雙語閱讀：六種生活必備品從此不花錢

　　摘要：很多時(shí)候我將自己對(duì)免費(fèi)贈(zèng)品和試用產(chǎn)品的收集癖視為一種聊以自娛的興趣愛好，不過數(shù)年之后我意識(shí)到，有些免費(fèi)贈(zèng)品足可依靠，幾乎能讓你再也不用花費(fèi)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(shí)候我將自己對(duì)免費(fèi)贈(zèng)品和試用產(chǎn)品的收集癖視為一種聊以自娛的興趣愛好，不過數(shù)年之后我意識(shí)到，有些免費(fèi)贈(zèng)品足可依靠，幾乎能讓你再也不用花費(fèi)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(wù)

　　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(shù)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(gè)紅盒子的免費(fèi)賬號(hào)，我總是用這個(gè)賬號(hào)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(fèi)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(shù)十冊(cè)免費(fèi)的雜志訂閱刊，包括各種類型的雜志，多到我既沒時(shí)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(yè)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(wù)雜志還有興趣雜志，大多數(shù)都是此時(shí)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(fèi)的試用品，我擁有的旅行裝牙膏、免費(fèi)試用裝的洗發(fā)水、潤(rùn)發(fā)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(zhì)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(huì)在手邊備著一本書，只要一有空閑時(shí)間就拿出來看。雖然我?guī)缀跛袝r(shí)間都在閱讀——紙質(zhì)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(dāng)?shù)氐墓矆D書館是閱讀免費(fèi)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(fèi)的紙質(zhì)書和免費(fèi)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(fèi)書籍來閱讀。

　　5.Computer Software and Online Services

　　電腦軟件和在線服務(wù)

　　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(jīng)不記得自己上一次掏錢購買電腦軟件或在線服務(wù)是什么時(shí)候了。其實(shí)也沒必要這樣做，因?yàn)橛泻芏喾浅：玫某绦蚨际敲赓M(fèi)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(dú)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(chǎn)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(chǎn)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(shí)候，如果遇到發(fā)放免費(fèi)化妝品試用裝的機(jī)會(huì)，我一定會(huì)不失時(shí)機(jī)地獲取新的化妝品試用裝或美容產(chǎn)品試用裝。