01.

生活开销，生活费

living expenses

the cost of living 生活支出，生活费

• With a budget of just $200 a month in living expenses, Kate finds ways to reuse whatever she can to make her money go further.

  一个月只有200美元的生活费预算，Kate想办法尽可能的重复利用，让钱花得更久。

  
  

• The cost of living is soaring in the Big Apple.

  纽约的生活成本正在飙升。

  
  

02.

节俭的

frugal adj.

frugality n. 节俭

cheapskate n. 守财奴，小气鬼

• A frugal woman who “hates spending money” has revealed her extreme money-saving ways, including never buying toilet paper.

  一位不愿意花钱的节俭女人揭露了她极端的省钱方法，包括从来不买厕纸。

  
  

• She began cheap-skating after being laid off from her job some years ago.

  几年前她被解雇了，在那之后她开始省钱。

  
  

03.

筛选，挑选

sift through

trash 垃圾

• Kate Hashimoto sifts through trash bags outside of restaurants and supermarkets in some of the Big Apple’s most coveted neighborhoods.

  Kate Hashimoto 在纽约一些富人区的餐厅和超市外面的垃圾桶里精挑细选。

  
  

• Hashimoto says she will only pluck “sanitary” food out of the trash, which is in sealed packages that haven’t been tampered with.

  Hashimoto 说她只会从垃圾里挑那些卫生的食物，密封包装的，没有被动过的。

  
  

04.

废弃的，丢弃的

discarded

• She furnished her place by picking up discarded furniture on the street.

  她从街上捡废弃的家具来布置自己的家。

  
  

• Breakfast buffets are notorious. Most leftovers are discarded.

  自助早餐是浪费重灾区，大部分剩菜都被倒掉。

  
  

05.

厕纸

toilet paper

toiletries 洗漱用品

freebie 免费品；赠品

sample 小样；样品

• Hashimoto admits that she refuses to buy toilet paper or toiletries because she doesn’t "believe in spending money on something that you’re just going to throw away."

  Hashimoto 承认她不买厕纸和洗漱用品，是因为她“不愿意花钱在会要被扔掉的东西上面。"

  
  

• She’s subscribed to many different mailing lists and she also keeps her eyes on freebie sites and free samples.

  她订阅了很多不同的邮寄名单，一直关注着免费品的网站和免费的小样。

  
  

06.

二手店

thrift shop

• She gets her clothes from the thrift shop.

  她在二手店买衣服。

  
  

• Thrift shop customers are generally poor, but she's a well-paid accountant.

  到旧品店的顾客通常都很穷，但是她是一名收入丰厚的会计。