Moneymatters分析.pptVIP

Warm-up Questions Do you sometimes run out of money? What do you do if that happens? Have you heard of the type of people who are living from paycheck-to-paycheck? (video 1 2) What do you do if someone keeps borrowing money from you and never pays back? Vocabulary budget: the money that is available to an organization or person, or a plan of how it will be spent a welfare program with a budget of $2 million on a budgetif you are on a budget, you do not have much money to spend Travellers on a budget might prefer to camp. 2. keep/lose track of sb/sthto pay attention to someone or something, so that you know where they are or what is happening to them, or to fail to do thisa. 记录…，记清…的数目 b. 掌握…的线索，了解…的动态；留心(或注视)…的发展(或进程)；保持与…的联系 Its difficult to keep track of all the new discoveries in genetics. 3. utility n plural utilities a service such as gas or electricity provided for people to use Does your rent include utilities? 4. studio apartment AmE studio flat BrE a small apartment with one main room　 a tiny studio 5. knack n informal [singular] a natural skill or ability→talent knack for doing sth Some people seem to have a knack for making money.knack of doing sth Thomsons knack of scoring vital goals makes him important to the team. 6. microwave v [T] to cook something in a microwave oven You can heat it up under the grill or microwave it.microwaveable / microwavable adj. a new range of microwavable snacks 7. ball a large formal occasion at which people danceballroom n [C] a very large room used for dancing on formal occasions ballroom dancinga type of dancing that is done with a partner and has different steps for particular types of music, such as the waltz 8. commute v [I] to regularly travel a long distance to get to workcommute to/from/between Jim commutes to Manhattan every day. 9. curb v [T] to control or limit something in order to prevent it from having a harmful effect　 measures to curb the