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第70章

Money and Happiness

Guidance for Reciting

Those who own nothing are happy,because they are going to get anything.

Happiness lies not in the mere possession of money;it lies in the joy of achievement,in the thrill of creative efforts. The joy and moral stimulation of work no longer must be forgotten in the mad chase of evanescent profits. These dark days,my friends,will be worth all they cost us,if they teach us that our true destiny is not to be ministered unto,but to minister to ourselves,to our fellow men.

Notes

1.stimulation [7stimju5leiFEn] n. 激励,刺激

2.evanescent [7i:vE5nesnt] a. 渐渐消失的,易消散的,短暂的

3.profit [5prRfit] n. 利润

4.minister [5ministE] v. 服务;照顾;给予帮助

金钱与幸福

诵读导言

一无所有的人是有福的,因为他们将获得一切!

幸福并不在于单纯的占有金钱,幸福还在于取得成功后的喜悦,在于创造努力时的激情。务必不能再忘记劳动带来的喜悦和激励,而去疯狂追逐那转瞬即逝的利润。如果这些黯淡的日子能使我们认识到,我们真正的使命不是要别人侍奉,而是要为自己和同胞们服务的话,那么,我们付出的代价是完全值得的。

口语点津

本文出现了“worth”一词,在口语中,表达“这部电影不错,值得一看”的结构经常是It is a movie worth seeing;要表达“某事值得你花时间”,则是It is worth your while to do something;在询问某人为其做某事会得到怎样的报酬的时候,用“What's it worth?”是比较幽默的;在表达自己的见解也不一定对,“不管价值如何、不管有没有用”的时候,则是“My suggestion - for what it's worth - is that we buy a bigger car”(我的意见不一定对,但我建议买一辆大一点的汽车);如果表达“某人值得尊敬”的时候,用“be worth his/her salt”。好了,我?嗦了这么多,你有什么感觉?但愿是――

Well,read through the words above,it's worth it.(不错,读完上面这些话是值得的。)