Maybe you always wonder why your pocket money disappeared so quickly. Well, this may be {#blank#}1{#/blank#}you don't have a careful plan. If you try a budget for your pocket money, you will find you can stop money {#blank#}2{#/blank#} going so fast. A budget is a plan to control where your money {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(go) . Careful budget can help you save for the things you want but can't pay for just now. Useful or not? Look at the {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (follow) before you start your budget:

● Every month there are things we have to pay for, like school lunches and buses，which are{#blank#}5{#/blank#} (important).There are also things we would like to spend money on — just for fun! All these are {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (month) expenses (开销).

● Since we can't have money for everything, we have to make {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (choose). We need to ask if we really need something or just want it. Needs are what you must have in order to live, like food and water. Wants are things you would like to have or do, but not necessary. For example, CDs and cartoons.

● List what you must spend on needs — and if there is money left, you will save for things you really want. This {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (call) a budget.

● If you don't have enough money for what you need, you may have to give up one for the other. No budget is fixed. Keep an eye on  {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (you). Maybe you wanted a cartoon book but now you want{#blank#}10{#/blank#} MP3 . Your needs may change into wants, or your wants may change into needs.

    It's summer holidays. For Jacob, it means (意味着) having a lot of free time to play with {#blank#}1{#/blank#}friends. Usually, he isn't so excited about it, but this summer is {#blank#}2{#/blank#}.This summer, he is going to see Justin Timberlake – one of his favorite singers.

    Jacob got four free tickets to Justin Timberlake' s concert (演唱会) after he{#blank#}3{#/blank#}an online singing competition.{#blank#}4{#/blank#}Justin Timberlake is one of his dreams, so it will be something he will never forget.

    The biggest {#blank#}5{#/blank#}he had was trying to choose just three friends to go with him. He {#blank#}6{#/blank#}that all his friends could go. He asked his mother for help. She told him to choose people who {#blank#}7{#/blank#}liked Justin Timberlake. Jacob thought it was a good {#blank#}8{#/blank#}so he chose three friends who liked Justin Timberlake as much as he did. He felt sorry for not {#blank#}9{#/blank#}his best friend Andrew, but he knew that Andrew didn't like Justin Timberlake's music that much. Jacob's three friends were all very excited when he {#blank#}10{#/blank#} them the good news.

    Now the concert is just a week away and Jacob can hardly wait.