内容正文:
Spending
Saving
Giving
Investing
高中新外研选择性必修二
aluable
value
V
Language points
Unit 2
Learning objectives
To learn and master some language points.
To apply them in authentic contexts.
headline
max out
toothpaste
in contrast to
district
necessity
n. 媒体报道的热门话题;标题
肥皂
item
n. 地区,
区域
personal
finances
n. 必需品
soap
与……形成对比
n. 一件商品(或物品)
(个人的)财务管理
(钱)花光;(信用卡)刷爆
n. 牙膏
unprecedentedly
adv. 空前地
单词消消乐练习
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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面对
处理 deal with / cope with
is different from each other
因人而异
年轻人的消费能力因人而异。然而,每个人都面临着同样的问题:如何处理这笔钱?有些人处理得不如其他人好。最近的头条新闻显示,越来越多的青少年在游戏和其他网络活动上刷爆了父母的信用卡。
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
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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 receiving a Kare Bag, one
woman said, “You make me feel like a
human being.”
与……相比
证明
不是……的障碍
好好使用
在……的帮助下
与这些挥霍无度的人相比,还有一些青少年证明年龄并不是充分利用金钱的障碍。在她祖母的帮助下,8岁的科洛·汤普森开始为她所在地区的无家可归者制作“Kare包”。
完全倒装句
相当于 as soon as 引导的时间状语从句
包里装着牙膏、肥皂和袜子等必需品,这些都是她先用零花钱,然后通过众筹购买的。这些东西有助于使穷人和无家可归者的生活稍微容易一些。在收到一个Kare包时,一位女士说:“你让我觉得自己是个人。”
However people intend to use their money,
managing it seems to be unprecedentedly
important to younger generations. 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