比起過去,現(xiàn)在很多東西確實貴了很多。進入超市或商店什么的,似乎沒買很多東西就花了很多錢。既然沒辦法改變市場環(huán)境,那么我們就努力賺錢,精明消費,生活也一定能過得很滋潤。
“通貨膨脹”是個讓人恐慌的詞!
“Inflation” can be a 1)scary word!
當價格上漲的時候,我擔心我的未來。
When prices go up, I worry about my future.
我的積蓄足夠讓我安度晚年嗎?
Will I have enough to stay comfortable in my old age?
我記得年少時的情況。
I remember how things were when I was younger.
食物沒有現(xiàn)在那么貴。
Food wasn’t as expensive as it is now.
不久,連蔬菜也將會是我們的大筆開銷!
Soon, even vegetables might 2)cost us an arm and a leg!
有些國家的通貨膨脹已經達到瘋狂的地步。
In some countries, inflation has gone crazy!
為什么會發(fā)生通貨膨脹?
Why does inflation happen?
人們并不真的了解。
People don’t really know.
最嚴重的通貨膨脹通常會在戰(zhàn)爭后爆發(fā)。
The worst inflation always happens after a war.
通貨膨脹真的有那么恐怖嗎?
Is inflation really as scary as it
looks?
不會,輕微的通貨膨脹是很正常的事情!
Nah. A little inflation is a natural thing!
所以應該不會對我們造成很大影響。
So it shouldn’t affect us all that much.
價格上漲的同時,工資通常也會跟著漲。
When prices go up, so do salaries…usually.
太嚴重的通貨膨脹會破壞經濟的發(fā)展。
Too much inflation can 3)wreck the economy.
在當今世界,通脹是個嚴峻的問題。
It’s a serious problem in the modern world.
這個問題真的會讓經濟學家徹夜難眠!
It can really keep an economist up at night!
通脹影響到你了嗎?
Has it affected you at all?
