[00:07.47]POINTS OF VIEW
[00:10.21]One day, Mr Yang had a friendly argument with Debbie.
[00:17.06]'Kids today watch too much TV and spend too much money,' he said.
[00:24.42]Debbie disagreed,so Mr Yang showed her these newspaper items.
[00:32.76]1 Little Spenders are Big Spenders
[00:39.11]The latest target for TV advertisers is Asia's fastest growing consumer group children
[00:46.55]Asian families are getting smaller and wealthier,
[00:51.23]and Asian children are watching more and more TV.
[00:56.08]One estimate says the average Hong Kong child sees about 25,000 TV commercials a year
[01:04.84]To get the attention (and the money)
[01:09.07]of these young viewers the advertisers use little actors.
[01:14.81]'The kids can identify with someone from their own age-group,'
[01:19.99] says one advertiser,
[01:23.44] 'so the adverts are more effective.
[01:27.09]And,of course,the little actors earn big money.
[01:31.56]'Not everyone is happy to see kids turned into consumers.
[01:36.81]Some educators believe that if youngsters watch the ads,
[01:42.09]they will become more and more materialistic
[01:46.34]One Japanese survey asked children what they wanted most in life.
[01:52.30]Twenty per cent said money or possessions.
[01:56.56]So governments are taking action to protect children.
[02:01.10]Television authorities for example,
[02:05.18]would usually ban an ad if it made children feel inferior
[02:11.06]because they did not own the advertised product.
[02:15.42]2 Bad for Children
[02:19.78]With reference to your 'Little Spenders' article,
[02:24.46]children should not be used in TV commercials.
[02:29.11]It is illegal for them to work in factories,
[02:33.97]so why are they allowed to work in commercials?
[02:38.54]Also,regarding the high salaries,
[02:42.90] it is bad for children to have too much money.
[02:47.05]3 Silly Toys
[02:51.42]Advertising to children is wrong
[02:56.17]because its aim is to make them ask their parents for money to buy things.
[03:02.94]Also,many things advertised such as toys,are silly and encourage violence.
[03:10.51]If a child buys them,he or she will learn nothing.
[03:15.97]4 Nothig Wrong with Commercials
[03:21.22]I disagree with Mr Hu and Ms Liang.
[03:25.48]Ifcommercials for kids had been harmful,
[03:29.63]the gouvrnment would have banned them long ago.
[03:33.60]Furthermore, what is wrong with children earning a lot of money
[03:38.75]or asking their parents to buy things for them?
[03:42.59]My final point is that children buy toys to have fun with,not to learn from.
[03:49.54]That is what kids want,
[03:52.78]and that is why the 'Smart Tortoises'are one of the world's best selling toys,ever
[03:59.26]LISTENING
[04:03.41]Under standing the main points
[06:24.89]SPEAKING
[06:29.93]A Talk time
[06:33.30]when we speak English,wu do not say each word separately.
[06:39.36]We link many of the words together.
[06:43.12]Vowel sounds when a word ending with a vowel sound is put together
[06:50.38]with a word starting with a vowel sound,
[06:55.06]we say them as if they were joined with the letter -y-see(y)Asia my(y)estimate
[07:05.20]However, if the first word ends with an osjound,
[07:10.76]we say thenn as if they were joined with the letter-w-no(w)one go(w)inside
[07:20.29]Exercise A1
[07:25.86]be inferior be asked
[07:31.60]I interrupt my initials
[07:37.48]they allow they enjoy
[07:43.05]tie up we advertise
[07:48.92]w go out how awful
[07:55.87]no authority no entry
[08:01.93]to answer two eyes
[08:07.99]two offers you are [08:13.95]Same consonant sounds
[08:17.79]when we say words together that finish and start with the same consonant sounds
[08:24.16]we only pronounce one of the sounds.
[08:28.24]latest target best toys
[08:34.30]Exercise A2
[08:37.96]big group bob brown
[08:44.12]clear report good driver
[08:49.97]most tv nine nights
[08:56.32]plastic cards some money
[09:02.56]top priz
[09:05.62]Consonant and vowel sounds
[09:09.59]when we say a word ending with a consonant sound together with a wordstarting with a vowel sound[09:16.54]we often move the final sound inthe first word to the beginning of the second word
[09:23.10]child actors an estimate
[09:28.87]Exercise A3
[09:32.40]an advertiser
[09:35.56]big audience
[09:38.80]come again
[09:41.75]good example
[09:44.70]more effective
[09:47.86]not everyone
[09:51.02]put on
[09:53.89]take off
[09:56.64]when I
[09:59.41]Exercise A4
[10:02.96]1 Bob Borown is a good driver.
[10:10.90]2 I'm going to attend a tald about teching
[10:18.95]3 Can I have some money for a red dress?
[10:26.10]4 When I switch the light off,pull out the plug.
[10:34.36]5 youought to ask how old she is.
[10:42.61]MORE LANGUAGE
[10:51.08]Reading
[10:56.35]Keys to a better life
[10:59.72]On April 17, 1999,2,500 American bankers
[11:06.85]gave 5,000 talks in elementary schools throughout the United
[11:12.52]States to teach children how to save money.
[11:16.47]The bankers wanted to help the children
[11:20.12]to be able to makesmart decisions about their money.
[11:24.70]They said that 'education and money management skills are keys to a better life
[11:30.86]Here are some of the tips and skills that the bankers advised the children to learn
[11:36.61]Develop A Habit Of Saving When You Are Young!
[11:40.66]MAKE YOUR SAVINGS
[11:43.90]VI5I3LE Build Up YourSavings In A Piggy Bank
[11:47.42]Make Sure That Part Of Your Money GoesInto Your Savings
[11:52.10]For every dollar you earn or have spend 25 cents
[11:58.58]on what you want or need now put 25 cents away for a bigger item later,
[12:06.83]and save or invest the rest.
[12:12.19]B listing
[12:16.34]Young spenders in America and China Children everywhere love toys.
[12:23.18]As a matter of fact,who doesn't?
[12:26.84]But are toys the number one item that children anywhere will buy
[12:31.91] when they have some money to spend?
[12:34.86]do children in dhe different cultures make the same choices?
[12:39.22]A recent survey by a U.S.professor gives us some intersting infomation.
[12:45.47]The following are some of his findings.
[12:49.12]Complete the statements according to what ou hear on the tape.
[12:53.98]The number one item for children to buy,
[12:58.14]both in the United Statas and in China,is the same thing.
[13:03.49]Guess what?(1)___!
[13:07.33]The second favouerite item for children inthe U.S.is something to(2)___
[13:13.57]such as(5)____.
[13:18.62](6)____ ____rank third for Chinese children;
[13:23.47]for American children,it is(7)_____.
[13:27.52]well,Children like to play,too.
[13:31.36]So what is their next choice?
[13:36.12](8)___.And for American children?
[13:39.46]Their fourth choice is software of some sort.
[13:44.03]After all, they have to study,too.
