Are you ready to start managing your money? Then you need to make a plan, called a budget. In your budget, you will record the money that you get, earn, spend and save.
Here’s how a budget works. Cassie gets an allowance (零花钱) and does chores around the house. Sometimes, she also earns money helping people in the neighborhood. Cassie hasn’t been able to save any money, and she wants to buy a guitar. She does not know where all her money goes. So she asks her parents for help setting up a budget. Here are the steps she followed.
She wrote down the money she earned in the first week.
Money Earned
Allowance ……………….$ 5.00 Dust furniture ..........................$ 4.00
Be mother’s helper for Mrs. King …$ 5.00 Total .....................................$ 14.00
Whenever Cassie spent money, she wrote down how much she spent.
Money Spent
Movies ……………………$ 5.00 Pizza/Soda............................... $ 2.90
Snack ……………………$ 0.75 Snack .......................................$ 1.25
Magazine ………………$ 3.20 Total ...........................................$ 13.10
At the end of the first week, she looked it over. Then she found that she had spent too much money. So she looked for ways to spend less and save more. She decided to bring snacks from home. She also decided that she would see if another family in the neighborhood needed a mother’s helper.
Over the next few months, Cassie’s budgeting helped her reach her goal. She saved enough to buy a guitar.
Now she needs to save for guitar lessons!
根据短文内容判断下列句子正 (T) 误 (F) 。【小题1】The only way for Cassie to make money is to help people in the neighborhood.
【小题2】In order to save enough money for a guitar, Cassie asked her parents for help setting up a budget.
【小题3】Cassie spent more money on snacks than magazines in the first week.
【小题4】After finding she had spent too much money, Cassie thought up ideas to save more money.
【小题5】Cassie’s budget worked well.
