趙財和他的朋友李富都是有名的吝嗇鬼。
第「1」串：penny pincher / miser 吝嗇鬼
He is such a penny pincher in people's eyes that he has never treated anyone for a meal.
一天，趙財要去看李富，帶點(diǎn)禮物吧，舍不得花錢，不帶吧，又覺得不體面。想了半天，便拿起一張紙來，用剪子剪成一條魚的樣子，準(zhǔn)備作禮物送給李富。
第「2」串：reputation 聲譽(yù)，體面
He is a person of reputation, so it is easy to understand why he was angry when being mocked in public.
趙財?shù)搅死罴?，可巧李富出門，只有他兒子在家。趙財拿出紙魚來說：“這條魚是給你爸爸帶來的酒菜，小意思，收下吧！”李富兒子接過紙魚，心里很不高興，暗暗盤算報復(fù)一下。
第「3」串：retaliate 報復(fù)
Don't always think about retaliating upon your enemies. Why not make them your friends?
趙財要告辭，李富兒子說：“大伯，你把這塊月餅帶上吧！好在路上吃?！闭f著用雙手比作一個大圓圈，在趙財眼前一晃。 李富回家來，兒子把這事一說，滿以為會夸獎他一番。
第「4」串：compliment 夸獎
He had thought that he could receive many compliments from his friends on what he had done.
誰知李富一聽就生氣了，用一只手比作半個圓圈罵道：“你這敗家子，誰叫你給他個整的？難道半塊還不行嗎？趕快給我追回來！”
第「5」串：black sheep 敗家子
A black sheep never worries about the difficulty of earning money.
第「1」串：penny pincher / miser 吝嗇鬼
He is such a penny pincher in people's eyes that he has never treated anyone for a meal.
一天，趙財要去看李富，帶點(diǎn)禮物吧，舍不得花錢，不帶吧，又覺得不體面。想了半天，便拿起一張紙來，用剪子剪成一條魚的樣子，準(zhǔn)備作禮物送給李富。
第「2」串：reputation 聲譽(yù)，體面
He is a person of reputation, so it is easy to understand why he was angry when being mocked in public.
趙財?shù)搅死罴?，可巧李富出門，只有他兒子在家。趙財拿出紙魚來說：“這條魚是給你爸爸帶來的酒菜，小意思，收下吧！”李富兒子接過紙魚，心里很不高興，暗暗盤算報復(fù)一下。
第「3」串：retaliate 報復(fù)
Don't always think about retaliating upon your enemies. Why not make them your friends?
趙財要告辭，李富兒子說：“大伯，你把這塊月餅帶上吧！好在路上吃?！闭f著用雙手比作一個大圓圈，在趙財眼前一晃。 李富回家來，兒子把這事一說，滿以為會夸獎他一番。
第「4」串：compliment 夸獎
He had thought that he could receive many compliments from his friends on what he had done.
誰知李富一聽就生氣了，用一只手比作半個圓圈罵道：“你這敗家子，誰叫你給他個整的？難道半塊還不行嗎？趕快給我追回來！”
第「5」串：black sheep 敗家子
A black sheep never worries about the difficulty of earning money.