After almost an entire year of not going shopping and vacationing, you find the numbers reflected by your bank account meet your heart’ s desire.
Now the most important question comes, what to do with the earnings? Should you fulfill dreams of the present, invest in preserving the future or perhaps keep saving it for a rainy day?
Our elders always try to teach us the value of money and its moral weakness. One may be on a winning streak (连续成功) now, but it will not always be so. One will have days when there will be no sunshine but only rain, and their luck will hide behind those thick grey clouds. Save for those rainy days, they say. Do not spend too much, live within a budget, refrain from credit no matter how small and save for the future.
Since the very first time we earn our own money from a summer job or earning our first salary, the lessons start. In fact, the pocket money that we receive when we are children begins the process of learning how to best manage one’ s money.
People often think like this — one day when I have enough money, I will travel the world. Then, once we do earn enough money, tomorrow’ s plans start shadowing our present ones. However, is it wise to keep living for that future? Will we still enjoy or even be able to backpack in our 50s? How will we ever enjoy our present if we are constantly living for the future?
Good questions, aren’ t they? I say travel but don’ t let yourself run dry, treat yourself to some luxuries but also keep enough for your necessities, and enjoy your present but with a plan for the foreseeable future. Life is for the living, so live it sensibly.
4. Why do elders teach us to save money?
A.Because there are more rainy days in life. |
B.Because no one can win streak. |
C.Because good days may end. |
D.Because money can’t buy everything. |
5. What does the underlined phrase “refrain from” mean in Paragraph 3?
A.select from | B.hold back |
C.rely on | D.prefer to |
6. Which of the following opinions would the author agree?
A.To enjoy yourself in the right time. |
B.To wait to travel until we have enough money. |
C.To go backpacking in our 50s. |
D.To live for the future. |
7. What should we do with the earnings according to the author?
A.We should save all for rainy days. |
B.We should fulfill our dreams. |
C.We should entertain ourselves. |
D.We should live the present wisely. |