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北师大版高中英语新教材(选择性必修第一册)课文 (Unit 2)Success
Lesson 1 Money VS Success第一课 金钱VS成功
Angela Johnson interviews ex-millionaire Jason Harley
安吉拉·约翰逊采访前百万富翁詹森·哈利。
For a lot of people, becoming a millionaire is a symbol of success and they set this as their ultimate goal. They spend half of their time dreaming up ways of getting rich and achieving the success they expect, and the rest of their time thinking about all the things they will do once they become rich. But do all millionaires get the sense of success they were looking for after they achieve their goals? Some continue to worry about money when they become millionaires—they worked hard to become wealthy, but then they need to continue making money so they don’t lose the sense of success they have achieved. However, there are people who have turned their backs on their millions and found other forms of success in their lives. Jason Harley is one example.
对于很多人来说,成为百万富翁是成功的象征,并将此作为最终目标。他们花一半时间想象各种发财和达到他们期望的成功的方法,另一半时间则用来考虑一旦发了财他们会干什么。但是,百万富翁们都在实现目标后获得所寻求的成功感了吗?有些人成为百万富翁后仍然担心金钱问题——他们努力工作,变得富有,但他们需要继续赚钱,这样才不会丧失已经获
得的成就感。然而有些人却放弃了他们的百万财富,找到了人生中其他形式的成功。詹森·哈利就是一个例子。
Sixteen years ago, Jason was a college professor with a huge six-bedroom house and a fortune of two million dollars. Today he lives in a small dormitory room with only second-hand furniture. There are certainly no signs that Jason is a rich and successful man! There is a small garden outside with a few fruit trees, which Jason enjoys taking care of. He also grows some vegetables and a few flowers. He gets his clothes and a lot of other things from charity shops.
十六年前,詹森是一名大学教授,拥有一套6间卧室的大房子和200万美元的财富。现在他住在一间只有二手家具的小宿舍里。根本没有迹象能表明詹森是一个富有而成功的人!房子外面有一个小花园,里面有几棵果树,詹森很喜欢侍弄它们。他还种了一些蔬菜和花。他从慈善商店买衣服和许多其他的东西。
But Jason appreciates this change. He is pleased to give up the lifestyle of a rich man. He was tired of being regarded as living a successful life, as a person who had everything while many people had nothing. He made the choice to give all his money away. And this, h