考研英語時文賞讀（139）：高校女生要求每月4500元生活費引爭議

　　College student’s demand for higher living expenses sparks debate

　　大學生索要更多生活費的要求引發(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，一名女大學生每月索要4500元（約合630.16美元）的生活費，這引發(fā)了公眾對于大學生到底需要多少生活費的爭論，大多數(shù)人認為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，這位大學新生表示她在位于新一線城市的一所大學，她抱怨媽媽給的每月2000元太少了，導致她每到月底就得去學校食堂吃飯。

　　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，買護膚品和新衣服要花錢，她的室友用的也都是高檔次的護膚品，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，高中時上課外輔導班每月的花費都超過了4000元，媽媽都毫不猶豫地拿了出來，而現(xiàn)在她大學學費加上住宿費差不多一年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.

　　今年秋季的新學期已經(jīng)開始，“一個大學生每月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支出，除了個別情況外，大多數(shù)人每月的花費都在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，學生的消費應該取決于家庭的經(jīng)濟情況，而且他們應該學會如何理財。

　　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、成都大學和四川音樂學院等成都高校的學生每月的消費支出在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)理財咨詢應用挖財?shù)臄?shù)據(jù)顯示，有15個城市的大學生平均每月的消費支出超過1500元，其中最高的是北京的2400元，上海為2300元，杭州為2250元。

　　(全文共322個詞)

　　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