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金钱与时间

大多数的人永远都嫌自己不够有钱。然而社会学家发现,当人们真正有了钱之后,又会抱怨自己没有足够的时间。从很多的例子可以看出,越是有钱的人越没有时间,而穷人和那些失业的人,每天闲得难受。
人们追求财富,目的是为了让生活过得更好,可奇怪的是,人们一旦有了钱,反而更忙碌,更无法舒舒服服地过日子。
当生活不富裕的时候,很多人都幻想过“等我有了钱以后就可以怎么样怎么样”。在人们的想象中,“有钱”代表自由、独立、随心所欲;夏天可以到海边度假;冬天可以到山上去滑雪。
然而,当人们真富有了,却发现自己根本无法去实现这些梦想,理由永远只有一个:“没时间!”不少高收入的人,像律师、医生、经理、会计师等等,几乎都是工作狂,平均一天工作10到12小时,到了周末、节假日还是要加班,生活中只有工作、工作。对于他们来说,时间就是金钱,他们有意无意地把时间都花在了赚钱上,根本没有空余时间做其他事情。
看来,“有钱”和“有闲”永远都难以两全。金钱是永远也赚不完的,而人生的时间却是有限的。难怪有人说:“当你年轻、没钱时,希望能用时间去换金钱;当你有钱后,却很难再用金钱买回时间。”金钱是要有的,但时间更值得珍惜。懂得如何处理金钱和时间的关系的人才是一个聪明人。
【正确答案】
Money and Time

Most people always complain that they don't have enough money. However, sociologists have found that after people become wealthy they will complain that they don't have enough time. As is evidenced by many an example, the more money a person has, the less time he will have, while the poor and the unemployed are bored having nothing to do each day.
In pursuit of wealth, people aim for a better life. But strangely enough once they get rich, they tend to be even busier, making it impossible for them to live in ease and comfort.
At the time when they were not well off, many people dreamed that they could do this and do that after they acquired enough money. In their minds, "money" means freedom, independence and gratification of desire—in summer they can go vacationing on the beach, and in winter they can go skiing in the mountains.
However, when they are really prosperous, they realize that it is impossible for them to fulfill such dreams. The reason they give is always one and the same: "I've got no time!" Many high-salaried professionals like lawyers, doctors, managers and accountants are almost all workaholics. They work 10 to 12 hours a day on the average and will go to work even at weekends and on holidays. In their life there is nothing but work. To them time is money, and they consciously or unconsciously spend all their time making money, leaving no time for anything else.
It seems that it is impossible to have money and have leisure at the same time. One can never earn enough money, and the time in one's life is limited. No wonder some people say: "When you're young and without money, you wish to exchange time for money; by the time you have enough money, you can hardly buy time back with money." A person cannot do without money, but he should value his time all the more. A wise person is one who knows how to handle the relationship between time and money.
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