翻译作业1--金钱与时间

金钱与时间wealth and time

大多数人永远都嫌自己不够有钱。然而社会学家发现，当人们真正有了钱之后，又会抱怨自己没有足够的时间。从很多的例子可以看出，越是有钱的人越是没有时间，而穷人和那些失业的人每天闲得难受。

人们追求财富，目的是为了让生活过得更好，可奇怪的是，人们一旦有了钱，反而更忙碌，更无法舒舒服服地过日子。

当生活不富裕的时候，很多人都幻想过“等我有了钱以后就可以怎么样怎么样”。在人们的想象中，“有钱”代表自由、独立、随心所欲；夏天可以到海边度假；冬天可以到山上去滑雪。

然而，当人们真富有了，却发现自己根本无法去实现这些梦想，理由永远只有一个：“没时间！”不少高收入的人，像律师、医生、经理、会计师等等，几乎都是工作狂，平均一天工作10到12个小时，到了周末、节假日还是要加班，生活中只有工作、工作。对于他们来说，时间就是金钱，他们有意无意地把时间都花在了赚钱上，根本没有空余时间做其他事情。

看来，“有钱”和“有闲”永远难以两全。金钱永远也赚不完的，而人生的时间却是有限的。难怪有的人说：“当你年轻、没钱时，希望能用时间去换金钱；当你有钱后，却很难再用金钱买回时间。”金钱是要有的，但时间更值得珍惜。懂得如何处理金钱和时间的关系的人才是一个聪明的人。

Millions of people never think they’re rich enough. However, sociologists find that people still complaintheir lack of time although they have already acquired lots of money. These examples show that the richer people have less time. By the contrary, the poor and the unemployed feel empty everyday.

People long for wealth in order to obtain better life, but it is strange that people become so busier that can’t enjoy a good time while they command the great wealth.

When life is a struggle, a lot of people fantasize about "I can do all things I like when I become the rich". In people's imagination, "wealthy" stands for freedom, independence and

unshackled;you can spend a good time in summer and have an exciting skiing on the mountain top.

However, in spite of getting rich, people feel upset that they are not able to realize these dreams. There is only one reason, "no time!" Many high-income people, such as lawyers, doctors, managers, accountants, etc., are almost a workaholic that work 10 to 12 hours a day on average, evenon weekends, holidays still work overtime without any rest,and life only have one content that is work. For them, time is money. They spend their time senselessly, and have no spare time to do other things.

It seems that "money" and "leisure" can never be both. Money can never be earned, and life time is limited. There is no doubt that some people say, "when you are young and poor, you want to use your time to change money;but when you have full of money, it's hard to get back time." To be honest, money is necessary, but time is more worth cherishing. A man who knows how to deal with money and time is a real wise man.