Money Madness

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… is a testimony to the ambivalences and conflicts generated by money in our society.

… shows clearly that there are two conflicting attitudes towards money in our society.

Paraphrasing Thus, people strive aggressively for the accumulation of wealth in order to reach the promised goals of serenity and happiness.

Therefore, people strive with the determination to accumulate wealth in order to reach the expected results of being relieved of anxiety and worry and of being guaranteed a comfortable life.

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The fantasy of “miracles” which is created by a fat bank account, however, fades in the shadows of disappointments and frustrations once it is obtained.

The dreams of all sorts of satisfaction which you have when get rich will fade when you do not suddenly find happiness after becoming rich.

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Power, travel, external security, free time, and other blessings are potentially available to the affluent. The blessings, unfortunately, are often mixed.

…(These things) are believed to be good and are only promised to people struggling for money. When they do become rich, these things may not turn out the way as they have hoped for.

Paraphrasing Religious groups and those who elevate the status of poverty as they equate money with evil exhort us to live simply, to walk the straight and narrow, and to deny the flesh.

…who promote the state of poverty as they think that money is the same as evil urge us to live simply, to keep to a moral and legal way of living, and to resist physical and sexual pleasures.

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Nevertheless, it takes little perceptual acuity to observe that the wealthy are given high positions in churches and synagogues,….

… it can be seen clearly that the wealthy people are highly respected …

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Mixed messages, are dangerous; psychologists generally agree that they set the stage for schizophrenia.

Conflicting ideas are dangerous; psychologists generally agree that they result in split personality.

Paraphrasing Limited cash flow for rentals, purchase of equipment and inventory, employees’ salaries, and other expenses test the physical and emotional stamina of even the very strong.

When the business firm is short of cash or has very limited cash for all these regular payments, even the strong-willed person may suffer a physical breakdown.

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Many fine business ideas go down the drain in this way. In the meantime, family, friends, and health are flushed down as well.

Many creative business ideas become wasted in this way. At the same time, family, friends, and health are also lost.

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They heave all of their possessions into the hopper and make crushing contributions of self in the battle for material victory.

They risk everything they have in a single venture and sacrifice themselves in the business.

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They thrash about in the net society euphemistically terms workaholic, ……

They struggle in the money net like fishes, which society euphemistically calls them workaholic,……

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In the process, control and power transfers from them to the goal itself.

In the pursuit of money, money goal gains control and power over them.

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With all the hype for everyone to save even a dollar at a time, ……

Although we are repeatedly told that it is praise-worthy, and easy too, to save even a dollar at a time,…

Paraphrasing That quality of neurotic reasoning and unbalanced emotions insures that there are deep-seated inadequacy feelings.

We can take it for sure that insecurity feelings and inadequacy feelings are always linked together: insecurity feelings are the outward manifestations of the more inner inadequacy feelings.

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A wealthy man vying with a wealthier man is in an excellent position for self-negating emotions.

… is most likely to develop inadequacy feeling.

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Compounding insecurity feelings is stiff competition by peers……

Bitter competition among the rich themselves will further intensify insecurity feelings……

Paraphrasing Our society lauds money power, and most weaker souls bend to the advantage of power-by-association.

Most people with weaker personalities submit to the advantages of feeling powerful simply because they are associated with someone who is powerful.

Paraphrasing The probability exists that there is an inverse relationship between those who struggle incessantly for wealth and the strength of psychological fiber.

There is an opposite relationship between those who struggle continuously for wealth and their mental strength.

Discussion TopicsDo you agree that in China we also evaluate a person’s success in terms of how much money he/she earns? If yes, cite examples. Do you agree that the wealthy has the commitment to act as role model and to contribute to the society? Comment on advantages and disadvantages of winning a lottery ticket of 5m RMB or more. Comment on “money talks”.Do you think that celebrities deserve the big money they snatch from performance and advertising?

Translation (1)因为没别的地方可去， Roy 最后睡在了他儿子的长沙发上。虽然我对你的意见很尊重，但我还得强调，在这一点上我不敢和你苟同。这家杂志从编辑一直到出版都力求完美。 这家工厂生产的轿车凭其自身质量正日益受到顾客的欢迎。

Translation (2)他以牺牲家庭和健康为代价才取得了目前巨大的成功。令人可喜的是，他已经戒掉赌博恶习，走上了正道。这场出色的音乐会给听众带来了两小时的莫大愉快。他从监狱获释后走上了正道。比赛中一位选手的恐慌和怯场会传到其他选手身上。

Translation (3)两国之间的严重分歧使得他们有可能重新发生冲突。对那家公司的援助计划看来是把钱扔进水里。他是一位当之无愧的国际知名学者。如果他发现你这样处理公款的话，他将会大发雷霆。我们不得不推倒一切重新开始——六个月的工作全白费了。

Key to Translation (1)

With nowhere else to go Roy ended up sleeping on his son's settee.With all my respect for your views, I'll have to emphasize that I disagree with you on this point.The magazine is edited and published in the pursuit of excellence.The cars manufactured in that factory are becoming popular in their own right.

Key to Translation (2)He has achieved his present success at the expense of family and health.To our delight, he has got rid of the evil habit of gambling and returned to the straight and narrow.The wonderful concert made for two hours’ absolute pleasure to the audience. After his release from the prison, he returned to the straight and narrow.During the competition the panic and stage fright of one contestant will transmit themselves to the other contestants.

Key to Translation (3)The tremendous differences between the two countries set the stage for a renewal of hostilities.The aid scheme to that company appears to be money down the drain.He is an internationally well-known scholar in his own right.If he finds out what you did with the public money/fund, his anger will go through the roof.We had to scrap everything and start again—six months' work down the drain.