.
好吧,那麼第一個小氣的例子,他不想給他兒子車錢。
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He is stingy.
他很吝嗇。
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Alright.
好吧。
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So yeah, this father doesn't want to give his son any bus money.
所以,是的,這位父親不想給他兒子任何公車費。
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Okay, That's a very stingy guy.
好吧,這是個非常小氣的傢伙。
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Let's look at the next example.
讓我們來看看下一個例子。
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I was so thirsty, but my sister wouldn't buy me water.
我非常口渴,但我姐姐不給我買水。
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She's stingy.
她很吝嗇。
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Okay, again, my sister.
好了,再說一遍,我的妹妹。
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Very bad.
非常糟糕。
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I'm so thirsty.
我太渴了。
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But she wouldn't buy me even water.
但她甚至不給我買水。
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Yeah, she's very stingy.
是的,她很吝嗇。
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Okay, so we just saw some examples of stingy.
好的,所以我們剛才看到了一些小氣的例子。
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I hope you are not stingy.
我希望你不要吝嗇。
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It's a very negative word to call someone.
這是一個非常負面的詞,用來稱呼某人。
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But there is a positive word.
但有一個積極的詞。
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And that's our next word.
而這就是我們的下一個詞。
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That word is frugal.
這個詞就是節儉。
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Listen to the pronunciation.
聽聽發音。
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Frugal.
節儉。
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Okay, so a person who is frugal, uh, they don't like to waste money.
好的,所以一個節儉的人,呃,他們不喜歡浪費錢。
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Alright.
好吧。
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They like to save money or keep their money and control their money.
他們喜歡省錢或保留自己的錢,並控制自己的錢。
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Very well.
很好。
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So, for example, uh, someone goes to the market to buy some items or some things.
所以,比如說,呃,有人去市場買一些物品或一些東西。
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They're probably going to buy the cheaper items.
他們可能會購買更便宜的商品。
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Okay, They don't like to waste money on brand names or expensive items.
好吧,他們不喜歡在品牌或昂貴的物品上浪費錢。
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Okay, So people who like to spend less money for things, uh, to save money, they are frugal.
好的,所以喜歡花較少錢買東西的人,呃,為了省錢,他們是節儉的。
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Alright, So let's take a look at a few examples to understand.
好吧,那麼讓我們看一下幾個例子來了解。
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Frugal.
節儉。
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Okay, let's look at the first example for frugal.
好吧,讓我們看看節儉的第一個例子。
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My father usually takes the bus to work instead of driving.
我的父親通常坐公車去上班,而不是開車。
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He is frugal.
他很節儉。
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So, yeah, the father takes the bus instead of driving.
所以,是的,父親坐公車而不是開車。
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So he's probably saving money on the oil price.
所以他可能在油價上省錢。
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He's a very frugal guy.
他是一個非常節儉的人。
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Let's look at the next example.
讓我們來看看下一個例子。
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My sister always uses coupons when she buys something at the store.
我姐姐在商店買東西的時候總是使用優惠券。
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She is frugal.
她很節儉。
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Okay, so she's always using coupons to save money.
好吧,所以她總是用優惠券來省錢。
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She's very frugal.
她非常節儉。
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All right, so those were the examples of frugal.
好的,所以這些是節儉的例子。
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Okay, so, again, stingy is negative.
好的,所以,再次強調,小氣是負面的。
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So if you say to someone Oh, you are stingy, Okay?
所以如果你對某人說,哦,你很吝嗇,好嗎?
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It's a very negative thing.
這是一個非常消極的事情。
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That person, uh, doesn't want to share their money.
那個人,呃,不願意分享他們的錢。
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They just want to keep their money.
他們只是想保留他們的錢。
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But on the other hand, if you say to someone Oh, you are quite frugal.
但另一方面,如果你對別人說,哦,你是相當節儉的。
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Okay, that's kind of a compliment.
好吧,這算是一種讚美。
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Meaning they are good at controlling their money and not wasting money.
意味著他們善於控制自己的錢,不浪費錢。
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All right, so that's it.
好了,就這樣吧。