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双语美文：价值源自善良本质而与金钱无关Whenever were introduced to strangers, we make snap decisions about them according to our first impressions.　　每次我们结识陌生人的时候，都会根据第一印象快速对他们做出判断。　　Whether theyre attractive.　　他们有没有吸引力。　　Whether they seem like a decent person.　　他们看起来像不像正经人。　　How much they earn.　　他们赚多少钱。　　For most Brits, simply asking someone how much theyre worth financially is considered grossly impolite. Thankfully, most people are kind enough to drop several clanging hints about their relative wealth or successful careers. Theyre the ones who post on social media about flying to a meeting for work, or Snapchatting you a photo of their cheeky cocktail from a beach in Tenerife. Theyre the ones wearing clothes with labels big enough to silently scream about how loaded they are and how well theyre doing.　　对大多数英国人而言，询问别人的薪水很不礼貌。幸好大多数人都很好心，能给出一些关于他们相对财富或成功事业的一些暗示，他们就是那些往社交网站上传一些打飞的去开会或工作的照片的人，或跟你分享他们在特内里费岛海滩上喝鸡尾酒的照片，衣服上大大的商标无声地宣誓着自己的阔绰和成功。　　Its a worrying trend, and Im not immune to it. Ive felt the warm guttural glow of knowing I earned more than somebody, and the baseless grey irritation of knowing that I earn less than another. Ive checked in to places when I know full well that anybody reading it will either get jealous or think Im an arse.　　这个潮流让人担忧，我真的受不了。我知道自己比别人赚得多了心里会暗暗窃喜，知道自己比别人赚得少了心里会略感悲伤。我也曾去过自以为比较豪华的场所，而且我明白，别人看到了要么会羡慕要么会觉着我厚颜无耻。　　It seems as though self-worth is increasingly being tied to the careers we choose and the money we earn. A study in 2013, for example, found that nearly 17 percent of unemployed Americans were depressed, compared to almost six percent of those who had a permanent job.　　貌似自身的价值正逐渐和我们选择的事业还有赚多少钱联系在一起。比如2013年的一项研究发现接近17%的美国失业者很郁闷，相比之下有稳定工作的人中这个比重只有6%。　　We need to stop placing so much value on what a person earns, and putting more on what they do. Dont get me wrong - being ambitious is not a fault, and achievements should always be celebrated. But when a person uses their success to judge you negatively, it becomes a problem.　　我们不能再继续把价值都附加到一个人赚多少钱和他们的工