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Costing habits

浪费钱的小习惯

You avoid saying“no”

学不会说“不”

Your sister asks you for money. She never gives the money back, but you still just can’t say “no.”

你妹妹问你借钱，从来不还，你还是不会说“不”。

You keep lending money, or buying dinner for your friends, just because saying “no” is easier than paying.

你总是借钱或者请朋友吃饭，只是因为说不比付钱要简单。

I’m not saying that “no” should come easy. But I am proposing to be conscious about why you do what you do.

我不是说拒绝可以简单，我只是建议你需要意识到自己为什么要做这件事。

【知识点讲解】

ask for 请求…； 要求…； 找…； 自找麻烦

例句：

That was Nicholas's cue to ask for another chocolate chip cookie.

那表示尼古拉斯还想要一块巧克力曲奇。

I decided to go to the next house and ask for food.

我决定去隔壁那家要点吃的。

Don'tbe afraid to ask for advice about ordering the meal.

点餐时可以大胆征求意见。

conscious about 意识到

例句：

Bess was self-conscious about being shorter than her two friends.

贝丝因比她的两个朋友个子都矮而感到很不自在。

He's always been self-conscious about being so short.

他老为自己身材矮小而觉得难为情。

The young girl felt very self - conscious about the large mole on her chin.

那位年轻姑娘对自己下巴上的一颗大痣感到很不自在.

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