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How Much Do You Pay Your Kids? —Obamas’ $1 Allowance（零花錢）

Many children in America try to find the jobs during their holidays to earn their pocket money, including President Obama’s daughters Sasha and Malia. Obama gives his seven and ten-year-old daughters just a dollar a week each for the jobs they do. They help to do housework such as setting the table, washing dishes, and c【1】 their play areas and bedrooms.

Some people question if it is r【2】to give children allowances in this way. But most of the American parents believe that everyone in the family should be responsible for the housework. The people who agree with this point say that kids shouldn’t just get allowances for n【3】 , and that such payments can help kids learn it is not easy to get money -- this is the first l【4】of their money management skills. Most of the children in America are allowed to spend their allowances on the things they like. Many people think that kids can start receiving allowances around ages 4 or 5, when children start to understand how money w【5】in life.

How much should the children get from their jobs is another problem, especially in these tough economic times (經(jīng)濟(jì)困難時(shí)期). One way here can help the parents to make the decision: write down how m【6】 you spend on your child daily for two weeks and set an arrangement based on (基于) the average daily expenses. Then you will get the answer.

【答案】

【1】cleaning

【2】right/reasonable

【3】nothing

【4】lesson

【5】works

【6】much

【解析】

這篇短文主要講述了美國的許多孩子在假期里都試圖找到工作來掙零花錢。

【1】句意：他們幫助做家務(wù)，比如擺好桌子，洗盤子，打掃游戲區(qū)和臥室。
根據(jù)上文such as setting the table, washing dishes可知下文是打掃游戲區(qū)域，且并列結(jié)構(gòu)為動(dòng)名詞。根據(jù)題意，故填cleaning。

【2】句意：有些人質(zhì)疑這樣給孩子津貼是否合理/正確。
it is+形容詞+to do sth.表示做某事是……；根據(jù)文中give children allowances可知這里是問是否合理/正確。根據(jù)題意，故填right/reasonable。

【3】句意：同意這一觀點(diǎn)的人說孩子們不應(yīng)該什么都不做就得到零用錢。
根據(jù)下文and that such payments can help kids learn it is not easy to get money -- this is the first可知上文是nothing。根據(jù)題意，故填nothing。

【4】句意：而且，這樣的支付可以幫助孩子們學(xué)習(xí)到賺錢并不容易——這是他們理財(cái)技能的第一課。
根據(jù)上文and that such payments can help kids learn it is not easy to get money可知，下文是說第一堂課。根據(jù)句意，故填lesson。

【5】句意：當(dāng)孩子們開始了解金錢在生活中的作用時(shí)。
work作用，奏效。主語是第三人稱單數(shù)，謂語動(dòng)詞變第三人稱單數(shù)。根據(jù)句意，故填works。

【6】句意：寫下兩周內(nèi)你每天花在孩子身上的錢，并根據(jù)平均每天的花費(fèi)做出安排。
how much多少，提問每周花在孩子身上的錢是多少。根據(jù)題意，故填much。

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