Part 3 Free and Clear

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Danielle 和Anthony都因為適度理財而平安地度過大學四年,然而他們可憐的同學Jane卻因為自己的鋪張浪費而成為了名副其實的“窮光蛋”。

(Two friends are talking soon after graduating from university.)

Danielle: Well done, Ant!

Anthony: Well done, Dani! We survived! Phew! We did it!We made it through four years of university unharmed!

Danielle: Well not totally unharmed. I have a small loan to pay off but nothing too 1)drastic.

Anthony: ①Same here! ②But we are pretty much out of the woods and in the clear!

Danielle: Yeah, and what tough years those have been!

Anthony: University is supposed to be the time of your life!

Danielle: Certainly wasn’t like that.

Anthony: Yeah, who’d have thought!

Danielle: Everyone who hasn’t been yet I guess!

Anthony: I never knew university was going to be so much like real life!

Danielle: Well I felt pretty grown up, like I had a job and real responsibilities to take care of.

Anthony: Yeah it’s not the big party that everyone claims it is!

Danielle: It could be, but at your 2)peril!

Anthony: It worked out having a mature attitude.

Danielle: ③Yeah some of our peers got themselves into a right pickle!

Anthony: Yeah, do you remember Jane?!

Danielle: Oh God, she was a nightmare!

Anthony: She didn’t budget at all.

Danielle: I think she thought she was on holiday!

Anthony: I hardly saw her in class, but I always saw her out partying.

Danielle: I bet she didn’t have much freedom whilst she was living at home!

Anthony: ④I guess if your parents had you on a 3)leash that can happen.

Danielle: ⑤She was let loose at university.

Anthony: Yeah, she went crazy with her credit card though.