雙語閱讀：六種生活必備品從此不花錢

雙語閱讀：六種生活必備品從此不花錢

　　摘要：很多時候我將自己對免費贈品和試用產品的收集癖視為一種聊以自娛的興趣愛好，不過數年之后我意識到，有些免費贈品足可依靠，幾乎能讓你再也不用花費一分錢購買某類生活日用品。

　　I mostly consider my freebie and free sampleaddiction as a fun hobby, but throughout the years I have learned that are a few dependablefreebies that make it possible to not spend any money at all in certain areas of my life。

　　Keep reading to find out what are the items I never spend money on, and how you can do thesame.

　　很多時候我將自己對免費贈品和試用產品的收集癖視為一種聊以自娛的興趣愛好，不過數年之后我意識到，有些免費贈品足可依靠，幾乎能讓你再也不用花費一分錢購買某類生活日用品。

　　看看我在哪些東西上從來不花錢吧，看看自己如何也能和我一樣。

　　1.Movie and Game Rentals from Redbox

　　紅盒子的電影和游戲租賃服務

　　In the years that I've been renting movies from Redbox, I've never spent a dime on one. Ialways use a free Redbox code to rent DVDs as well as the occasional game rental. Redbox hasa great selection of movies and it's the only place that I rent movies from。

　　數年來我一直通過“紅盒子”租看電影，從來沒有為哪部電影花過一分錢。我有一個紅盒子的免費賬號，我總是用這個賬號來租賃DVD,偶爾還租一盤游戲光碟。紅盒子上有許多各種類型的電影，是我租看電影的不二之選。

　　2.Magazine Subscriptions

　　免費雜志訂閱刊

　　I get dozens of free magazine subscriptions to all the magazines I could possibly ever want orhave the time to read。

　　我有數十冊免費的雜志訂閱刊，包括各種類型的雜志，多到我既沒時間也沒興趣去讀它們。

　　These are not business journals that you've never heard of, these are popular magazines thatinclude women, parenting, family, business, and hobby magazines that you are most likelypaying money for right now。

　　我收集到的并非鮮為人知的商業雜志，而是許多十分流行的雜志，包括女性雜志、家庭教育雜志、家庭雜志、商務雜志還有興趣雜志，大多數都是此時你十分愿意花錢去買的雜志。

　　3.Travel Toiletries

　　旅行裝盥洗用品

　　Thanks to all the free samples I get, I'm never without travel-sized toothpaste, free samplebottles of shampoo and conditioner, packets of body wash or tiny soaps, and a large stash ofperfume vial samples。

　　多虧我收集了很多免費的試用品，我擁有的旅行裝牙膏、免費試用裝的洗發水、潤發素、沐浴液和小包香皂用都用不完。我還屯了很多小瓶裝的試用裝香水。

　　4.Books and Ebooks

　　紙質書籍與電子書籍

　　I'm an avid reader and I always keep a book around for any down time I might have. Eventhough I read all the time, both paper books and ebooks, I never pay for the books I read。

　　我是一名狂熱的書迷，總會在手邊備著一本書，只要一有空閑時間就拿出來看。雖然我幾乎所有時間都在閱讀——紙質書和電子書都有——卻從來不為自己看的書花錢。

　　Your local library is a great source for reading books for free, along with these other places toget free books and free audiobooks. I also love my Kindle and I get all sorts of free Kindlebooks to read。

　　你當地的公共圖書館是閱讀免費書籍的好去處，除此之外，還有許多其他的地方你能找到免費的紙質書和免費的有聲小說。我也很喜歡自己的Kindle閱讀器，在Kindle上我能找到各種免費書籍來閱讀。

　　5.Computer Software and Online Services

　　電腦軟件和在線服務

　　I can't remember the last time that I've paid for computer software or an online service. There'sno need to when there are simple so many great programs out there that are free。

　　我已經不記得自己上一次掏錢購買電腦軟件或在線服務是什么時候了。其實也沒必要這樣做，因為有很多非常好的程序都是免費的。

　　I have free alternatives to Microsoft Office as well as free stand alone word processors,spreadsheet programs and presentation software。

　　我擁有許多能替代微軟辦公室系列軟件的電腦程序，還有單獨的文字處理程序，電子表格程序和幻燈片程序。

　　6.Makeup and Other Beauty Products

　　化妝品和其他美容產品

　　I love trying out new makeup and other beauty products and I get to do this without spendinga dime。

　　我很喜歡嘗試新款化妝品或美容產品，為此我不用花一分錢。

　　I make sure to request any new makeup free samples and beauty free samples wheneverthey're available whenever I'm at the mall。

　　每次我去逛街的時候，如果遇到發放免費化妝品試用裝的機會，我一定會不失時機地獲取新的化妝品試用裝或美容產品試用裝。