Students all around the world think it great to have some pocket money. But1do they get?
In the US, a little pre-school kid may get a dollar or two, 2older children get more. A lot of American parents give pocket money to their children, but their children have to do3for their family. Most American children think earning pocket money will help them know 4better. An American kid named Jacob says, "I get pocket money once a month. I put half of 5 in the bank. "
In Britain, kids in primary school 6 4 or 5 pounds each week. When they go into middle school, they are given about 9 pounds. In London, children get 10 pounds every week. Children in Scotland get 8 pounds, and children in Wales get the most, about 13. 5 pounds. Also, British boys have a little more pocket money than girls.
7kids in the US, British children do chores to earn their pocket money. That's why British children know a lot about spending money. 7% of them spend less than 1 pound 8, 51% spend9 1 pound and 5 pounds, and 20% spend over 5 pounds every week. Most of them spend it on sweets, cookies and chocolate.
If children have some pocket money, they can learn to 10 what things cost and save money for things that they want.
Steve is a sixyearold boy. His mother Mrs. Smith is very1and there are many rules for Steve to2.
One day，Steve and his mother3a bus to the store. It's Steve's first time to get on a bus，4Steve is very happy and he runs here and there on the bus. “Don't 5on the bus，dear. It's noisy and impolite(不礼貌的)，”says his mother. Steve6his mother and sits down. Then he7a man playing the guitar in the street，so he opens the window and looks out of the bus.
“Don't do that，dear. It's dangerous，”says his mother. Again Steve listens to her.
When Mrs. Smith finds Steve wants to say something，she says，“Don't talk，dear. ” Steve looks at his mother and doesn't say anything. After they get to the store，Mrs. Smith says to Bill，“8 do you want to say，dear？”“You dropped(掉下)your9on the bus. You don't want me to talk，and it's too 10. You can't call Daddy，”Steve says.
Evan Bisnauth is a 12-year-old boy. He's from the USA.
Evan's weekends are always 1. He gets up early. After breakfast, he 2 home for the Animal Care (动物护理) Center.
3 does the boy do there? He 4 to dogs there. The stories are from Evan's favorite book. 5 about Bubbins, a dog with no home. In the book, Bubbins finds a good family and lives with them.
Evan wants to help dogs 6 Bubbins. To help those dogs find good families, he 7 some good ideas (主意). He draws a lot of funny pictures of those dogs. He 8 makes videos (视频) of them. Many people can know those dogs after watching the pictures and videos on the Internet (互联网).
Evan is small,9 he really wants to do something big. His 10 is to find a loving home for every dog. How great the boy is!
Our school has many kinds of clubs. Many students like to join the1. Linda, Lucy and I want to2 them, too. But we 3know what club to join. Linda can dance, but she can't sing 4. I like swimming, but I 5 swim. Lucy likes playing 6 very much because she likes music. And she likes sports, 7. Victor is a boy, 8 he doesn't like sports. He 9 to be in our school music band. 10 can we do? Can you help us?
Mr. Smith lives in a big city. When he retires(退休), he buys a small 1in a village near the sea. He likes it and hopes to live a quiet life in this house.
But 2 his great surprise, many visitors come to see his house in summer holidays, for it is the most interesting building in the village. In front of the house are many kinds of flowers and plants 3 different colors. From morning to night, there are 4 outside the house. They keep 5 into the rooms through the windows and many of them even walk into Mr. Smith's garden. This is too much for Mr. Smith. He decides to ask the visitors to leave. So he puts a notice (告示) on the window. The notice 6, "7 you want to visit it, come in and look round. Price: twenty dollars." Mr. Smith is sure that the visitors would 8 coming, but he is wrong. More and more visitors come and Mr. Smith have to 9 much time cleaning the garden and taking them around. "I come here to live, not to work as a guide or cleaner," he says 10. In the end, he sells the house and moves away.
On a sunny day, Mother Cat is playing with her daughters in the park. Later, they are 1, so Mother Cat takes them out to look for food. She finds a 2tree. Mother Cat wants her daughters to 3some bananas on the tree. But no one wants to do it. Mother Cat has to do it herself.
Some 4later, she gets a lot of bananas. She says to her children, "Who would like to take these bananas to 5house?" No one wants to do it. So she takes the bananas home herself.
When she gets home, she says, "Who can help to make6salad?" Her daughters all say, "Sorry, Mom, we are not 7. " After she makes the salad, she says to 8, "Who wants to eat the salad？""I will, Mom!" They all say. "No, you can't 9you don't do anything before I make the salad. You must 10"No pains, no gains. "(不劳无获) Then she eats the salad herself.
A baby bird lives in a nice nest(鸟巢). The baby bird loves his nest because it is very 1 in cold winter. When the baby bird is hungry, his mother always comes with some nice 2 and he likes it very much. So he is very happy every day.
But one day his mother doesn't come to the nest. He is very 3. He thinks he will die soon. He cries but no one 4 him. After two 5, his mother comes back 6 some nice food. The baby bird is so happy.
7 his mother puts the food at a very high(高的) place and the 8bird can't get it. He cries out, "Mum, 9do you do this to me? I am10, but I can't eat any food. Don't you know I will die?
"Here is the 11 meal I give you. Come and get 12 by yourself," his mother says. The baby bird wants to fly but he can't. He falls down again and again. The baby bird works very hard. He tries again. 13, he can fly to mother and get his 14.
"You are 15! You can make it!" his mother says happily.
There is a story about the grasshopper and the ant. All summer, the weather is fine and grasshopper sits in the1, singing happily all the time. And the ant2a house under the ground.
"Why do you work so3?" asks the grasshopper when autumn comes."4is coming soon, it'll be very cold and it'll snow, too. It won't be5to find any food," says the ant. "Don't be silly, my friend," laughs the grasshopper, "there will be lots of6in winter. Let's sing and play."
At last, winter comes. The ant stays in his warm house7the grasshopper is cold in the snow. He looks for food everywhere, but he finds8.
The ant comes out of his house and sees the grasshopper, "How are you, my friend?" "I'm very cold. It's9that it's difficult to find food in winter." answers the grasshopper. The ant lets him come to his house. The grasshopper thanks the ant and10,"When spring comes, I'll work hard like you." The two friends spend a happy winter in the house.
I'm Julie, a middle school student. I'm sixteen 1 old. I like all kinds of animals, such as pandas, giraffes, elephants… So I find a part-time (兼职) 2 in the city zoo in my free time. The zoo is not far. It is only about 2 kilometers 3 my home. So I often ride a bike to work. After I 4 the zoo, I start to do my work, like cleaning the animals' cages and making food for them.
On weekends, 5 people come to the zoo to 6 animals than (比) the weekdays. So sometimes I am a little busy. And I need to tell 7 what they can do and what they can't do. There are also some strict 8 that they need to 9 in the zoo. I like my work 10 I can play with those lovely animals.
Of all the animals in the zoo, I like the cute koala best, although(尽管) it is kind of 11. It can sleep for 20 hours a day. This kind of animal 12 Australia. It is one of the 13 of Australia, but I don't think it is a good idea for animals to 14 in the cages. They are from nature(大自然). So I think they will be happy and free if they 15 live in nature. Do you agree with me?
