(来源：沪江英语)

　　I mostly consider my freebie and free sample addiction as a fun hobby, but throughout the years I have learned that are a few dependable freebies that make it possible to not spend any money at all in certain areas of my life。

　　很多时候我将自己对免费赠品和试用产品的收集癖视为一种聊以自娱的兴趣爱好，不过数年之后我意识到，有些免费赠品足可依靠，几乎能让你再也不用花费一分钱购买某类生活日用品。

　　Keep reading to find out what are the items I never spend money on, and how you can do the same。

　　看看我在哪些东西上从来不花钱吧，看看自己如何也能和我一样。

　　1.Movie and Game Rentals from Redbox

　　红盒子的电影和游戏租赁服务

　　In the years that I've been renting movies from Redbox, I've never spent a dime on one. I always use a free Redbox code to rent DVDs as well as the occasional game rental. Redbox has a great selection of movies and it's the only place that I rent movies from。

　　数年来我一直通过“红盒子”租看电影，从来没有为哪部电影花过一分钱。我有一个红盒子的免费账号，我总是用这个账号来租赁DVD,偶尔还租一盘游戏光碟。红盒子上有许多各种类型的电影，是我租看电影的不二之选。

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　　2.Magazine Subscriptions

　　免费杂志订阅刊

　　I get dozens of free magazine subscriptions to all the magazines I could possibly ever want or have the time to read。

　　我有数十册免费的杂志订阅刊，包括各种类型的杂志，多到我既没时间也没兴趣去读它们。

　　These are not business journals that you've never heard of, these are popular magazines that include women, parenting, family, business, and hobby magazines that you are most likely paying money for right now。

　　我收集到的并非鲜为人知的商业杂志，而是许多十分流行的杂志，包括女性杂志、家庭教育杂志、家庭杂志、商务杂志还有兴趣杂志，大多数都是此时你十分愿意花钱去买的杂志。

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　　3.Travel Toiletries

　　旅行装盥洗用品

　　Thanks to all the free samples I get, I'm never without travel-sized toothpaste, free sample bottles of shampoo and conditioner, packets of body wash or tiny soaps, and a large stash of perfume vial samples。

　　多亏我收集了很多免费的试用品，我拥有的旅行装牙膏、免费试用装的洗发水、润发素、沐浴液和小包香皂用都用不完。我还屯了很多小瓶装的试用装香水。

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　　4.Books and Ebooks

　　纸质书籍与电子书籍

　　I'm an avid reader and I always keep a book around for any down time I might have. Even though I read all the time, both paper books and ebooks, I never pay for the books I read。

　　我是一名狂热的书迷，总会在手边备着一本书，只要一有空闲时间就拿出来看。虽然我几乎所有时间都在阅读——纸质书和电子书都有——却从来不为自己看的书花钱。

　　Your local library is a great source for reading books for free, along with these other places to get free books and free audiobooks. I also love my Kindle and I get all sorts of free Kindle books to read。

　　你当地的公共图书馆是阅读免费书籍的好去处，除此之外，还有许多其他的地方你能找到免费的纸质书和免费的有声小说。我也很喜欢自己的Kindle阅读器，在Kindle上我能找到各种免费书籍来阅读。

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　　5.Computer Software and Online Services

　　电脑软件和在线服务

　　I can't remember the last time that I've paid for computer software or an online service. There's no need to when there are simple so many great programs out there that are free。

　　我已经不记得自己上一次掏钱购买电脑软件或在线服务是什么时候了。其实也没必要这样做，因为有很多非常好的程序都是免费的。

　　I have free alternatives to Microsoft Office as well as free stand alone word processors, spreadsheet programs and presentation software。

　　我拥有许多能替代微软办公室系列软件的电脑程序，还有单独的文字处理程序，电子表格程序和幻灯片程序。

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　　6.Makeup and Other Beauty Products

　　化妆品和其他美容产品

　　I love trying out new makeup and other beauty products and I get to do this without spending a dime。

　　我很喜欢尝试新款化妆品或美容产品，为此我不用花一分钱。

　　I make sure to request any new makeup free samples and beauty free samples whenever they're available whenever I'm at the mall。

　　每次我去逛街的时候，如果遇到发放免费化妆品试用装的机会，我一定会不失时机地获取新的化妆品试用装或美容产品试用装。

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