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It’s an annual argument. Do we or do we not go on holiday? My partner says no because the boiler could go, or the roof fall off,
It’s an annual argument. Do we or do we not go on holiday? My partner says no because the boiler could go, or the roof fall off,
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2012-02-18
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It’s an annual argument. Do we or do we not go on holiday? My partner says no because the boiler could go, or the roof fall off, and we have no savings to save us. I say you only live once and we work hard and what’s the point if you can’t go on holiday. The joy of a recession means no argument next year — we just won’t go.
Since money is known to be one of the things most likely to bring a relationship to its knees, we should be grateful. For many families the recession means more than not booking a holiday. A YouGov poll of 2,000 people found 22% said they were arguing more with their partners because of concerns about money. What’s less clear is whether divorce and separation rates rise in a recession — financial pressures mean couples argue more but make splitting up less affordable. A recent research shows arguments about money were especially damaging to couples. Disputes were characterised by intense verbal ( 言语上的) aggression, tended to be repeated and not resolved, and made men, more than women, extremely angry.
Kim Stephenson, an occupational psychologist, believes money is such a big deal because of what it symbolises, which may be different things to men and women. "People can say the same things about money but have different ideas of what it’s for," he explains. "They’ll say it’s to save, to spend, for security, for freedom, to show someone you love them." He says men are more likely to see money as a way of buying status and of showing their parents that they’ve achieved something.
"The biggest problem is that couples assume each other knows what’s going on with their finances, but they don’t. There seems to be more of a taboo (禁忌) about talking about money than about death. But you both need to know what you’re doing, who’s paying what into the joint account and how much you keep separately. In a healthy relationship, you don’t have to agree about money, but you have to talk about it."
The YouGov poll of 2,000 people indicates that in a recession______.
选项
A、conflicts between couples tend to rise
B、it is more expensive for couples to split up
C、couples show more concern for each other
D、divorce and separation rates increase
答案
A
解析
根据题干中的YouGov poll of 2,000 people和in a recession 将本题出处定位于第二段第三、四句。这两句提到,YouGov的调查显示, 有22%的人表示会因为对钱的担忧而更多地与伴侣发生争执。衰退期间 (in a recession)离婚率和分居率是否攀升尚不太明确——经济压力意味着夫 妻争吵更多(couples argue more)……。由第四句可知,在经济衰退期间, 夫妻争吵更多,[A]conflicts between couples tend to rise是对couples argue more的同义转述,故为答案。[B]是对splitting up less affordable的错误理 解。[C]说的是他们更加关心对方,与文中所说的“他们更加关心钱,更多 地与伴侣发生争执”矛盾。[D]与文中说的是“衰退期间离婚率和分居率是 否攀升尚不太明确”矛盾。
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