VOA慢速英语:How an Allowance Helps Children Learn About Money

短语讲解：

1. The purpose is to let children learn from experience at an age when financial mistakes are not very costly.

learn from 从…获得（吸取）
例句：Much can be learned from a good teacher.
从一位好老师那儿能学到很多东西。

2. The amount of money that parents give to their children to spend as they wish differs from family to family.

differ from 与…不同
例句：She differs from her sister in the color of her eyes.
她与她姐姐眼睛的颜色不同。

3. In any case, parents should make clear what, if anything, the child is expected to pay for with the money.

in any case 无论怎样，不管怎样
例句：It may rain tomorrow, but we are going home in any case.
明天可能下雨, 但不管怎样, 我们打算回家去。
pay for 付钱
例句：He was promptly paid for it.
他为那事立即得到报酬。

4. Older children may be responsible enough to save money for larger costs, like clothing or electronics.

save for 为…存钱（储存）
例句：I'm saving for a new car.
我正为买新车而存钱。

5. Saving helps children understand that costly goals require sacrifice: you have to cut costs and plan for the future.

have to 不得不，必须
例句：He may have to qualify some goals. 
他有时不得不修改某些目标。

6. Many banks offer services to help children and teenagers learn about personal finance.

learn about 获得，学得
例句：I like reading historical stories because I can learn about the lives that people led long ago.
我喜欢看历史故事, 因为这样可以知道过去人们的生活。

7. A savings account is an excellent way to learn about the power of compound interest.

compound interest 复利

8. That may not seem like a lot. But over time it adds up.

over time随着时间的推移
例句：But this will improve over time.
但是这将随着时间的推移而改变。
add up 积少成多，合计，加起来
例句：Adding these figures up we can find the answer.
把这些数字加起来，我们就可以找到答案。