話匣子英語:父母

當孩子為家里主動分擔家務的時候，父母會根據孩子的勞動情況給予孩子一定的零花錢，孩子們可以存起來也可以花掉。這種方式是否該提倡呢?

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.