【新编大学英语】（第二册）Unit 8 把时间花在为钱苦恼上（2/5）

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        Dow
        Wall Street
        Main Street
        Bible
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When the Dow fell 554 points last October, millions of people lost billions of dollars, on paper anyway. There was expert anxiety on Wall Street and old-fashioned worry on Main Street. Our reaction confirmed what we already knew: We are a people consumed by financial stress.
                       A Raw "Material"
As the Bible tells us, worrying about money - or anything else for that matter - won't do us any good. "Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?" Jesus asked. "And why do you worry about clothes? See how the lilies of the field grow? They do not labor or spin."
In my heart, I aspire to be like those lilies. But in my head, I feel a need to hoard.
It is an unusual person who can live free from financial stress, or who can spend money on others as easily as he spends it on himself.当去年十月道琼斯工业平均下跌554点的时候，数百万损失了几亿美元，至少在理论上是这样。华尔街的金融专家们在忧虑，小城镇里的思想守旧也在忧虑。我们的反应也证实了我们已有的看法：我们是深受经济压力折磨的人。
              钱只是“原材料”
  正像圣经告诫我们的那样，担心钱或诸如此类的事不会给我们带来任何好处。耶稣曾经问道：“你们有谁能够考忧虑使自己的生命延长哪怕一小时？”“你们为什么要为衣服烦恼呢？看见田野里的百合花是怎么生长的吗？他们从不做体力活。
  尽管我的内心渴望像百合花那样生活。但我的头脑却需要囤积。
  能够不受经济困扰而生活的人，或者能把钱花在别人身上那么自在的人，都是不寻常的人。