Lawsthatwouldhaveensuredpupilsfromfiveto16receivedafullfinancialeducationgotlostinthe‘washup'.Anapplicationiscallingonthenextgovernmenttobringitback.
Atschoolthechildrenaretaughttoaddupandsubtract(减法)but,extraordinarily,arenotroutinelyshownhowtoopenabankaccount-letalonehowtomanagetheirfinancesinanincreasinglycomplexanddemandingworld.
TodaytheparentingwebsiteMumsnetandtheconsumercampaignerMartinLewishavejoinedforcestolaunchanonlineapplicationtomakefinancialeducationacompulsoryelementoftheschoolcurriculuminEngland.Childrenfromfiveto16shouldbetaughtabouteverythingfrompocketmoneytopensions,theysay.AndthatwasexactlytheplanpreservedintheChildren,SchoolsandFamiliesbillthatwasshelvedbythegovernmentintheso-called"wash-up"earlierthismonth-therushtolegislationbeforeparliamentwasdismissed.Consumerandparentgroupsbelievefinancialeducationhasalwaysbeenoneofthemostfrustratingomissionsofthecurriculum(课程).
AsthePersonalFinanceEducationGroup(Pfeg)pointsout,thegoodhabitsofyoungchildrendonotlastlong.Over75%ofseven-to11-year-oldsaresaversbutbythetimetheygetto17,overhalfofthemareindebttofamilyandfriends.Bythisage,26%seeacreditcardoroverdraft(透支)asawayofextendingtheirspendingpower.Pfegpredictsthattheseyoungpeoplewill"finditmuchhardertoavoidtheseriousunexpecteddangersthathavebefallenmanyoftheirparents'generationunlesstheyreceivegoodqualityfinancialeducationwhileatschool."
TheUKhasbeenintheworstfinancialrecession(衰退)forgenerations.Itdoesseemoddthat-unlessparentsstepin-youngpeopleareleftinthedarkuntiltheyarecruellyintroducedtotheworldofdebtwhentheyturnupatuniversity.Inarecentpollofover8,000people,97%supportedfinancialeducationinschools,while3%saiditwasajobforparents.
71.Thepassageismainlyabout___.
A.howtomanageschoollessons
B.howtodealwiththefinancialcrisis
C.teachingyoungpeopleaboutmoney
D.teachingstudentshowtostudyeffectively
72.Itcanbeinferredfromthefirsttwoparagraphsthat___.