RecentlyaprofessorofphilosophyintheUnitedStateshaswrittenabookcalledMoneyandtheMeaningofLife.Hehasdiscoveredthathowwedealwithmoneyinourday-to-daylifehasmoremeaningthanweusuallythink.Oneoftheexerci
RecentlyaprofessorofphilosophyintheUnitedStateshaswrittenabookcalledMoneyandtheMeaningofLife.Hehasdiscoveredthathowwedealwithmoneyinourday-to-daylifehasmoremeaningthanweusuallythink.Oneoftheexercisesheaskedhisstudentstodoistokeeparecordofeverypennytheyspendforaweek.Fromthewaytheyspendtheirmoneytheycanseewhattheyreallyvalueinlife.
Hesaysourrelationwithothersoftenbecomeclearlydefinedwhenmoneyentersthepicture.Youmighthavewonderfulfriendshipwithsomebodyandyouthinkthatyouareverygoodfriends.Butyou’llknowhimonlywhenyouasktolendyousomemoney.Ifhedoesitbringssomethingtotherelationshipthatseemsstrangerthaneverbefore.Oritcansuddenlyweakentherelationshipifhedoesn’t.Thispersonmaysaythathehasacertainfeelingbutifitisnotcarriedoutinthemoneyworldthereissomethinglessrealaboutit.
Sincemoneyisimportanttousweconsiderthosewhopossessalotofittobeveryimportant.Theauthorinterviewedsomemillionairesinresearchinghisbook.
Answer:Themostsurprisingthingiswhypeoplegivemesomuchrespect.I’mnothing.Idon’tknowmuch.AllIamisrich.
Peoplejusthaveanideaofmakingmoreandmoremoneybutwhatisitfor?HowmuchdoIneedforanygivenpurposesinmylife?Inthisbooktheprofessoruncoveredanimportantneedinmodernsociety;tobringbacktheideathatmoneyisaninstrumentratherthantheend.Moneyplaysanimportantroleinthemodernworldbutexpectingmoneytogivehappinessmaybemissingthemeaningoflife.
1.Accordingtothefirstparagraphpeoplehaven’trealized__________.
A.howimportantmoneyisintheirday-to-daylife
B.howonespendsmoneyshowswhatisimportanttohim
C.thatmoneyismoreimportantthantheirphilosophyoflife
D.thattheirunderstandingoflifeismoreimportantthanmoney
2.Whatcanwelearnaboutthemillionairefromhisanswerintheinterviewisthat .
A.hedoesnotfeelthatheiswell-educated
B.hedoesnotconsiderhimselftobeverysuccessful
C.hedoesnotthinkthatheisaveryimportantperson
D.hedoesnotthinkbeingrichdeservessomuchattention
3.WhatdoestheAmeri