Do you have the ability to live cheaply？Now here’s a true story of an American girl，Sarah.

_______ Sarah left university, she began to live in New York City on her own. She _______ a job in a publishing house, but the salary（薪水）was _______ $30,000 a year. Her parents thought her life would be hard, but Sarah _______ live on her salary and still saved $5,000 in a year. How was that _______ in one of the most expensive cities in the world？

Cheap living _______ starts with keeping the big cost small. For most people, that _______ housing. So Sarah chose to share a flat with three other friends. Her next biggest cost was _______ .When she ate out, she went to cheap restaurants. _______ she bought a $9.99 whole chicken at a local restaurant. She then ________ the chicken bones home and made soup out of them. Nowadays young people often ________ a lot of money on entertainment（娱乐）.But Sarah said, “I enjoy walking ________ in New York City. I love going to museums and parks.” Did Sarah feel poor ________ living cheaply？Not really. She even managed to take two trips, one to the Netherlands, ________ to Portland.

“Don’t think of saving money as something ________ .It's a kind of game,” said Sarah.