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Here is a story ຫໍສະໝຸດ Baiduf two people whose rebellion
against the trend of the modern world went all the way. As Linda Weltner reports, Sara and Michael decided that the world was too much with them, and that they could live much happier lives without the myths of consumerism and the thrownaway mentality. One wonders just how many of us could make such a drastic change in our lifestyle.
Stripping Down to Bare Happiness
LInda Weltner “What we‘re talking about is simplification, not deprivation,” explains Sara, a friend of mine. “It isn’t that you can’t do all the things you like, but you change. You don’t like them anymore. Some of the old habits seem so wasteful and unsatisfying that you really lose your taste for them. So you still have everything you want—only on less money.” When I first met them, Sara and Michael were a twocareer couple with a home of their own, and a large boat bought with a large loan. They began to take an interest in the concept of “voluntary simplicity” with the birth of their daughter whom they wanted to raise all by themselves. Neither one of them, it turned out, was willing to restrict what they considered their “real life” into the brief time before work and the tired hours afterwards.
Great things are not accomlished by those who yield to trenda and fads and popular opinion. _______Jack Keiouac We are living beyond our means.As a people we have developed a lifestyle that is draining the earth of its priceless and irreplaceable resources without regard for the future of our childdren and people all around the world. _______Maigaiet Mead
Today, they live in the same suburban community in a handsome, energy-efficient home they designed themselves. Small by most standards, it is easy to clean, furnish, maintain and heat. The first floor, one large room, has a kitchen area along one wall, a birch table and chairs for dining, a living room defined by a comfortable couch and a wood stove, and a corner work area.Upstairs is their bedroom, an office that serves them both, and a bathroom. It is bright and light and in harmony with its surroundings. Soon there will be a solar greenhouse outside the front door.
Answer the folloeing questions.
QUOTES
The saddest thing I can imagine is to get used to luxury. ____Chailie Chaplin
Without frugality none can be rich,and with it very few would be poor. ——Samuel Jahnson
They do not have a dishwasher. The number of hand-thrown pottery dishes they own would not fill one. They do not own a clothes dryer; the wet clothes, drying indoors in winter, eliminate the need for a humidifier. Sara’s dark hair is short. She does not need a hairdryer, electric curlers, or a curling iron. Theirfront yard is wooded. They do not need a power mower or electric clippers. They do not own a TV, and so they and their child are not constantly saturated with images of new toys, new things, and new temptations. They have exchanged the expenses of work in a commuter age — the extra car, the cost of gasoline, professional wardrobes, lunches and frequent dinners out, and babysitting fees — for the time to pay attention to the quality of their lives. They have given up paper products, processed foods, expensive hobbies, first-run movies, restaurants, and paying for the services of others.
A lot of people think that as they have children and things get more expensive, the only answer is to work harder in order to earn more money. It’s not the only answer,” insists Michael. The couple’s decision was to trade two full-time careers for two half-time careers, and to curtail consumption. They decided to spend their money only on things that contributed to their major goal, the construction of a world where family and friendship, work and play, were all of a piece, a world, moreover, which did not make wasteful use of the earth’s resources.
How can a couple with two part-time freelance jobs afford to build their own home, own a car, and share a small boat with another couple — all without a loan? How can they maintain a high standard of living that provides “everything” they want? What is it they have given up that they do not miss? For one thing, they have given up all the expensive clutter — medicine cabinets full of cosmetics and over-the-counter drugs they will never use; kitchen cabinets crowded with items they would eventually throw away. The one clothes closet Sara shares with Michael easily contains the basic items in their wardrobes, many of them well-made classic styles from L.L. Bean “I’m constantly giving things away,” Sara explains. By sifting and discarding, by keeping track of what they have, Sara and Michael have a clear idea of what they really need.
Unit Seven
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Work in pairs or groupa and discuss the following questions. ①：What kind of lifstyle do you live now? ②：Do you belive in the saying "a penny earned"? ③：What are some of the come to your mind when we talk about herlthhy lifestyle? Make a list of healthy lifestyles and share your ansawes with your group members.