F2F Class Notes (Nemo)[S]

Vocabulary

pocket money (n): 1- money that parents regularly give to their child to spend as they choose:
E..g: My dad gives me £5 a week pocket money.

housework (n): 1-the work of keeping a house clean and tidy家务
E.g.: I hate doing housework.

save (v): 1-to keep something, especially money, for use in the future保存，储存；储蓄，攒钱
E.g.: Tom’s been saving his pocket money every week.-money
汤姆每周都把自己的零花钱攒起来。
E.g.: We’re saving (up) for a new car.-money
E.g.: I save all my old letters in case I want to read them again.-a thing

waste (v):an unnecessary or wrong use of money, time, energy, abilities, etc.
浪费；滥用
E.g.： Buying that sports car was a waste of money.
E.g.: That meeting  was a complete waste of time.

underage (adj): 1-；未成年人的 done by people who are too young by law
E.g.: I was arrested (逮捕） for underage drinking

not supposed to-If you are not supposed to do something you are not allowed to do it:
E.g.: You’re not supposed to park here.

be supposed to -to have to; to have a duty or a responsibility to
应该，应当
E.g.: The children are supposed to be at school by 8.45 a.m.
孩子们应该在早上8：45之前到校。

exchange (n): 1-the act of giving something to someone and them giving you something else:
E.g.: an exchange of ideas/information
E.g.: They were given food and shelter in exchange for work.

Be about to
We use be about to as an adjective to refer to something that will happen very soon in the future:
E.g.: He was about to phone the police.

when I was a teenager my parents gave me a pocket money I need to make home clean and tidy/I had to do housework every week. And then they gave me the money  once a month. Then I bought a popular things like walkman, CD player, tickets for a pop star concert, I need save money for long time. When I was go to the college  I need go to a part time job to earn money in an ice cream parlour/store and a caffe and then I had first trip to America.

When I was a teenager my parents gave me  pocket money /in exchange for doing housework/ and I  had to make home clean and tidy/I had to do housework every week. They would pay/(give  me the money)  once a month. Then I usually  bought a popular things like walkman, CD player, tickets for a pop star concert, I had to save money for a long time. When I was about to go to the college  I had go to take a part time job to/in order to earn money. At first I worked  in an ice cream parlor/store and later in a caffe after that I had my first trip to America.