第19课 吝啬贪婪的 - 12第19课：吝啬的，贪婪的 - 12【迷你小对话】A: Why are all our relatives such misers?

B: I don’t know for sure, maybe it is because they never had any money growing up and now are extra careful all the time.

A: Perhaps, but it is a shame, as they live too cheaply.
A: 我们的亲戚怎么个个都像守财奴似的？

B: 我也不太清楚，也许是因为他们从小到大没什么遥，所以遥就格外节省。

A: 或许吧。
不过他们生活也过于节俭了，真丢人。
【语言点精讲】miser: 守财奴，小气鬼。

relative: 亲戚；亲属。

grow up: 长成，成熟。

shame: 羞耻，耻辱。

cheaply: 小气地；过分节俭地。