摘要：本文为大家详细分析一篇外文杂志的文章，不仅有中文翻译，还总结了大量适用于雅思写作的万用经典句式和高分词汇，对于正在备考雅思写作的同学们来说是绝佳的复习资料。本文继续为大家带来买买买的计算公式，详情见文章。
TOPIC：娱乐;消费;资源;科技进步;
场景：
收入 & 指出：消费方式;
娱乐 & 工作：怎样选择享乐方式;
科技进步对社会的影响;
资源 & 利用：有限资源&无限资源;效率&效果;选择&结果;
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【闻夕注】本文含有基础数学英语 & 口语素材。
Consider something as basic as dinner. I used to really like going out to eat. I thought it was fun. But over time, I found that taking our four children out to dinner wasn’t always the most fun. Making dinner at home, especially on a Friday or Saturday night when everybody was around and involved, now that was awesome. We spent years going out to eat before we did this back-of-the-napkin calculation based on what my friend had mentioned about the calculation of cost per unit of fun.
就拿晚饭这么基本的事情来说吧。我过去确实很喜欢出去吃。我觉得这是一种乐趣。但是随着时间的推移，我发现，带着四个孩子出去吃饭并不会总那么开心。现在我发现，在家做晚饭才是很棒的事情，特别是星期五和星期六的晚上，大家可以欢聚一堂。很多年来，我们都是出去吃，如今有了朋友的这个“单位享乐成本”计算公式，我们可以草草计算一下。
【大作文万用句式】
Consider …考虑一下……吧。
【经典句式】
going out to eat 出去吃
over time随着时间的推移
take sb out to dinner 带……出去吃饭
calculation计算
cost成本
【犀利观点】【口语】：做饭vs.在外吃饭;传统节日：
I used to really like goingout to eat. I thought it was fun. But over time, I found that taking our four children out to dinner wasn’t always the most fun. Making dinner at home, especially on a Friday or Saturday night when everybody was around and involved, now that was awesome.
Here’s how the formula works. You start by putting the total amount you arespending in the numerator.Then, in the denominator,goes a guess of the unitsof fun you get from the activity. Now, I realize that is totally subjective because there is no standard unit of measurement for fun. But we’re not going to let that get in the way. Just make a guess. In the end, the only measure of fun that matters is your own, so your guess will work just fine. But to make it a little easier, we are going to use a scale from one to 10, with one being the leastfun and 10 being the most fun.
这个公式是这么算的。先拿你为某件事花的钱的总数当分子。然后再估算一下你从这个活动中得到多少个单位的乐趣，拿这个数字当分母。我知道这太主观了，能获得多少单位的乐趣没有统一的标准。但是别让这个妨碍你。就是估计一下。到头来，唯一能够衡量乐趣的标准还是你自己的感受，所以你自己估计一下就很好。如果要简单一点，你可以使用从1到10的分级，1代表最没乐趣，10代表乐趣最大。
【大作文万用句式】
Here’s how …works. ……是这样运作的。
You start by …首先……
There is no standard measurement for … ……没有统一的标准。
We’re not going to let … getin the way. 别让……阻碍我们。
In the end, the only measure of … is …到头来，唯一能够衡量…的标准还是…
【经典句式】
formula公式
numerator分子
denominator分母
unit单位
subjective主观的
a scale from … to …从…到…的分级
Let’s go through this calculation together with the dinner example. First, we start with the cost. We’ll assume a meal out with the family costs $100. In this case, we would put $100 in the numerator.Then, we’ll just take aguess at the units of fun. Over the years, we’ve discovered that for us, eating out isabout a four. What we have, then, is $100/4, or $25.So eating out costs us $25 per unit of fun.
让我以晚餐为例演示一下这个计算式。首先是成本。我们假设全家人一起出去吃一顿饭要花100美元，那我们就拿100美元当分子。然后，我们假设一下乐趣单位。这么多年来，我们发现，对于我们来说，出去吃饭的乐趣等级相当于4。所以我们就可以用100美元除以4，得出25美元。于是，我们外出吃饭的“单位享乐成本”就是每单位乐趣25美元。
【经典句式】
calculation计算
assume假设
numerator分子
take a guess at 猜
over the years多年来
【大作文万用句式】
In this case, …在这种情况下，……
…, or … 即……
Now, let’s compare that with making dinner at home. Typically, eating in costs a little less, like $80. So $80 becomes our numerator.For us, eating in is a really fun experience,like a nine out of 10. So for our unit of fun, we use nine, and $80/9 equals $8.89.
下面要把它同在家做饭的单位乐趣成本进行对比。一般来说，在家做饭花的钱要少些，大约是80美元。所以就用80美元做分子。对于我们来说，在家吃饭真的是很开心的体验，如果最高标准是10，那就大概相当于9。所以我们用9来做分母，单位享乐成本就是80美元除以9，等于8.89美元。
【经典句式】
compare… with …把…和…进行对比
making dinner at home在家做饭
eating in在家做饭
numerator分子
equal等于
【口语万用句式】
… is a really funexperience.……真的是很开心的体验。
There’s a huge difference between $8.89 per unit of fun and $25. The calculation made our decision much more clear. Eating at home costs us considerably less per unit of fun.
8.89美元的单位乐趣成本和25美元的单位乐趣成本相差很大。这个计算让我们的决定更加清晰。在家吃饭让我们大大节约了单位享乐成本。
【大作文万用句式】
There’s a huge difference between … and ……和…相差很大。
… makes our decision much more clear.……让我们的决定更加清晰。
【经典句式】
calculation计算
eating at home在家吃饭
considerably程度大
