GESE_6_money_amp;_shopping(一)1.doc

GESE6级---综合篇 MONEY SHOPPING（一） 本讲义内容完全根据考试实际内容而定，全部为升级话题何为“升级话题”：当考官考完基本问题之后，为测试学员是否能够得B或A，而提出的问题，因此请完全阅读和理解，并用自己的语言说出来 About how much did you spend on presents last year? Sample answer： Well，I seldom spend money on presents, however, it can also reminds me of last summer vacation. When I attended my friends’ birthday party, I had to take a lot of gifts for them. If I spend a little money on them, I am afraid that they will look down upon me. Thus, commonly I have to spend no less than 100 RMB for each present. It is not so cheap for a student to buy such kind of present. But it has been a sort of necessary manner when you make friends with other people. About how much do you usually spend each day? It’s hard to tell, but in average we spend around 50 Yuan a day. We, as a family, spend around 3,000 to 3,500 RMB per month. My family spend more on weekends, because usually we always go out to eat and we do groceries. Thus, on the average, every day I do not spend much, but my parents are in charge of that, I guess she can spend everyday around 300 Yuan. I help my parents keep track of all out expenses, because we pay 99% of the time with credit card, that way is ease to know where your money is going and you can make a better budget for you and your family Are you a price conscious shopper? It’s really quite hard for me to count the entire price when I go shopping. I am not good at comparing varied plate with trademarks. But I believe no one can be wiser than the vender. You know businessman will make up a system of price to get benefits from it and it’s no use wasting time on it for a shopper as we are. So I don’t care the price, if I keen on a T-shirt, I will just choose the style or go to the discount store directly. Are you good at saving money?/ Are you saving money to buy something? If so, what are you planning to buy? How much will it cost? How much longer will you need to save before you can buy it? My parents are good at saving money and they set an