【新地平线英语】（第二册）人生的意义岂止是谋生(4/6)
概述：生活质量并不完全是由资产负债表来决定的，诚然，每个人都想在经济上富裕点。
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Social Security
http://t1.g.hjfile.cn/listen/201306/201306271025599256068.mp3Most of us finally have the insight that quality of life is not entirely determined by a balance sheet. Sure, everyone wants to be financially comfortable, but we also want to feel we have a perspective on the world beyond the confines of our occupation; we want to be able to render service to our fellow men and to our God.
If it is a fact that the meaning of life does not dawn until middle age, is it then not the duty of educational institutions to prepare the way for that revelation? Most people, in their youth, resent the Social Security deductions from their pay, yet a seemingly few short years later find themselves standing anxiously by the mailbox.
While it's true all of us need a career, preferably a prosperous one, it is equally true that our civilization has collected an incredible amount of knowledge in fields far removed from our own.我们大多数人最终会大彻大悟，生活质量并不完全是由资产负债表来决定的。诚然，每个人都想在经济上富裕点。但是我们还希望能感受到自己对职业范围以外的世界是有着透彻的理解的；我们希望能为我们的同胞和上帝效劳。
如果人们步入中年时才对人生的含义有所领悟的话，那么为这种领悟扫清障碍是否是教育机构的责任呢？大多数人在年轻的时候怨恨社会保障制度从他们工资中扣钱，然而好像只是短短几年后，他们就发觉自己正焦急地站在信箱旁边 (等待养老金支票)了。
虽然我们所有人都确实需要一份工作，最好是一份薪水丰厚的工作，但同样确实的是我们的文明已经在远远超越我们各自业务的领域里积累了数量惊人的知识。
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