英语美文:节俭，是一种了不起的能力
[p=30, 2, left][size=5]Many so-called life coaches will tell you that: if a man loves a woman, he should spend as much money as possible on her without hesitation .很多所谓的心灵导师都说：“如果一个男人爱一个女人，就应该毫不犹豫地在她身上花钱，花得越多越好。”[/size][/p][p=30, 2, left][size=5]
[/size][/p][p=30, 2, left][size=5]Sadly, too many women believe in this. And that's why their lives have been so miserable.
可悲啊，好多女人信这个，于是她们的一生都过得很惨。[/size][/p][p=30, 2, left][size=5]
[/size][/p][p=30, 2, left][size=5]Why?
为什么呢？[/size][/p][p=30, 2, left][attach]21377[/attach]
[/p][p=30, 2, left][size=5]Because it ignored an essential question: Where does money come from?
因为这个说法忽略了一个根本的问题：钱从哪来？[/size][/p][p=30, 2, left][size=5]
[/size][/p][p=30, 2, left][size=5]At any given time, the total amount of money in this world is finite.
在这个世界上，在任何给定的时间里，钱的总量是有限的。[/size][/p][p=30, 2, left][size=5]
[/size][/p][p=30, 2, left][size=5]If you use some money here, you can't use them there. If you use these money to do this, you can't use them to do that.
一笔钱出现在这就不会出现在那，拿来干这就不能拿来干那。[/size][/p][p=30, 2, left][size=5]
[/size][/p][p=30, 2, left][size=5]So, any money should be spent economically, no matter whether it's a man's money or a woman's money.
所以，任何一笔钱都应该节省着花，不管这是男人的钱还是女人的钱。[/size][/p][p=30, 2, left][size=5]
[/size][/p][p=30, 2, left][size=5]If you don't do it, these money will eventually go through the net of businesses to someone who knows how to do it.
如果你不节省，这些钱就会最终通过商业这张大网汇聚到那些懂得节省的人那里。[/size][/p][p=30, 2, left][size=5]
[/size][/p][p=30, 2, left][size=5]Yes, doing business is a form of being economical. It's spending your current resources in a smart way to bring you more resources.
对，经商从本质上来讲是一种节省，它是在把现有的资源以聪明的方法花出去，从而带来更多的资源。[/size][/p][p=30, 2, left][size=5]
[/size][/p][p=30, 2, left][size=5]When you spend money like they mean nothing to you, you're not actually paying for a better life for yourself. You are just feeding your money to someone smarter than you.
当你乱花钱的时候，你不是在用钱宠爱自己，而是在用钱供养那些比你聪明的人。[/size][/p][p=30, 2, left][size=5]It's totally easy to spend moeny. Everybody can do that. It's not something you can show off. And there is nothing in it to be proud of.
花钱这件事，谁都会，没有什么好炫耀的，也没有什么可自豪的。[/size][/p][p=30, 2, left][size=5]
[/size][/p][p=30, 2, left][size=5]On the other hand, saving money is a rare skill.
而节省，就真的是一种稀缺的技能了。[/size][/p][p=30, 2, left][size=5]
[/size][/p][p=30, 2, left][size=5]Few people know how to do it. And that's why there have always been only an extremely limited amount of successful people in this world.
拥有这个技能的人很少，这也就是为什么世界上永远只有少数人能成功。[/size][/p][p=30, 2, left][size=5]
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