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同学们，你们好，你们的零花钱是靠自己的劳动得来的吗？你想知道在西方，孩子们是怎样得到零花钱的吗？请阅读下面的短文，你就会知道答案。
What do you do to get pocket money from your parents?In Western countries, many children do chores to get pocket money．They usually start to do this at 10 years old．
School students have to do homework and study for tests．They don’t have a lot of free time in the week．They often do chores at the weekend．
Young kids only do easy chores．So they don’t get much money．But that’s all right．Many of them only want to buy candy．And candy is cheap!They help wash up after dinner, and feed the family cat or dog．
When they get older, kids want to buy more and more things．They want things that are more expensive than candy．Then they have to work harder!They often wash the family car, cut the grass, walk the dog or cook the dinner．
Some jobs are a good way for kids to learn new thing．For example, they can learn to use a lawn-mower(割草机)or how to cook．Of course, their parents help them at first．
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