The man who loved money 守財奴

Once upon a time， there was a man who loved money. He loved it so much that he wouldn‘t spend any of the money he earned. He wouldn’t part with even a tiny bit.

This stingy man didn‘t buy new clothes. Instead， he wore old clothes that he found in the garbage. He didn’t buy food， either， and he became skinnier and skinnier.

He put all the money that he saved in a box and hid it under his bed. Every night， he opened the box and looked at all his money.

One night， the man looked in the box and the money was gone! Someone had stolen it! “I‘ve been robbed!” he shouted. “My precious money is gone!” He lay down on the bed and cried and cried.

The neighbors heard him and came over to see what was wrong. When they heard the story， one neighbor said， “Don’t cry over your money. You never used it anyway. Fill the box with paper and imagine it is money. It will do you just as much good.”

Vocabulary

1.earn v賺錢;得到

2.stingy adj 吝嗇的;小氣的

3.skinny adj 消瘦的

4.save v 儲存

5.steal v 偷窺

6.rob v 搶劫

7.precious adj 珍重的;珍愛的

8.imagine v 想象;幻想

英語補給站

Language Notes

Spend 花費

解析1

*Spend表示話費的意思，后面可接金錢或時間，但主詞一定要用人哦!

*人+spend+時間/金錢+(on+N.)/V-ing

I spent one hundred dollars on my new watch.我花了一百美金買新手表。

He spent three days writing that report.他花了三天寫那份報告。

解析2

Do (someone)good 對某人有益，有效用

*Good 在此為名詞，指利益，好處。 Do (someone)good指對某人有好處，主詞常為事物。Good前面還可以加much，any等形容詞來修飾程度。

It will do you to get out of the house more.多出去走走對你有益。