首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
Most of you would probably say that what makes you truly happy is your family and the love you share in your relationships, and
Most of you would probably say that what makes you truly happy is your family and the love you share in your relationships, and
admin
2019-05-13
41
问题
Most of you would probably say that what makes you truly happy is your family and the love you share in your relationships, and I couldn’ t agree more. But money comes into play in those relationships.
When I talk about money this way to a group, there is always someone who comes up to me and says, " Suze, you are so wrong. Money isn’ t the key to life—this is!" At which point their wallet flies open and they show me a photo of their family.
That’ s when things get interesting, because I start asking them questions: Did you take that photo with your own camera? It looks like a beautiful beach, was the photo taken on a family vacation? Do you hope to help those beautiful boys and girls go to college?
As their answers are "yes" , I ask them how they provide all of that for their family. That’ s when they understand that I had it right.
I totally agree that family and friends are of great importance to our well-being: without meaningful relationships, there’ s no chance of ever being truly happy. That’ s why, every Saturday night, I end my CNBC show with the following words: "People first. Then money. Then things. "
How we deal with the money we have also plays into our happiness. Over the past few decades (十年) , the percentage of Americans who say they’ re happy hasn’ t changed much, while at the same time the average income has doubled. So we have more money, but we’ re not much happier on average.
A paradox (悖论) ? Far from it. My sense is that while we’ re making more money, we aren’ t making more of the money we make. We have to pay for a lot of things, and we have to worry about saving for retirement (退休) in a way that our parents and grandparents never did. And as many of you know, it’ s really hard to increase your happiness when you’ ve got a lot of money worries.
Do you agree, or am I way off base? I’ d love to know what you think about the money/happiness connection.
What does the underlined words "off base" in the last paragraph most probably mean?
选项
A、mistaken
B、unprepared
C、unnecessary
D、misunderstood
答案
A
解析
从文章的句意理解来看,应该是“错误的意思。故选A。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/tEgd777K
本试题收录于:
公共英语二级笔试题库公共英语(PETS)分类
0
公共英语二级笔试
公共英语(PETS)
相关试题推荐
Wheredidthefireprobablystart?
Wheredidthisconversationprobablytakeplace?
Wheredidthisconversationprobablytakeplace?
Wheredidthisconversationprobablytakeplace?
Mrs.Kellerhadabigfamily.Herhusbandhadafactoryinthetown.Oneofhersonswasalawyerandtheothertwoweredrivers
Mrs.Kellerhadabigfamily.Herhusbandhadafactoryinthetown.Oneofhersonswasalawyerandtheothertwoweredrivers
Whatdidthespeakerprobablytalkaboutpreviously?
随机试题
宴会成本核算程序为:明确宴会服务方式和标准→________→安排菜点种类和数量→组织生产并检查实际成本消耗→分析成本误差。
加单氧酶体系主要存在于
电镜下,化学性突触的结构包括
在瓷熔附金属时,其金瓷匹配是十分关键的,其主要涉及的因素包括烤瓷材料与金属结合界面应保持良好的润湿状态,要求
A.复方大承气汤B.小承气汤C.增液承气汤D.甘遂通结汤E.麻子仁丸治疗肠梗阻水结湿阻证首选()
按照《环境影响评价技术导则—生态影响》(HJl9—2011),生态现状调查要求一级评价应给出采样地样方实测、遥感等方法测定的()等数据,给出主要生物物种名录、受保护的野生动植物物种等调查资料。
保护面积是指保护对象的全部暴露外表面面积。水喷雾系统主要用于保护室外的大型专用设施或设备,同时也用于保护建筑物内的设施或设备。下列关于保护面积的确定原则错误的是()。
贷款的合同填写人与合同审查人不得为同一人。()
影响个体身心发展的因素有()。
下列关于隐形飞机的原理,说法错误的是:
最新回复
(
0
)