【Recentlyaprofessorofphilosophy(哲学)intheUnitedStateshaswrittenabookcalledMoneyandtheMeaningofLife.Hehasdiscoveredthathowwedealwithmoneyinourdaytodaylifehasmoremeaningthanweusuallythink.Oneofthee】
Recentlyaprofessorofphilosophy(哲学)intheUnitedStateshaswrittenabookcalledMoneyandtheMeaningofLife.Hehasdiscoveredthathowwedealwithmoneyinourdaytodaylifehasmoremeaningthanweusuallythink.Oneoftheexerciseshehasaskedhisstudentstodoistokeeparecordofeverypennytheyspendforaweek.Fromthewaytheyspendtheirmoneytheycanseewhattheyreallyvalue(重视)inlife.
Theprofessorsaysourrelationwithothersoftenbecomesclearlydefined(明确)whenmoneyentersthepicture.Youmighthavewonderfulfriendshipwithsomebodyandyouthinkthatyouareverygoodfriends.Butyouwillknowhimonlywhenyouaskhimtolendyousomemoney.Ifhedoes,itbringssomethingtotherelationshipthatseemsstrongerthaneverbefore.Otherwiseitcansuddenlyweakentherelationshipifhedoesn’t.
Sincemoneyissoimportanttousweconsiderthosewhoarerichtobeveryimportant.Theprofessorinterviewssomerichpeopleinhisresearchforhisbook.
Question: Whatisthemostsurprisingthingyouhavediscoveredaboutbeingrich?
Answer: Themostsurprisingthingiswhypeoplegivemesomuchrespect(尊重).Iamnothing.Idon’tknowmuch.AllIamisrich.
Peoplejusthaveanideaofmakingmoreandmoremoneybutwhatisitfor?HowmuchmoneydoIneedforanygivenpurposeinmylife?Inhisbook,theprofessoruncoveredanimportantneedinmodernsociety:tobringbacktheideathatmoneyisatoolratherthantheend.Moneyplaysanimportantroleinthematerialworld,butexpectingmoneytogivehappinessmaybemissingthemeaningoflife.
小题1:.
Thestudentsareaskedtokeeparecordofeverypennytheyspendto______.A.learnhowtospendmoneyB.learnhowtomakemoremoneyC.knowwhattowriteinarecordD.knowwhatisimportantinlife小题2:.
Inthesecondparagraphtheprofessormainlytellsus________.A.nevertoborrowmoneyfromafriendB.friendshipdisappearswhenitcomestomoneyC.moneycaninfluencefriendshipD.moneycanweakenfriendship小题3:.
.Throughhisbook,theprofessorseemstotellus