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Section Ⅲ Developing ideas
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Valuable Values①
1 The spending power② of young people varies from person to person③. Each,however, is faced with④ the same question: What to do with their money?【1】 Some handle this less well than others. Recent headlines⑤ have seen⑥ more and more teens maxing out⑦ their parents' credit cards on games or other online activities【2】.
【1】what to do with their money是“特殊疑问词+动词不定式”结构,作question的同位语。
【2】画线部分是v.ing短语的复合结构,作宾语。
2 In contrast to⑧ these big spenders⑨, there are also teens that prove age is no barrier⑩ to making good use of money. With the help of her grandmother, eightyearold Khloe Thompson started making “Kate Bags” for the homeless people in her district⑪. Inside the bags are necessities⑫ such as toothpaste⑬,soap⑭ and socks, bought first with her pocket money⑮ and then through crowd funding⑯.【3】 These items⑰ helped to make the lives of poor and homeless people a little bit⑱ easier【4】. On receiving⑲ a Kare Bag,one woman said,“You make me feel like a human being【5】.”
【3】本句是全部倒装句。主语过长,表语过短,故句子倒装了。过去分词短语bought first...crowd funding 作定语,修饰necessities。
【4】画线部分是“make+宾语+宾补”结构,形容词easier作宾补。
【5】画线部分是“make+宾语+宾补”结构,不带to的不定式短语feel like a human being作宾补。
3 However people intend to use their money,managing it seems to be unprecedentedly⑳ important to younger generations.【6】 A 2016 study said 17 states of the US require high school students to take courses in personal finances. For those who have no access to courses, help might be at hand thanks to Jerry Witkovsky and his method of using four jars to teach teenagers how to spend their money wisely.
【6】However引导让步状语从句,可替换为No matter how;主句中v.ing短语managing it作主语,谓语动词用了第三人称单数形式seems。
4 When Jerry's grandchildren turned 13, his present to each of them was three jars: one for Spending, one for Saving, and another for Giving-he has since added a fourth jar for Investing.It was from then on that his grandchildren started to be in control of what to do with the money they receive: spend, save,