子供にお金についていかに教えればよいかはアメリカではよくある話題のようで、関連記事が多く見つかります。例えば以下のようなものです。
https://www.daveramsey.com/blog/9-ways-to-teach-your-kids-about-money
http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/2015/12/19/adviceiq-children-money-tips/77510340/
日本語でも同様に記事はいくつも見つかりました。お金の教育は小さいころからの時代ですね。
■前回の復習です
less than comfortable
get into the habit of
see right through
impertinent
basic necessities
flash lots of money
■意味を考えてみよう。今日取り上げる単語が含まれています
He started peeling off bills as he explained how much money went for food, utilities, the monthly mortgage payment, our church tithe, etc., etc.
My mother and father kept my siblings and me blissfully ignorant of our family's finances.
I had a paper route, cut the neighbor's lawns, flipped burgers when I was in high school.
You see how hard people work, and how rude and unthinking people can be to them.
Class is a state of mind, not money.
Once it was gone, she didn't get any more until her next allowance rolled around.
★peel off, （紙幣）を（束の上のほうから）めくリ取る
He started peeling off bills as he explained how much money went for food, utilities, the monthly mortgage payment, our church tithe, etc., etc.
★blissfully ignorant of, ...を何も知らずにのほほんとして
My mother and father kept my siblings and me blissfully ignorant of our family's finances.
★have a paper route, 新聞配達をする
I had a paper route, cut the neighbor's lawns, flipped burgers when I was in high school.
★rude and unthinking, 無礼で配慮を欠いた
You see how hard people work, and how rude and unthinking people can be to them.
★state of mind, 心の持ちよう、精神状態
Class is a state of mind, not money.
★roll around, 巡ってくる
Once it was gone, she didn't get any more until her next allowance rolled around.
■前回の復習の答えです
less than comfortable, 決して心地よくない
get into the habit of, ...の習慣を身につける
see right through, ...を見抜く、...を見破る
impertinent, 生意気な、出しゃばりの
basic necessities, 基本的な（生活）必需品
flash lots of money, 大金をちらつかせる[見せびらかす]
