题型：任务型阅读 题类：常考题 难易度：普通
江西省抚州市临川区第一中学2018届高三上学期英语第三次月考试卷
Nowadays, more people lose their jobs and the prices of goods and services steadily increase. But where do I start? Everything I'm paying for is necessity. There's nothing I can cut down on.
But if you take a careful and objective look at your bills and all the “stuff” you're paying for, you actually do not need a good majority of them. I've put together 5 tips that you can follow right now to reduce your costs.
1）Cut Back on Eating out.
Maybe you didn't notice eating out is one of the things at your budget and you can save so much money just by reducing the number of times you eat out. It's so much cheaper preparing food at home and healthier too. This does not mean that you should never eat out. You can choose special days to eat out like birthdays or anniversaries.
2）Reduce Your Electricity Consumption
This will help reduce your electricity consumption. With CFLs (节能灯) you save so much on power. Also unplug appliances (家用电器) that you're not using.
3）Cut Back on Magazine or Print Subscription (订阅费)
Magazines are great but sometimes they come with articles that you don't really care about so you don't bother reading them. Review your magazine or print subscriptions to determine which ones to unsubscribe from. You can also draw out a list of topics or categories you like reading about and search for free online alternatives where you can read about the topic of your choice.
4）Cancel Your Gym Membership or Go for a Pay-Per-Use Plan.
Exercise is important to stay healthy. In fact, you save more money when you stay physically fit than if you are in poor health. But there are more affordable ways to keep fit, if you exercise for health's sake and no as a body builder or something.
Exercise at home or jog around your neighborhood. If you can't work out without an exercise trainer, try searching for exercise routines on You Tube. If you want to use gym equipment, then you can convert your gym membership style to pay-per-use.
Of course, you don't need to practice all of these at once, but if you are really willing to cut down on those costs, then one of these will surely come in handy.
A. Start by turning off the lights you're not using.
B. They're so simple but the results are impressive
C. As an alternative, make more home-cooked meals
D. It's time for you to take action and do something about your bills
E. That way you pay only when you come to the gym to use the equipment
F. Invest in gym equipment to cut down recurrent costs of gym membership
G These days most of the information or news is available on the Internet for free.
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