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?

Harp: Another thing that parents do is they give an allowance.

Maura: Right. Especially for doing chores. So, parents will give their children a certain amount of money per 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 nowadays 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 allowances, and then they also possibly get into trouble.