W:Nowyou’veseenthistableoffiguresaboutthepocketmoneychildreninBritainget?(Q23答案点,首句考点+视听一致)
M:Yes.Ithoughtitwasquiteinteresting,butIdon’tquiteunderstandthecolumnentitledchange.Canyouexplainwhatitmeans?
W:Well,Ithinkitmeansthechangefromtheyearbefore.Iamnotamathematician,butIassumetherisefrom70pto90pisariseof25percent.
M:Ohyes,Isee.Andtheinflationrateisthereforcomparison.
W:Yes.whydoyouthinktheriseinpocketmoneyisoftenhigherthaninflation?(Q24答案点,视听一致)
M:IamsorryI’venoidea.PerhapsparentsinBritainaretoogenerous.
W:Perhapstheyare.Butitlooksasifchildrenwerenotbetteroffin2001thantheywerein2002.That’sstrange,isn’tit?Andtheyseemtohavebeenbetteroffin2003thantheyarenow.Iwonderwhythatis.
M:Yes,Idon’tunderstandthatatall.
W:Anyway,ifyouhadchildren,howmuchpocketmoneywouldyougivethem?
M:Idon’tknow.IthinkI’llprobablygivethem2poundsaweek.
W:Wouldyou?Andwhatwouldyouexpectthemtodowithit?
M:Well,outofthat,theyhavetobuysomesmallpersonalthings?(Q25答案点,视听一致)
,butIwouldn’texpectthemtosavetobuytheirownsocks,forexample.
W:Yes,bytheway,domostchildreninyourcountrygetpocketmoney?
Q23Whatisthetableoffiguresabout?
Q24WhatdowelearnfromtheconversationaboutBritishchildren’spocketmoney?
Q25Supposingthemanhadchildren,whatwouldheexpectthemtodowiththeirpocketmoney?