Another had not eaten for 'three days as her mother had no money at all until pay day'.
另一个孩子“连续三天没吃东西因为她妈妈完全没钱，要等到发薪日才能吃东西”。That $50 a month leaving your bank account on payday that you barely notice will add up to $600 a year, plus your return on investment.
每月发薪日从你的银行账户里提出拟几乎不注意的50美元，累积起来一年就有600美元，还有你的投资回报。Pay day? You mean crumble day? The day they throw me a few crumbles for work like a slave all week?
发薪日？你是说点心日？我像奴隶似的工作一周然后随便丢给我几块点心的这一天？Retailers started noticing the strain in late spring and early summer as they were monitoring the spending around the paycheck cycle.
在今年春末夏初，零售商开始注意到这些变化，因为他们正在追踪发薪周期与消费的关联。However, you need to understand that obtaining a payday loan is a course of action that can be far from ideal in many circumstances.
然而你需要明白在许多情况下，发薪日贷款是不够理想的。As a consequence, a great number of this strapped people end up using the services of a payday loan service.
最后，许多身无分文的人不得不使用发薪日贷款的服务。The last few days before payday were the worst. There just wasn't enough food to go around.
发薪前的最后几天是最糟糕的日子，因为家里连起码的口粮都难以保障。Thursday was a happy day for NBA players -- it was the first official payday of the season.
对NBA的球员来说，周四是一个欢庆的日子——这是这个赛季的第一个官方发薪日。Almost one in five workers spend their entire monthly salary in the first week. And almost half run out of money before pay day.
几乎五分之一的人在领薪水的第一个星期就把整个月的薪水花光，几乎一半的人在下一个发薪日前把钱花光。