【迷你小对话】

　　A: Why are all our relatives such misers?

　　B: I don’t know for sure, maybe it is because they never had any money growing up and now are extra careful all the time.

　　A: Perhaps, but it is a shame, as they live too cheaply.

　　A: 我们的亲戚怎么个个都像守财奴似的?

　　B: 我也不太清楚，也许是因为他们从小到大没什么钱，所以现在就格外节省。

　　A: 或许吧。不过他们生活也过于节俭了，真丢人。

　　【语言点精讲】

　　miser: 守财奴，小气鬼。

　　relative: 亲戚;亲属。

　　grow up: 长成，成熟。

　　shame: 羞耻，耻辱。

　　cheaply: 小气地;过分节俭地。