Level 2 Unit1 Part4
Listening-income & expenses
The jacksons live in a nice apartment.
It`s in a nice building.
It`s also expensive.
The apartment isn`t theirs.
They don`t own it.
Another person owns it.
That person is the owner of the apartment.
The jacksons rent it from the owner.
That means they pay money to the owner.
Rent:n.租金vt.出租，租借 for rent出租, rent out租出,pay the rent付租金
Rent from 向...借
The jacksons pay rent every month.
Their rent is about 30%of their income.
Fortunately,the both have jobs.
They have two incomes.
Together,their salaries are enough to live.
Bur they don`t have enough money for a car.
Income:n.收入，收益
Fortunately：adv.幸运地 fortunate,幸运的 adj.
Salary:n.薪水 vt.给...加薪 给...薪水
Enough：enough to do 足够做某事 enough for sth 为某物有足够的东西
The jacksons have many expenses.
Their largest expense is rent.
It`s about 30% of their income.
The second largest expense is for the children`s education.
Their school are not free.
They pay for their kids to go to school.
Their other expense include food and clothes.
They also save some money every month.
They save about 10%of their income.
They put this money in the bank.
Expense: n.消费，开支 at the expense of 以...为代价，由...支付费用
Education：n.教育