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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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2019-05-04
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问题
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 characterized by intense verbal 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 symbolizes, 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 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."
What does the author mean by saying "money is known...to bring a relationship to its knees" (Paragraph 2)?
选项
A、Money is considered to be the root of all evils.
B、Disputes over money may ruin a relationship.
C、Few people can resist the temptation of money.
D、Some people sacrifice their dignity for money.
答案
B
解析
根据题干定位至第二段第二句。句中的bring a relationship to its knees是指“让……下跪,认输”。所以既然是让感情下跪,也就是说在金钱面前,两人的感情受到严重考验。选项[B]提到争执,这里主要指针对金钱的争执会破坏夫妻之间的感情,符合题意。选项[A]不相关,而且用了all过于绝对,本文作者并没有对金钱与作恶之间的关系进行讨论。选项[C]和[D]也因为同样的原因而不符合题意。
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