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unit 2 Improving yourself
--Developing ideas
Lead in
Look at the chart and answer the questions.
1.What are the top three things students from this school spend their money on?
Books and magazines, school supplies, clothes.
2.What do you often spend your money on?
What is the purpose of writer in writing the passage?
To tell us the value of money
To teach us how to handle money wisely
To warn us the disadvantage of wasting money
To advise parents to let children manage their own money
Para1—— Read and Answer:
Careful-reading
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Para1: The spending power of young people varies from person to person. Each, however, is faced with the same question: what to do with their money? Some handle this less well than others. Recent headlines have seen more and more teens maxing out their parents’ credit cards on games or other online activities.
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2. Why does the author use the example of Khloe Thompson?
To introduce how to handle money well
To raise people’s awareness of saving money
To share a touching story
To prove age is no barrier to making good use of money
3. How did Khole Thompson make use of her money?
She spent the money on after-school activities
She saved all her money for her college
She used the money to create a fund
She bought necessities for homeless people
Para2—— Read and Answer:
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Para2: In contrast to these big spenders, there are also teens that prove age is no barrier to making good use of money. With the help of her grandmother, eight-year-old Khloe Thompson started making “Kare Bags” for the homeless people in her district. Inside the bags are necessities such as toothpaste, soap and socks, bought first with her pocket money and then through crowd funding. These items helped to make the lives of poor and homeless people a little bit easier. On reveiving a Kare Bag, one woman said, “You make me feel like a human being.”
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4. Why do the high school students in America require to take financial courses?
Because the parents ask them to do that
Because