Sun, May 31· 5月31日

3 stories · 9 new vocabulary words

The Guardian
money·
31 May, 15:00

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中文導讀

英國生活成本高昂,唔少人忽略咗退休儲蓄嘅重要性。呢篇報道提醒大家,即使經濟環境唔好,都要盡量喺日常開支中撥出資金進行長期投資。對於移英港人嚟講,了解英國嘅退休金制度同稅務優惠係財務規劃嘅關鍵,唔好等到退休先嚟後悔,依家就要開始檢視自己嘅財務狀況,確保未來生活有保障。

Many of us aren’t saving enough for retirement. But there are ways to fix this
A

Vocabulary 生字

disposable income

Noun名詞

可支配收入(扣除稅項及必要開支後,可以用嚟儲蓄或消費嘅錢)

EN

After paying the rent and utility bills, I don't have much disposable income left for leisure activities.

交完租同水電費之後,我已經冇乜剩餘嘅錢可以用嚟娛樂。

forgo

Verb動詞

放棄(通常指放棄某種享受或權利)

EN

I decided to forgo my morning coffee to save money for a holiday.

我決定放棄每日飲咖啡,慳錢去旅行。

retirement

Noun名詞

退休

EN

It is never too early to start planning for your retirement.

開始規劃退休生活永遠都唔會太早。

The Guardian
money·
31 May, 13:14

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中文導讀

喺英國搭車或者出街,成日收唔到 4G 或 5G 訊號?最新調查顯示,有四成用戶反映流動網絡唔穩定。呢個問題反映英國數碼基建依然有漏洞,對於依賴手機導航、處理銀行事務或者聯絡親友嘅移英港人嚟講,確實幾唔方便。雖然政府一直話要提升網絡覆蓋,但睇嚟距離真正嘅「全覆蓋」仲有一段距離,大家出門口前最好預先下載定地圖或者離線資料。

Four in 10 struggle to access mobile signal on the move in the UK
A

Vocabulary 生字

Struggle

Verb動詞

掙扎、奮鬥、感到困難

EN

Many people struggle to balance their work and personal life.

好多人喺工作同私人生活之間掙扎,好難取得平衡。

Reliably

Adverb副詞

可靠地、可信賴地

EN

You cannot reliably predict the weather in this country.

喺呢個國家,你係冇辦法可靠咁預測天氣。

Infrastructure

Noun名詞

基礎建設(如交通、通訊、電力系統)

EN

The government plans to invest more money in public transport infrastructure.

政府計劃投放更多資金喺公共交通基礎建設上面。

The Guardian
money·
31 May, 07:00

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中文導讀

依家網上防毒軟件騙案越嚟越猖獗,騙徒鍾意用「裝置有風險」呢類恐嚇訊息,誘騙大家點擊連結去續期或者買所謂嘅優惠服務。呢類釣魚郵件設計得好逼真,目的係想盜取大家嘅個人資料同信用卡資訊。各位移英港人喺處理呢類郵件時,千祈唔好因為一時心急而點擊連結,記得先去官方網站核實,避免墮入網絡陷阱,保障自己嘅財產安全。

‘Your devices could be at risk’: how antivirus scams trade on fear
A

Vocabulary 生字

Urgent

Adjective形容詞

緊急的;迫切的

EN

I have an urgent appointment this afternoon, so I need to leave the office early.

我今午有個緊急預約,所以需要早點離開辦公室。

Discount

Noun名詞

折扣;減價

EN

Students can get a ten percent discount if they show their ID card at the checkout.

學生在結帳時出示學生證,即可享有九折優惠。

Pressure

Verb動詞

強迫;施加壓力

EN

My friends tried to pressure me into buying a ticket for the concert, but I wasn't interested.

朋友們試圖強迫我買音樂會門票,但我對此並不感興趣。