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Engel's Law similarly states that lower income households spend a greater proportion of their available income on food than middle- or higher-income households.




display [dɪ'spleɪ] to show something to people, or put it in a place where people can see it easily The cakes were displayed in the window. The school office displayed all the exam results on the noticeboard. He displays interest in cooking.



good old days People always say that things were better in the good old days. The friends met to chat about the good old days at school.



15 cents a pound cent= 1% dollar 0.15=0.9 1 pound = 0.45 kg
lesson 5 The Cost of Food



cost (n.) For me, the cost of food is 20 yuan a day. (v.) It costs me 20 yuan to buy food every day. Food costs me 20 yuan a day. I cost 20 yuan on food. What’s the cost of food in your daily life? How much does it cost to buy food?




feed your family ____ your family He has a large family to feed. v. ~ on Sheep feed on grass. She feeds the cat on fish. feed a baby with milk n. Corn is used as animal feed.

恩格尔系数是衡量一个家庭或一个国家富 裕程度的主要标准之一。一个国家或家庭 生活越贫困，恩格尔系数就越大；反之， 生活越富裕，恩格尔系数就越小。 联合国根据恩格尔系数的大小，对世界各 国的生活水平有一个划分标准，即一个国 家平均家庭恩格尔系数大于60％为贫穷；50 ％-60%为温饱；40％-50%为小康；30％40%属于富裕；20％-30%为相对富裕；20％ 以下为极其富裕。




It is true that….. that clause= it It is true that the success of a society can be judged by how education is valued. It is true that there is interest, there is argument.



par 1 the cost of food ______________ the cost of food is smaller than before →the standard of living is higher than before How do we know? → examples




one out of every five 1/5 : one-fifth One out of every five cellphones sold in the world are illegal or unlicensed copycats. One out of every five people on Earth is Chinese. ……people spend one-fifth of their earnings on food



Engel's Law An economic theory introduced in 1857 by Ernst Engel, a German statistician。 the percentage of income allocated for food purchases decreases as income rises.

less than a pound and half of


a smaller part of what he earns what he earns = his earnings
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What
is the standard of living in China?




earnings [ 'ɜːnɪŋz] the money that you receive for the work that you do You must show your annual earnings in the tax form. The company's earnings have dropped by 5% in the first quarter.



Engel's Coefficient =the cost of food÷the total cost x100% As "Engel coefficient" increases, the country is by nature poorer, conversely a low Engel coefficient indicates a higher standard of living.



You may wish … were… I wish I were younger. She wish she were a millionaire.


Prices were like that today. 省略




average adj average “一般的”或“通常的” 后接的名词使用单数形式比较普遍。 前面可加the或an The average college student spends 20 yuan a day on food. The average Chinese has always been worried about housing .



loaf [ləʊf] n. a loaf of bread slice a meat loaf French loaf Half a loaf is better than no bread.





tub [tʌb] container a small container made of paper or plastic with a lid, in which food is bought or stored a tub of ice cream a tub of beer bathtub Every tub must stand on its own bottom. tube [tjub]




CPI Consumer Price Index CPI>3% inflation CPI>5% Serious Inflation

CPI=（一组固定商品按当期价格计算的价 值/一组固定商品按基期价格计算的价值） ×100%。




我国CPI构成和各部分比重 1 食品 34% 2 娱乐教育文化用品及服务 14% 3 居住 13% 4 交通通讯 10% 5 医疗保健个人用品 10% 6 衣着 9% 7 家庭设备及维修服务 6% 8 烟酒及用品 4%



money goes first on food money _____ first on food Money comes and goes. Money goes and comes.



the part that is left adj. = the rest of the money remaining the food that is left the memory that is left



Par 3 the 1st reason why people have a higher standard of living than before the cost of food related to the value of work



What counts is …… what counts how much work we must do to pay for what we buy What counts is the quality of products. What counts most is what we can do for our country, not what our country can do for us.

what are other things？




well off =rich Jack has just bought another new car; he must be very well off. well-off society In 2000, the living standard of the Chinese people reached a well-off level.