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Unit 7
Be wise with money
Reading
Warm up
Are you willing to spend 2,300 yen on a lucky cat?
make plans for using money
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plan
Does your family make plans for using money?
Yes.
have a sense of money management
manage money well
budget
Warm up
3
Pre-reading
What
a plan about how to spend money
Why
How
When
What type of article is it?
What are they mainly talking about?
Skim for main ideas
5
How does Simon’s family manage their money?
By making a budget every year.
Scan for main ideas
6
Skim for structure
How do they start their conversation?
going shopping
family budget
Read for details
—Going shopping
What does Simon’s mum need to buy in the new mall?
Is the computer expensive? Can they afford it?
Read for details
—Family budget
How do they move forward the topic of budget?
By asking questions.
_____%
education
daily needs
flat
car
food
taking holidays
bank account
50
30
20
Read for details
—Family budget
special things
savings
wants
What’s the difference between the blue part and the orange part?
Can we exchange their percentage?
_____%
_____%
Simon’s family budget
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Further thinking
—How to make a budget
Cover the needs first.
Get your money’s worth.
Save for a rainy day.
How does Simon feel about his family money management?
worried
relieved
Read for details
—Family budget
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What do you think of Simon’s family budget?
I think Simon’s family make a good budget.
They have a plan for using money and make a budget ahead.
In the budget, they consider education and daily needs first, and then something else.
It’s also important for them to save some money for the time when they will really need it (future use).
Further thinking
—How to make a budget
John’s family budget
daily needs
pay
expensive
save
per cent
bank
make a budget
manage
What are the similarities and differences between Simon’s family budget and John’s family budget?
Pay for daily needs
monthly budget
yearly budget
save money
20 per cent
15 per cent
Special things
Discuss and compare
Making a budget
Simon
John
Make a budget for your family.
3. Draw a chart of the budget.
1. Think over what’s in your family budget.
2. Take some examples as details.
4. Label the parts of the chart and write down the percentage of each part.
Practice
5. Share it with your partner.
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Money plays an important role in our life. I’d like to make a budget for the family. In the budget, we have to pay for..., including ... It covers about ... percent. Then we spend some money on ... It covers about ... percent. We also save ... percent in our bank account. By making a budget, we can not only have reasonable spending without wasting but save for a rainy day.
Make a report
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Why is it important to make a budget?
First, making a budget can help us make a good plan before using money.
Then, it helps us not to waste money to buy anything we don’t need.
Finally, we can save some money for a rainy day.
Summary
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Summary
Be wise with money.
For all:
Read the conversation about Simon’s family management;
Go on to finish your family budget and share it with your friends or parents;
For some:
Read some other classmates’ family budgets and give each other some advice to improve the budget.
Homework
20
Thank you!
car
bank account
What’s the differences between the blue part and the orange part?
Can we exchange their percentage?
_____%
_____%
_____%
Simon’s family budget
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