【话匣子英语】父母

当孩子为家里主动分担家务的时候，父母会根据孩子的劳动情况给予孩子一定的零花钱，孩子们可以存起来也可以花掉。这种方式是否该提倡呢？

Harp¹: Another thing that parents do is they give an allowance².

Maura: Right. Especially for doing chores. So, parents will give their children a certain amount of money per³ week and then it’s their money to do with what they want. So they could save it, or they could spend it. And that’s called an allowance.

Harp: So often times in families, when kids are growing up, when they do their chores, they get an allowance and the amount would depend on the family.

Maura: I probably don’t even know what kids get nowadays⁴ but I would say maybe $20 a week or something?

Harp: I have no idea. I never got an allowance when I was growing up.

Maura: Yeah, me neither.

Harp: It always seemed to be so cool though. On TV I would see in shows that people would get an allowance, and I would imagine the things I would do with money.

Maura: So right, children do chores, sometimes they get allowances⁵, and then they also possibly get into trouble.

1 harp   

n.竖琴；天琴座

参考例句：

• She swept her fingers over the strings of the harp.她用手指划过竖琴的琴弦。
• He played an Irish melody on the harp.他用竖琴演奏了一首爱尔兰曲调。

2 allowance   

n.津贴，补贴，零用钱

参考例句：

• My monthly allowance is 50 yuan.我每月的津贴是50元。
• I have to work to earn my allowance.我非得工作挣零用钱。

3 per   

prep.每，每一，根据，按照；由，经，以，靠

参考例句：

• These apples cost 40 pence per pound.这些苹果每磅40便士。
• The truck was traveling under fifty miles per hour.那辆卡车以每小时不到五十英里的速度行驶着。

4 nowadays   

n.现在，现时，当今；adv.时下，现今

参考例句：

• Nowadays it is very easy to earn a living.现今谋生很容易。
• Nowadays petrol costs too much.如今的汽油太贵了。

5 allowances   

津贴( allowance的名词复数 )； 补助； 1 限额； 定量 2 免税额

参考例句：

• Government officials who travel on business are given traveling allowances. 因公出差的政府官员享有出差补贴。
• The court was asked to make allowances for his age. 人们要求法庭考虑他的年龄。