考研英語時文賞讀（139）：高校女生要求每月4500元生活費(fèi)引爭議

　　College student’s demand for higher living expenses sparks debate

　　大學(xué)生索要更多生活費(fèi)的要求引發(fā)了爭論

　　A recent online post about a female college student asking for 4,500 yuan ($630.16) for monthly living expenses has ignited public debate on how much a student really needs for college life, and most believed that demand is too much.

　　近日，網(wǎng)上一個帖子稱，一名女大學(xué)生每月索要4500元（約合630.16美元）的生活費(fèi)，這引發(fā)了公眾對于大學(xué)生到底需要多少生活費(fèi)的爭論，大多數(shù)人認(rèn)為4500元未免太多了。

　　According to the post, the new college student said her school is in a new top-tier city and complained her mother gave her too little, 2,000 yuan, as she had to eat in the school canteen through the end of the month.

　　據(jù)該帖子稱，這位大學(xué)新生表示她在位于新一線城市的一所大學(xué)，她抱怨媽媽給的每月2000元太少了，導(dǎo)致她每到月底就得去學(xué)校食堂吃飯。

　　She explained the expenses included skin care products and new clothes, and that her roommates used good products too, but her mother refused to give her the 4,500 yuan.

　　她解釋稱，買護(hù)膚品和新衣服要花錢，她的室友用的也都是高檔次的護(hù)膚品，但她媽媽不給她4500元。

　　She said spending on after-school classes exceeded 4,000 yuan a month during high school, and her mother gave it without the least hesitation, while now her tuition and accommodation fees reached 30,000 yuan a year in college.

　　她說，高中時上課外輔導(dǎo)班每月的花費(fèi)都超過了4000元，媽媽都毫不猶豫地拿了出來，而現(xiàn)在她大學(xué)學(xué)費(fèi)加上住宿費(fèi)差不多一年3萬。

　　"Is 2,000 yuan enough for a student’s life in college" soon became a hot topic on the list of top trending searches Wednesday since the new semester started this fall.

　　今年秋季的新學(xué)期已經(jīng)開始，“一個大學(xué)生每月2000元夠花嗎？”很快成為了周三熱搜榜的熱門話題。

　　Some internet users shared their living expenses, and except for some outliers, most ranged from 1,000 to 2,000 yuan a month. Some questioned whether the female student could even earn 4,500 yuan after graduation.

　　一些網(wǎng)友分享了他們的生活費(fèi)支出，除了個別情況外，大多數(shù)人每月的花費(fèi)都在1000元至2000元間。有些人還質(zhì)問這名女生畢業(yè)后能否每月掙到4500元。

　　Some internet users have pointed out that a student’s spending should depend on the family’s financial situation, and they should learn about how to manage their money.

　　一些網(wǎng)友指出，學(xué)生的消費(fèi)應(yīng)該取決于家庭的經(jīng)濟(jì)情況，而且他們應(yīng)該學(xué)會如何理財。

　　According to a survey from Chengdu-based Red Star News, students from colleges in the city, such as Sichuan University, Chengdu University and Sichuan Conservatory of Music, had expenses ranging from 1,500 to 2,000 yuan.

　　據(jù)成都紅星新聞的一項調(diào)查顯示，四川大學(xué)、成都大學(xué)和四川音樂學(xué)院等成都高校的學(xué)生每月的消費(fèi)支出在1500元至2000元間。

　　Data from Wacai, an app focusing on financial advice, showed that students in 15 cities spent over 1,500 yuan a month on average, topped by Beijing at 2,400 yuan, Shanghai at 2,300 yuan, and Hangzhou at 2,250 yuan.

　　據(jù)理財咨詢應(yīng)用挖財?shù)臄?shù)據(jù)顯示，有15個城市的大學(xué)生平均每月的消費(fèi)支出超過1500元，其中最高的是北京的2400元，上海為2300元，杭州為2250元。

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　　重難點詞匯：

　　hesitation  n. 猶豫

　　outlier  n. 離開主體的人；外露層；異常值；局外人