3. We are slaves to nothing but the clock.(Para. 2) .Meaning: We are under the control of time only and nothing else (or: we are only dominated by time). slave to sth, a person who is completely influenced or dominated by sth a slave to drink酒鬼 a slave to money金钱的奴隶 nothingrbut: only He's nothing but a criminal他只不过是个罪犯。 The report contains nothing but lies,这报道满篇都是谎言
4 We budget it,.(Para. 2) o budget: v plan the spending of (time, money, etc.), or provide(time, money) in the plan She has made so many commitments that she has o budget her time very carefully.她答应下来的事太多, 因而不得不精心安排自己的时间。 She budgeted for buying a new car.她为了买新汽车而 计划节省开支。 The government has budgeted for two bridges in the政府已在预算中拨款在该城市造两座桥。 Very often this word is used as a noun to mean a an of how to spend money, etc. during a articular time for a particular purpose. family/week' s budget家庭/每周预算 the company's advertising budget公司的广告预算 portant to balance this year's budget重要的 是要平衡今年的预算开支