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钱，所以现在就格外节省。
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。