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Module5NewspapersandMagazines课时作业（十一）

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Spendingmoneyontime-savingservicesreducesstressandboosts(增进)happiness,accordingtonewresearch,butshockingly,fewofusdoit.

Whillans,aprofessoratHBS,said,“Buyingtimehelpstoprotectusfromthestressinourlivescausedbytimepressure,andthefeelingthatwedon‘thaveenoughminutesinthedaytocompleteourtasks.”

TheeffectwasclearestintheCanadianexperiment,inwhich60workingadultsweregiven$40tospendintwodifferentways.Oneweekend,theyweretoldtospendthemoneyonamaterialpurchase—agiftforthemselves.Thenextweekend,theywereinstructedtospendthe$40onanythingthatsavedthemtime,frompayingtheneighbour‘skidtorunerrands(跑腿)totakinganUberinsteadofabus.

“Onthedaytheymadethetime-savingpurchase,theyfelthappier,inabettermood,andhadlowerfeelingsoftimestressthanonthedaytheyboughtamaterialpurchase,”saidWhillans.

Thebiggestsurprisetotheresearcherswashowfewpeoplewouldspendmoneyontime-savingservices.Whentheyasked98workingadultshowtheywouldspenda“windfall”of$40,onlytwopercentnamedapurchasethatwouldsavethemtime.

“Onereason,”saidWhillans,“isthatwe‘reverybadatrememberinghowmuchwehatedoingcertaintasksoncethesufferinghaspassed.Thatmakesuslesslikelytotakeactivestepstoavoidthatoverburdenedfeelinginthefuture.”Butanotherpossiblecauseisgoodold-fashionedguilt.“Ifyoufeelguiltyaboutgettingsomeonetocleanyourhouseforyou,thenyoumightgetlesshappinessfromoutsourcing(外包)thattask,”saidWhillans,“oryoumightjustbelesslikelytospendyourmoneyinthatway.”?

1.IntheCanadianexperiment,theparticipants.?

A.weredividedintotwogroups

B.weregiven$40everytwoweeks

C.wereaskedtogivemoneytoaneighbour‘skid

D.wereaskedtospendthemoneyindifferentways

2.Accordingtotheauthor,whatcanmakepeoplelesstime-stressed?

A.Payingmuchforaconcertticket.

B.Takingaregularbustogettowork.

C.Employingsomeonetocleanthegarden.

D.Buyingthemselvesanexpensivepresent.

3.Whenitcomestospendingmoneyin“buyingtime”,.?

A.nopeoplewouldliketodoit

B.asmallpercentageofpeoplechoosetodoit

C.morepe