скачать книгу бесплатно
? IT GOBBLES UP MY MONEY
Hi Jill,
I can’t believe it’s my mobile phone bill. I enabled a stream video subscription last week, and it gobbled up
almost all the money I had earned in the cafе before. Besides, I ran up
so many other bills that I had to break into
my account, which I had been saving
for the holidays for the whole year.
Monica
gobble up/eat up smth – сжирать, быстро поглощать, глотать ч-л
run up (bills) smth – накапливать ч-л. (счета, долги)
break into smth – запускать лапу, раскупоривать, забираться куда-либо
put smth by/save smth – откладывать, копить ч-л.
· EXERCISE
1. Моя старая машина жрёт бензин.
2. У меня накопилось много счетов за последние три месяца.
3. Мне пришлось запустить лапу в наши сбережения.
4. Он регулярно откладывает деньги на депозитный счёт.
***
1. My old car gobbles up petrol.
2. I’ve run up a pile of bills for the last three months.
3. I had to break into our account.
4. He regularly saves money in a deposit account.
? EXPENSIVE SAFARI
Hi Dave,
The trip to South Africa was fabulous! I’m just back and I found out it set me back
$5,000US and cleaned me out
completely. To tell you the truth, I found myself in a pretty awkward predicament. So I was just wondering if you could lend me a couple of hundred dollars just to get along
until my next pay cheque? It’ll be next week and I’ll settle up
with you then.
Robert
set smb back /cost smb a fortune – обходиться (дорого), стоить к-л. (состояние)
clean smb out – обчищать, обворовывать, опустошать карманы у к-л.
get along without smth/survive – обойтись, протянуть, перебиться, перекантоваться без ч-л.
settle up (with smb) – рассчитаться, расплатиться с к-л.
· EXERCISE
1. Ремонт машины обходится мне каждый месяц в целое состояние.
2. Мои дети «обчистили» меня сегодня утром.
3. Без денег я долго не протяну.
4. Я рассчитаюсь с тобой на следующей неделе.
1. Having my car repaired costs me a fortune every month.
***
2. My children cleaned me out this morning.
3. I cannot get along without money for long.
4. I’ll settle up with you next week.
? MONEY IS ROLLING IN
Hi Bill,
I came into
some money recently. Thank God, I got rid of commuting to work every day! My great granny died in Paris and left me a tidy sum
in Euros. Also, I got my annual bonus last month, so the money’s been rolling in
. I’m seriously considering buying a flat and renting it out
. I don’t want to put money aside
like the old fossils were doing their whole life, going to the bank and paying regular sums into their account each month – no, nothing like that! If you have any idea how to reinvest
that easy money into profitable shares, let me know! I promise, you won’t need to cash up
in your store every week and pinch pennies
then.
Frank
come into smth – унаследовать ч-л, перепадать, обломиться, доставаться (о наследстве)
a tidy sum – кругленькая сумма
roll in – повалить, попереть, «куры не клюют»
rent smth out – cдавать внаём ч-л.
put smth aside (away) / save – откладывать, копить ч-л.
plough smth back into smth / reinvest in – перевкладывать, реинвестировать ч-л. в ч-л.
cash up – подсчитывать (подбивать) выручку, прибыль
pinch pennies – экономить, считать каждую копейку
· EXERCISE
1. Мне не перепало ничего, кроме маленькой квартиры.
2. А мне досталась кругленькая сумма.
3. У него куры денег не клюют.
4. Сдача в аренду – хороший вид бизнеса.
5. Моя мама всю жизнь откладывала деньги на чёрный день.
6. Куда я могу перевложить свои деньги? (reinvest)
7. Она работает кассиром и подсчитывает выручку каждый вечер.
8. Я сам вынужден считать каждую копейку.
***
1. I came into nothing, but a small flat.
2. I came into a tidy sum.
3. He is rolling in money.
4. Renting out is good business.
5. My mother had been putting money away for a rainy day her whole life.
6. What could I plough back my money in?
7. She works a cashier and cashes up every night.
8. I have to pinch pennies.
? A DESPERATE PLEA
Dad,
Really sorry, but I’m forced to beg you for help again. Badly need a thousand to make both ends meet. Believe me, I tried as hell for my exams. I just had no chance to take up a part-time job. Now, I can barely scrapeby
on what my friends chipped in
. This time, though, it’s even worse – I was in the library, engrossed in reading, and my leg felt paralyzed. I was taken to hospital. Bad luck, the doctors couldn’t save it, and this is now the second leg I’ve lost. Fortunately, the university carried the payment over
until next month, but I’m now stuck up
in the hospital. I can’t move, I can’t get by
without money, it’s «catch-22».
Dear sonny,
You won’t believe it, but I went see you or your doctor in the hospital. Your mother went out of
her mind with worry, saying you were too timid to tell us the truth about your health. I didn’t pull it off
, unfortunately. I was lucky, though, to run into
a pretty nurse you’d hung out
with the previous day. I have to admit she is worth losing not only another leg, but your mind, too. As this is the third leg you have lost according to your letters, I’m sure you ought to be used to this by now. If my memory serves me correctly, you lost the first one in a terrible accident when a tram ran you over
and cut it off
. The second one was bitten by a horse near the betting shop window, when you were staking your last penny on
a horse at the hippodrome. Later, luckily, the third one has grown back
but, tough luck, it’s paralyzed now. So hobble along
