2. Let’s go Dutch! – Давай разделим счёт пополам!
3. This jobis a real gravy train! – Это работа – настоящая халява (лафа)!
4. Well, I have no nest egg yet – Ну у меня нет заначки на чёрный день.
5. It’s a golden handshake. – Это огромное выходное пособие.
6. You are a cheapskate! – Ты – жмот!
7. Money doesn’t grow on trees. – Деньги не растут на деревьях.
8. I don’t have money to burn. – У меня нет денег, чтобы шиковать.
9. I haveto tighten my belt so far. – Пока я должен затянуть ремень потуже.
10. I don’t complain, I’m trying to keep the pot boiling. – Я не жалуюсь и пытаюсь держаться (зарабатывать на еду).
11. It’s a little bit tricky. – Как-то стрёмно это.
2. TONGUE TWISTER
· CAN YOU CAN A CAN AS A CANNER CAN CAN A CAN?
3. IDIOM
Bill has finished a brokerage course at a bank and decided to make his first investment as an independent broker. He was assisted by a friend who has worked in the other bank for ten years and was said to be an experienced broker. One day he called Bill and said that his boss, a senior broker who was considered almost a god in NYSE, invited them to invest in shale gas development. At that time there was a boom in the industry. The senior broker hinted that he had been advised to do that by his friends from Federal Reserve Bank. «We’ll get on to the gravy train», he promised. It was the kind of proposal, which Bill could not turn down. He shared this information with his wife Julie, who reminded him that money didn’t grow on trees. A month later, Bill’s investment paid off, and even the chairman praised him. The friends were on cloud nine. But another month passed, gas prices suddenly fell and the development of shale gas was halted across the country. Bill, his friend and the senior manager of the bank lost all they had earned and invested in this operation. Only the chairman, who had real friends in FRB and never told anyone about them, had made a stake on copper and put all his money in it just a few days before the gas prices dropped. So now he was rubbing his hands and kept muttering under his breath: money goes to money.
· MONEY GOES TO MONEY / деньги к деньгам (идут), деньги любят деньги
4. TEXTS
♦ UNPLEASANT SITUATION
«Excuse me, could you tell me where I could take money out1, please?»
«No problem! It’s just around the corner. Go down the street till the traffic lights and turn left. The ATM is over there. But there is a limit as far as I know. You are not allowed to withdraw more than 300 pounds a day.»
«Thanks a lot! It’s surprising, but there is not much choice, I’m afraid.»
Good luck, guys! See ya!»
«Thanks a lot!.. (a few minutes later) Look, the ATM is out of order. We shall have to cut back our expenditure on2 entertainment.»
«Stop it! You sound like the Prime Minister. Call Jill, she might lend us a hundred for tonight, and we’ll pay her back3 tomorrow.»
«Highly unlikely. She paid our bill yesterday. It came to4 one hundred dollars, and we still owe her our share.»
«What a bummer! You are right.»
1 take smth out – снимать ч-л. (деньги со счёта, из банкомата)
2 cut smth back (on) – сокращать, снижать сумму
3 pay smth back – возвращать ч-л.
4 come to – составлять в итоге сумму для к-л.
• EXERCISE
1. Она забрала все деньги со счёта своего мужа, и с тех пор её больше не видели.
2. Теперь, когда я потерял работу, я вынужден сократить все свои расходы.
3. Не люблю одалживать деньги своим друзьям. Во первых, они никогда не возвращают их, а во вторых, ты теряешь друзей.
4. Счёт в ресторане составил 85 долларов.
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1. She has taken out all the money from her husband’s account and has not been seen since.
2. Now that I’ve lost my job I have to cut back on all my expenditure.
3. I don’t like to lend money to my friends. Firstly, they never pay you back and secondly, you’d lose your friends.
4. The bill for meals at the restaurant came to 85 dollars.
♦ PAYING BILLS AND DEBTS
«What are you going to do after school? Going to university or taking a year off?»
«The former, I hope. I’m going to work and pay the bills. My parents will be paying off1 the mortgage on our flat for another ten years. So I’ll have no support from them.»
«I see. Mine have no mortgage, but I’ll have to earn some money too. I don’t want to take a year off, either. How much do you need to pay?»
«Last week I got the first term bill. It’s six hundred, and I’ll have to payup2 by the end of the month. I have to cut down3 some expenses. Last month I ran up4 my telephone and Internet bills for a hundred bucks. Games, streaming video, sharing files on social media, listening to music, online games, you know… So stupid of me! I’ve just found a job in a mall, but I’ll only get paid next week.»
«I see. Mate, I’ve saved two grand5. My payment is due on November 30, I could lend you a few hundred for a week or two.»
«Really?! Oh, great! Thanks, man! I’ll settle up6 with you when I get paid.»
«It’s OK. We’re brother-in-arms. Don’t worry, take your time.»
1 pay smth off – выплачивать полностью ч-л.
2 pay smth up – оплачивать,