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1、Unit 6,The Value of Money,Teaching Children to Spend Pocket Money Wisely,Text A,stationary,Stationery is paper, envelopes, and other materials or equipment used for writing. If you step across to the shop, you will be able to buy the stationery you need. 你们有文具出售吗？ Do you carry stationery?,fare,bus/t
2、rain/air/cab fare Air fares have shot up by 20%. half-fare/full-fare Children under 14 travel half-fare.,cost, costs, price, charge, fee, fare Use cost to talk about paying for services and activities, rather than objects Your costs are the amount of money you have to spend in order to run a busines
3、s or to do a particular activity Useprice to mean the amount of money that you must pay for something in a place such as a shop or restaurant A charge is the amount you have to pay to have a particular service or use something A fee is the amount you have to pay to enter or join something. It is als
4、o the amount you have to pay for a professional service A fare is the amount you have to pay to travel somewhere by bus, train, plane etc,lump sum,When you retire youll get a lump sum of 80,000. At retirement, your pension money can be taken out as a lump sum.,prefer to do something,I prefer to wear
5、 clothes made of natural fibers. Or,if you prefer, you can email us.,On a daily basis,on a regular/daily/weekly etc basis every day, week etc: Im saving money on a regular basis. These workers are paid on a daily basis.,recess,Her favorite things at school are music and recess. (B.E. = break),alloca
6、te,You should allocate the same amount of time to each question. One million dollars was allocated for disaster relief. Several patients were waiting to be allocated a bed. -allocation the allocation of funds to universities,overspend,The hospital has overspent its budget by 70,000. Too many people
7、overspend during the holidays. n. an overspend of 200,000,In time,after a certain period of time, especially after a gradual process of change and development: He wants to see changes in the company and I am sure he will, in time.,Wages,money you earn that is paid according to the number of hours, d
8、ays, or weeks that you work salary: He earns a good wage. daily/weekly etc wage a weekly wage of $250,Someones salary is the money they are paid every month by their employer, especially someone in a profession, such as a teacher or a lawyer Some managers earn annual salaries of over 80,000. Use wag
9、es to refer to the money that someone is paid every week by their employer, especially someone who works in a factory or a shop Some companies pay higher wages than others. Someones income is all the money that they receive regularly, for work or for any other reason families on low incomes Rent fro
10、m the old farm was their only source of income. Use fee to refer to the money paid to a lawyer, doctor, or similar qualified worker for a piece of work they have done Your accountants fees are too high. legal fees,opt,Opt for After college, Ruffin opted for the Army over college. They opt for more h
11、oliday instead of more pay. -n. option There are a number of options available. He hadtwo options. This was not the only option open to him.,Due to,because of something: The court of inquiry ruled that the crash was due to pilot error. She has been absent from work due to illness. The restaurants su
12、ccess was due largely toits new manager.,constraint,constraint on Constraints on spending have forced the company to rethink its plans. the constraints of family life financial/environmental/political etc constrai There have been financial and political constraints on development. -v. constrain Fina
13、ncial factors should not constrain doctors from prescribing the best treatment for patients.,budget,Well have to budget more carefully. This scheme enables you to budget the cost through fixed monthly payments. budget for Weve budgeted for a new car next year. -budget n. Travellers on a budget might
14、 prefer to camp.,overindulge,to eat or drink too much: Its hard not to overindulge at Christmas. -indulge to let yourself do or have something that you enjoy, especially something that is considered bad for you indulge yourself Even if youre dieting, you can indulge yourself (=eat what you want) onc
15、e in a while. indulge in Most of us were too busy to indulge in heavy lunchtime drinking. -indulgent toys bought by their indulgent grandparents,Result in,to make something happen = cause: an accident that resulted in the death of two passengers,short-sighted,especially British English = nearsighted
16、 American English a short-sighted policy of reducing investment in training -short-sightedness Thanks to the governments short-sightedness, our hospitals are very short of cash.,cross somebodys mind,usually in negativesif you say that an idea, thought etc never crossed your mind, you mean that you did not think of it = occur to somebody: It didnt crossher mind that she might be doing something illegal. the thought has (never) crossed my mind (=used to tell someone you have thought of t
