听基础单词,练听力第2期:你的"account"是谁打理的
时间:2018-12-05 作者:英语课 分类:听基础单词练听力
【今日基础词】Account
【Transcript】
Husband: Hi, honey, here’s my last month’s salary.
Wife: OK, darling. How about this? From now on we’ll put all your salary into our savings 1 account and set aside 20% of my salary as Daniel’s education fund.
Husband: That’s not a bad idea. But do you think the rest of your salary will be enough to cover our daily expenses?
Wife: I got a raise. Have you forgotten it? It should be OK.
Husband: Alright, dear. It’s up to you. I get a headache when it comes to figures.
Wife: That’s why you need a wife like me
Translation】
丈夫:亲爱的,这是我上个月的工资。
妻子:好,亲爱的。这样吧,从现在开始,我们把你的工资都存到存折里,另外拿出我工资的20%作为丹尼尔的教育资金。
丈夫:这个主意不错。但是你剩下的工资足够支付日常开支吗?
妻子:我加薪了,你忘了啊?应该差不多。
丈夫:好极了。你决定吧。提到数字我就头疼。
妻子:这就是为什么你需要一个像我这样的老婆了
Account】
account
v. 解释;
n. 记述,描述
例:In English law a man is accounted innocent until he is proved guilty.
根据英国法律, 一个人未经证实有罪仍视为无罪。
His illness accounts for his absence.
他因为生病,所以才缺席。
【搭配】
account for 解释:
The poor weather may account for the small crowd.
天气不好可能是人来的少的原因。
take into account 考虑:
We should take this factor into account.
我们应该考虑这个因素。拓展:
on account of 由于,因为:
She retired 2 early on account of ill health.
她体弱多病,所以提前退休。
accountant n. 会计师