新视野大学英语 第三版 book2unit5a教案.pdfVIP

Spend or save — The students dilemma 花钱还是存钱，学生进退维谷 1 Do you feel as confused and manipulated as I do with this question, Should I spend or should I save? I think that the messages we get from our environment seem to defy common sense and contradict each other. The government tells us to spend or well never get out of the recession. At the same time, they tell us that unless we save more, our country is in grave danger. Banks offer higher interest rates so we increase savings. Then the same banks send us credit card offers so we can spend more. 1 你是不是跟我一样对“我应该花钱还是存钱”这个问题感到困惑，且有被操纵的感觉？我觉 得我们从生活的环境里所获得的信息似乎是有违常识、互相矛盾的。政府告诉我们要花钱， 否则我们将永远走不出衰退；与此同时，他们又告诉我们，除非我们节省更多的钱，否则我 们的国家会处于严重危险之中。银行提供较高的利率以增加储蓄。然后，同样是这些银行 又提供信用卡让我们可以花更多的钱。 1 Do you feel as confused and manipulated as I do with this question, “Should I spend or should I save?” (Para. 1) Meaning: When asking yourself whether you should spend or save, do you feel puzzled and controlled as I do? Meaning beyond words: According to the conventional concept, we are the master or the boss of the money we have earned. It is up to us to decide how to use our money. However, the sentence gives us the hint that we are actually no longer in control of our money. 2 I think that the messages we get from our environment seem to defy common sense and contradict each other. (Para. 1) Meaning: In my opinion, the messages we get in our daily life about the question “Should I spend or should I save?” are against common sense and they often don’t agree with each other. Usage note: defy, deny defy 和deny 都是及物动词，词形相近，但实际上两者词义有别，用法也不同。 1 defy 主要表示“违抗；反抗；蔑视”，后接名词；而deny 主要表示“否认；拒绝承认”，后接 名词或that 引导的从句。 Nearly 11 thousand people have been arrested for defying the ban on street trading. 近一 万一千人因违抗在街上交易的禁令而被捕。 The government has denied that the authorities have uncove