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 cute and cheerful.

Dear Sara,

    I'm writing to you from Australia. I'm on a {#blank#}1{#/blank#} with my family here. We live in a beautiful hotel (旅馆) near the sea.

    It's eight o'clock in the morning now. I'm in my room. I can see the pool of the hotel {#blank#}2{#/blank#} my room. Some people are {#blank#}3{#/blank#} in it. I wish to join {#blank#}4{#/blank#}, but I can't swim. I can also see the {#blank#}5{#/blank#} hall of the hotel. Some people are eating their breakfast. Now my brother is {#blank#}6{#/blank#} sleeping. My mother is asking him {#blank#}7{#/blank#} up. We are going to the zoo today. I want to see koalas. They' re my favorite {#blank#}8{#/blank#} . I think we will have a good day. Oh, my {#blank#}9{#/blank#} is calling my name. I have to go now. I will {#blank#}10{#/blank#} to you again (再一次) tomorrow evening.

Miss you,

Millie