Chinese families spent 700-800 yuan more every month

时间：2007-08-15 08:26:19

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Chinanews, Shanghai, Aug 15 – The new round of price hike has brought some negative impacts on Chinese families. For Ms. Cao of Shanghai, this is no exception. Ms. Cao controls her family expenditure1. According to her calculation, her family expenditure now has increased by 700-800 yuan every month compared with that of two years ago, the Oriental Morning Post reported.

 

52-year-old Ms. Cao and her husband both work at state-owned enterprises. In Shanghai, they belong to the wage earners group. She and her husband together earn about 10,000 yuan every month. They have a daughter, who started working after graduation from college just one year ago.

 

“Everything has become more expensive than before. We can do nothing about it but to accept this fact, ”she said.

 

According to Cao, two years ago her family spent about 1,000 yuan every month on food. Now it has risen to 1,300 yuan. Previously2, she spent about 500 yuan every month on buying clothes. Now she has to spend 800-1000 yuan. If other trivial spendings are included, the living cost of her family is 700-800 yuan more than before.

 

"Starting from 2005, commodity prices began to rise gradually. Since the last Spring Festival (last mid-February), the price rise has become even more obvious, especially pork and other non-staple foods," she said.

 

“Everything in the market is more expensive than before, rice, bean products, and cooking oil, etc. The price of small pork rib3 has risen from 14 yuan a kilo in the past to 36 yuan a kilo now. Clothes are also sold at a much higher price,” Cao said.

 

Ms. Cao estimated that the price of clothes had risen by at least 30-50% in a year. At the same time, the price of imported cosmetics4 has also gone up.

 

“The price of eye cream I now use has risen by 100 yuan from the past,” she said.

 

As commodity prices keep increasing, labor5 and other costs have also risen. As Ms. Cao said, she now has to pay 3 yuan more an hour by hiring a part-time worker. Furthermore, she now spends more money to buy gifts for her friends. If she attends a wedding ceremony of the children of her friends, she normally has to spend 800-1000 yuan buying gifts.

 

In addition, Ms. Cao's family intends to buy a car. If gasoline price rises, this willl add more to the family's expenditure.

 

Fortunately, the income from the rental6 fee for one of their houses has also increased. However, even the rental fee has risen by 200-300 yuan a month, it still can not offset7 the rising expenditure of her family.

 
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1 expenditure XPbzM     
n.(时间、劳力、金钱等)支出；使用，消耗
参考例句：
  • The entry of all expenditure is necessary.有必要把一切开支入账。
  • The monthly expenditure of our family is four hundred dollars altogether.我们一家的开销每月共计四百元。
2 previously bkzzzC     
adv.以前，先前（地）
参考例句：
  • The bicycle tyre blew out at a previously damaged point.自行车胎在以前损坏过的地方又爆开了。
  • Let me digress for a moment and explain what had happened previously.让我岔开一会儿，解释原先发生了什么。
3 rib 6Xgxu     
n.肋骨，肋状物
参考例句：
  • He broke a rib when he fell off his horse.他从马上摔下来折断了一根肋骨。
  • He has broken a rib and the doctor has strapped it up.他断了一根肋骨，医生已包扎好了。
4 cosmetics 5v8zdX     
n.化妆品
参考例句：
  • We sell a wide range of cosmetics at a very reasonable price. 我们以公道的价格出售各种化妆品。
  • Cosmetics do not always cover up the deficiencies of nature. 化妆品未能掩饰天生的缺陷。
5 labor P9Tzs     
n.劳动，努力，工作，劳工；分娩；vi.劳动，努力，苦干；vt.详细分析；麻烦
参考例句：
  • We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
  • He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。
6 rental cBezh     
n.租赁，出租，出租业
参考例句：
  • The yearly rental of her house is 2400 yuan.她这房子年租金是2400元。
  • We can organise car rental from Chicago O'Hare Airport.我们可以安排提供从芝加哥奥黑尔机场出发的租车服务。
7 offset mIZx8     
n.分支，补偿；v.抵消，补偿
参考例句：
  • Their wage increases would be offset by higher prices.他们增加的工资会被物价上涨所抵消。
  • He put up his prices to offset the increased cost of materials.他提高了售价以补偿材料成本的增加。

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