Saving Money and Depositing It
Mary:We need to start saving money for (1)a rainy day.
Rick:Yeah,I know, but we still(2) need to live too. I don’t want to work just to save.
Mary:Well,(2)we can save 20% of all our earnings and put it in the bank.
Rick:20% sounds too high.How about 10%?
Mary: If we start saving and keeping it in the bank now, we’ll have enough money to retire comfortably.
Rick:I don’t think about retirement too often.
It seems so far off in the future.
Mary:If we don’t put money in the bank now, we’ll have to work right up until the day we die. I don’t want to be working when I’m in my 70s.
Rick:I don’t guess so. I never thought about it that way.
Part 1: 知识要点
1. Rainy day :(穷困的日子)
A:穷困的日子 B:雨天
2.Need :
实义动词
主+need +to do
主+need +doing =sth+need +to be done
情态动词
一、need表示“需要”或“必须”,通常用于否定句,疑问句,条件句。例如:
Every students need to do their homework.
二、在否定句中,可以用need的否定形式+动词原形。
三、其一般疑问句的答语,肯定用must,否定用needn't。
例如:—Need I do it at once?(A)
A: No,you needn’t . B: No,you mustn’t
—No,you needn't.不,你不必。
—Need he stay here?(B)
A:Yes,he needs. B: Yes, he must.
—Yes,he must.是的,他必须留在这儿。
名词
In need
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
There is no need (for sb) to do sth .
There is no need for you to save money. (某人)没必要做某事
3.分数的表达:
用percent等表示
表示百分之一可以说one percent ,即用百分数表示法来表达.例如:
1.Our bodies are 65percent water.我们人体含65%水分.
2.Seventy-five percent of the earth's surface is covered by water.
地球表面的75%被水覆盖着.
Part 2: 重点句型
我想把这笔钱存到银行里。
I want to deposit this money in the bank。
现在利息很高,我们应该在银行存点钱。
The interest is rather high,so we should save some money in the bank.
我们没有钱可以攒起来。