2022年英语四级作文范文赏析：零花钱思维导图

很多中国父母经常用给孩子零花钱的方式来激励孩子好好学习，你赞同这种做法吗?

PocketMoney

Personally,Idon’tbelievethatgivingchildrenpocketmoneyisaverygoodidea.Inmyopinion,doingsoonlyencourageschildrentothinkthatthingsinlifearefree.Ashumans,weonlyvaluethosethingsthatcostussomethingtoobtain.

WhenIwasachild,myparentsnevergaveusanypocketmoney(or“allowance”aswecallitinAmerica).Theymadeusworktoearnanymoneywehad.Theywantedustoknowthatmoneyisvaluable,andthathardworkisevenmorevaluable.Theywantedustolearntomakewisechoiceswithourmoney,andtheyknewwewouldbemorecarefulwithourmoneyifweearneditourselves.Finally,theywantedustounderstandthatworkandmoneyarerelated:youcannothaveonewithouttheother.

Ithinktherearetwothingsparentsneedtodotohelptheirchildrenunderstandthevalueofmoney.First,theyshouldmaketheirchildrenearntheirspendingmoney,whichwillmakethechildrenconsiderthemoneyprecious.Second,theyshouldnotalwaysstoptheirchildrenfromdoingfoolishthingswiththeirmoney.Makingsomemistakeswillteachthechildrentobewise.

obtain[əb’tein]vt.获得，得到

allowance[ə’lauəns]n.津贴，零用钱，允许，限额，折扣，允差，考虑

valuable[’væljuəbl]adj.贵重的，有价值的

related[ri’leitid]adj.相关的，有亲属关系的

understand[.ʌndə’stænd]vt.理解，懂，听说，获悉，将...理解为，认为

precious[’preʃəs]adj.宝贵的，珍贵的，矫揉造作的