Shanghai Cab Driver Activity |
This activity is designed to show how a family in China has to budget their money in order to survive. This is based on a true story. You are a cab driver in Shanghai. Your work schedule is a twenty hour day from 6 AM ~ 2AM every other day. The cab you drive is shared with another driver who drives on opposite days. The cab is owned by a local hotel. You and your partner must pay the hotel 10 000 yuan a month. You are 44 years old, with an unemployed wife and a 13 year old son. You have been a taxi driver for 24 years. On an average month you bring home, after paying the hotel, 1750 yuan a month. Now create a monthly budget for you and your family. You must buy the items in bold red print!! On your own paper write down what you bought, how much it cost and subtract it from your total income of 1750 yuan. Here are the things you may purchase:
Food
You must buy 20 bottles of something to
drink.
You must buy 5 kilo of meat or fish.
You must buy 12 kilo of
vegetables.
You must buy 1 bottle of soy sauce.
You must buy 20 kilos of
rice.
Optional:
Watermelon 5 yuan
1 kilo of beef 36 yuan Cabbage 5 yuan 1 kilo of pork 36 yuan Ginger 3 yuan 1 fish 10 yuan Garlic 3 yuan beer 2 bottles 10 yuan water 2 bottles 5 yuan |
Peanut oil for wok 10 yuan Garden veggies 8 yuan 1 kilo of chicken 36 yuan Onions 5 yuan Soy Sauce 10 yuan Rice 10 kilos 35 yuan 1 kilo of tea 32 yuan soda 2 bottles 7 yuan |
House Expenses - You must
pay all these.
Rent 350 yuan
Coal for fuel 30
yuan
Electricity 30 yuan
Taxi Expenses - You must
pay all these.
Gas for the month 2.5 yuan per gallon, you need 40
gallons
General car maintenance 20 yuan
Personal Expenses
Soap 3 yuan
Deodorant 3 yuan
Toothpaste 3 yuan
Other expenses, these are
optional
Night out for dinner 35 yuan
School supplies 5 yuan
Donations to temple 5 yuan
Movie 8
yuan/person
Book
12 yuan/book