I could never buy a car at home, because we pay a very high tax on cars. Only rich people can really afford to buy a car at home. Here in the US I drive a nice new car, and I can easily afford it. You don't have to be rich to own a car which is great.

tax (teksz) adó

can afford (ö'fórd) anyagilag megengedheti magának

own (óun) birtokol

At home it only costs about 300 dollars a month to rent a nice apartment. That's what I used to pay for a four-room apartment in a good neighbourhood. Here in the US I pay more than twice that for a much smaller apartment, and it's not in a very nice neighbourhood.

cost (kóúszt) kerül valamibe
múlt ideje és 3. alakja: cost

rent (rent) bérel

neighbourhood (néjbörhud) szomszédság

I bought a lot of clothes in my country before I moved to the US, because everyone told me how expensive American clothing is. I was kind of suprised that I could get nice clothes here for very reasonable prices. In fact it costs me less for clothes here than it used to cost me at home.

move (múv) elköltözik

clothing (klóðing) ruházkodás

kind of - valamiféleképpen

in fact (in fekt) tulajdonképpen

less (lesz) kevesebb (little középfoka)

In my country not a lot of people travel by plane, because it costs more than most people can afford. But the US is such a big country, and the population is large, so you have a lot of people travelling by plane. That's what keeps the prices down. That means I can afford to fly here, and I do it all the time. I couldn't do that at home.

such a big country - olyan nagy ország

population (popju'léjsön) népesség

mean (mín) jelent

Most people send their children to private schools at home, because the public schools are not very good. You have to pay a lot to do that. So it's a big expense for many people. Public schools are better in the US, and they're free, so most people here send their children to public schools.

private (prájvit) magán

public school (páblic) állami iskola

expense (ik'szpensz) költség, kiadás

Here in the US you need to have health insurance, because it costs a lot to see a doctor or to enter a hospital. At home you don't have to pay much to see a doctor or go to a hospital, because most of the clinics and hospitals are run by the government.

health insurance (insuörönsz) egészségügyi biztosítás

government (gávömönt) kormány, állam

run by the government az állam vezeti