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发表于 2007-12-16 13:33
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homework
Now the VOA Special English Program Words and their Stories.
Most people enjoy working for several reasons, their job might be fan or they like their employer and the other people at work, most people however work for the money, I do not know anyone who is load it or extremely rich, most of my friends work to earn enough money to live, they have to make ends meet, they have to earn enough money to pay for the things they need, some even live from hand to mouth, they only have enough money for the important things, they struggle to earn enough money to bring home the *.
It can be difficult to earn enough money for a family to survive, sometimes poor people even get called short, they do not have enough money to pay for what they need or they have to spend or lay out more money than they want for something. When this happens, poor people have to tight their belts and live on less money than usual, I hate when I have to live on less money, it takes me longer to get back on my feet or return to good financial health.
However other people are on the * train, they get paid more money than their job is worth, these people make up *, they really rake in the cash, in fact, they make so much money that they can live high of the *, they owned the best of everything and live in great ease, sometimes they pay and arm and a leg for something, because money is not object to wealthy people, they were pay high prices for whatever they want, sometimes they even pay through the nose, they pay too much for things.
I am not rich, I did not make a killing in the stock market when my stocks increased in value, yet I am not poor either, when I go out with friends, I do not show out or pay a lot of money, often my friends and I will cheap in or pay * for a *, when we go restaurant the meal is * treat, each person pay his or her own share.
Once the owner of the restaurant gave us a dinner on the house, we did not have to pay for a meals, however I'd meet that we have to agree someone's *, we had to pay money to the employee who led us to a table, the money with for a special request, yes, it was a buy off, the employee put us at the top of the list for a table instead of making us wait like everyone else, we had a great time that night, and the meal did not set me back at all, I did not have to pay anything, because of that experience, I will or is remember that nice things still happen in the world that is * by money, but that is just my true * worth, it is just my *.
Words and their Stories in VOA Special English was written by J. I'm F.
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