Too much pocket money for children |
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| Elementary students can often receive large sums of money from their relatives during the Lunar New Year, with 76% of them getting 500 yuan ($63), and 11.8% even 3,000 yuan ($380). |
| Chinanews, Shanghai, Nov. 23 – Parents may earn less than 800 yuan (US$101) monthly, but they may give their child 300 yuan ($38) as pocket money every month. A survey on 3,800 students in elementary and secondary schools and 1,000 parents in Shanghai launched by Adolescence1 Center of Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences shows that too much pocket money is given to children in Shanghai.
More than 69.1% of elementary and 28.9% of secondary school respondents say that they can get at least 50 yuan ($6.3) every month from their parents, and some even 300 yuan. Meanwhile, elementary students can often receive large sums of money from their relatives during the Lunar New Year, with 76% of them getting 500 yuan ($63), and 11.8% even 3,000 yuan ($380).
This reporter finds that 4.7% of student respondents whose family income is less than 800 yuan monthly receive 300 yuan every month. Experts think these students must be extravagant2 spenders, but what puzzles them is that only 4% of students from rich families (with a family income of 10 thousand yuan ($1,272) or above monthly) get as much for pocket money per month.
Sun Baohong, deputy director of the center, said too much pocket money is not good for children's development, and parents need to give their children money based on the family's economic conditions.
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adolescence
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| n.青春期，青少年 |
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- Adolescence is the process of going from childhood to maturity.青春期是从少年到成年的过渡期。
- The film is about the trials and tribulations of adolescence.这部电影讲述了青春期的麻烦和苦恼。
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extravagant
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| adj.奢侈的；过分的；(言行等)放肆的 |
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- They tried to please him with fulsome compliments and extravagant gifts.他们想用溢美之词和奢华的礼品来取悦他。
- He is extravagant in behaviour.他行为放肆。
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