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
2019-10-21
48
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 arent’t making more of the money we make. We have to pay for a lot of things, and we have to worry a-bout saving for retirement(退休)in a way that our parents and grandparents never did. And as man-y 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 1 way
off base
? I’d love to know what do 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
推理题,题干的意思为“最后一段下划线词‘off base’最可能是什么意思?”从文章的句意理解来看,应该是“错误的”意思。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/yBgd777K
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
Where’sGeorgegoingprobably?
VerylittlerainfellonSymi.The76______peoplehavesavedeverydroptheycould.77______Butithasneverbeenenoughfort
SudanisaratherlargenationinthenortheasternpartofAfrica.Ithasaboutsixteenmillionpeople.Itisbordered(接界)byEgy
Mrs.Kellerhadabigfamily.Herhusbandhadafactoryinthetown.Oneofhersonswasalawyerandtheothertwoweredrivers
Whatdidthespeakerprobablytalkaboutpreviously?
Whatdidthespeakerprobablytalkaboutpreviously?
Whatwillthemanprobablydonext?
Wheredoesthisconversationprobablytakeplace?
DearRalph,I’manewcomerhereofasmalltown.Iwould【M1】______describemyselfasshyandquietly.Beforemyclassmates
随机试题
封闭式基金份额净值由()进行公告。
Wegotupearlythismorningand【56】alongwalkafterbreakfast.Wewalked【57】thebusinesssectionofthecity.Itoldyouyeste
患者,女,30岁。经常出现劳力性呼吸困难、疲倦、心悸等症状。体检:心前区可闻全收缩期粗糙的收缩期吹风样杂音。最有助于诊断的检查是
甲(女。1984年7月20日生)因其同居男友乙另有新欢丙而生恨意。2004年6月7日,甲得知当晚丙一人独居于郊外的出租屋,遂叫来好友丁(男,1986年12月13月生),约其晚上去强奸丙,并给了丁500元“报酬”,丁同意。晚9点,甲领着丁来到丙住处附近,指认
Afterthebirthofmysecondchild,Igotajobatarestaurant.Havingworkedwithanexperienced【C1】______forafewdays.Iwa
下列选项中,在溯及力问题上采取从旧兼从轻原则的是()。
求的渐近线.
在可行性研究阶段,需要分析一定的步骤性来进行可行性研究,下列()不属于可行性研究阶段的步骤。
Evenduringthehorseandcarriagedays,trafficinbigcitieswasoftenheavy.Policeofficershadtobestationedfulltimedi
A、Tipsonhowtomaketimemoreproductive.B、Tipsonhowtobemorephysicallyhealthy.C、Theimportanceofkeepinggoodhabits
最新回复
(
0
)