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(选自北师大版选择性必修第一册 Unit 2)

Angela Johnson interviews ex-millionaire Jason Harley

Foralotofpeople，becomingamillionaireisasymbolofsuccessandtheysetthisastheirultimategoal.Theyspendhalfoftheirtimedreamingupwaysofgettingrichandachievingthesuccesstheyexpect，andtherestoftheirtimethinkingaboutallthethingstheywilldooncetheybecomerich.Butdoallmillionairesgetthesenseofsuccesstheywerelookingforaftertheyachievetheirgoals?Somecontinuetoworryaboutmoneywhentheybecomemillionaires—theyworkedhardtobecomewealthy，butthentheyneedtocontinuemakingmoneysotheydon’tlosethesenseofsuccesstheyhaveachieved.However，therearepeoplewhohaveturnedtheirbacksontheirmillionsandfoundotherformsofsuccessintheirlives.JasonHarleyisoneexample.

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.

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，he said，brought him happiness and a sense of success in life.

“I don’t need a lot of money.I don’t want to buy more things.I have enough，” said Jason.“What I want is to live simply and be helpful to others.A few years ago，I was a millionaire，but I knew millions of people died of hunger every year，and there were places with no schools and no teachers.So many people could never go to school.They didn’t have the chance to learn and get on in life.This worried me a lot and I felt very guilty being a rich man without doing anything.”

Therefore he gave away all his money to charities.Whenever he had more than two thousand dollars，he would give away small bank notes to homeless people in the streets of local areas.“It was a kind of satisfaction and a real sense of success that I had never felt before，” said Jason. “Sure，many people think that ‘success’ means having millions in the bank or a well-paid job.But I think my sense of achievement comes from helping others and finding true meaning in life.”

Most people believe when they are living comfortably and earning enough money，they will have no worries.However，most people never feel they have earned enough.Jason Harley decided to drop out of this kind of lifestyle，and he discovered that having only a little money made him free.Are there any things he misses from his past? “No，I’m much happier now，because I am living according to my values.Success is not measured by how much money you have but by how you understand the true meaning of life.”

1．What should you do to keep the sense of achieved success?

A．Dream up ways of getting rich.

B．Become a millionaire quickly.

C．Find other forms of success.

D．Work hard constantly.

2．What does Jason like to do in his spare time at present?

A．Work in a small garden.

B．Give classes in a college.

C．Get things from charity shops.

D．Give away things to the homeless.

3．Why did Jason decide to live simply?

A．Because he had nothing but money.

B．Because he felt guilty to be a poor man.

C．Because there were so many poor people.

D．Because money gave him anything but happiness.

4．What can we infer about the attitude of most people toward money?

A．They can’t live a free life without enough money.

B．They can avoid all the worries with only a little money.

C．The true meaning of life has nothing to do with money.

D．The true meaning of life comes from the ability to earn money.

答案精析

1．D　2.A　3.C　4.A

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