新通用大学英语综合教程第四册听力及答案Unit3.docVIP

UNIT 3 Money Matters Unit Goals Talk about your financial goals Express buyer’s remorse Describe your spending habits Discuss reasons for charitable giving Write a composition about the theme Lesson 1 Lead-in On-the-Street Interview: I’m a little better about saving… Match each statement with the person who said it. You will use one name twice. 1. b 2. c 3. b 4. a B．Complete each sentence with the correct name 1. Joe 2. Deepti 3. Deepti 4. Joe 5. Deepti 6. Lisa VIDEO SCRIPT Interviewer: So tell me a little bit about you and money—whether you are good at saving, or can you save for something special. Do you just blow all your money as soon as you have it? Deepti: Well, when I was growing up in India, my parents were, you know, very open and free with money. So if I wanted something, they would say, “OK, you can go ahead and take this.” And I think that spoiled me a little bit, because I would just, whatever I wanted, I’d take the money and go buy it, and I didn’t really realize the importance of saving money. So when I grew up, I was twenty-two, and I left India to go to Singapore, and I was on my own, and I had a scholarship, and my father would, on the phone, he would ask me, “So, how much money have you saved?” And I was like, “What are you talking about? I’m not saving any money.” And he got married, and he wanted me to start saving money. It was very hard for me to save money because I would go out and walk past a shop that had clothes and go, “Oh, I want that,” and I would go in, get it, and be really happy. It made me happy, you know. But, I think after a year or so when I realized that I had to take care of myself, not only now, but let’s say a year from now, and a year from now I might not have the money that I’m getting now, so I have to start saving so that I’m not, you know, no the streets without any money. So I started saving, but I still had a hard time with it. My sister is very good. She is very stingy with money, you know. And when I wa