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TM U N S V Issue 430, Vol. 2010 December 13th , 2010 Executive Editor: VAN ALLEN 电子版 A n Elaborate Daily Magazine for English Learners UNSV.COM 英语辅导杂志 th Issue 430, Vol. 2010, December 13 , 2010 第一部分、英语阅读理解 学习建议：请在笔记本里记下阅读过程中遇到的生词，以及无法理解的短语和句子。文 章阅读完后，带着遇到的问题参考后面的词汇句型讲解和英汉翻译对照。之后的几天， 多抽时间复习留在笔记本里的生词和问题，并阅读文章，以最大化巩固学习成果。 WORDS AND THEIR STORIES - Money, Part 2 配套 MP3 声音文件下载链接 /voanews/specialenglish/scripts/2010/12/12/0040/ Many people believe that money makes the world go around. Others believe that money buys happiness. I do not agree with either idea. But I do admit that money can make people do strange things. Let me tell you about a person I once knew who liked to play card games for money. He liked to gamble. My friend Bob had a problem because he liked to gamble at all costs. He would play at any time and at any price. To take part in a card game such as poker, my friend would have to ante up. He would have to pay a small amount of money at the beginning of the game. Bob always played with cold, hard cash –only coins and dollar bills. Sometimes my friend would clean up. He would win a lot of money on one card game. He liked to tell me that one day he would break the bank. What a feeling it must be to win all of the money at a gambling table! Other times my friend would simply break even. He neither won nor lost money. But so