2020年8月福建自考《英语二》课文翻译：金钱在生活中的重要性

The Importance of Money in Life

What were you taught about money as you were growing up? Something like "money doesn't grow on trees", or "money is the root of all evil", or maybe "all rich people are greedy"?

金钱在生活里的重要性

在你成长的过程中，别人教给你的关于金钱的看法是什么?是“钱不是从树上长出来的?”还是“钱是万恶之源?”或者“所有的有钱人都是贪婪的?”

Well, how do you expect to become a success financially if you believe these things? You attract into your life what you are thinking about and what you believe. If you think there is not enough money in this world for everyone you will never have enough money. That is called the Law of Attraction(吸引法则).

好吧，如果你相信这些观点，你如何期望你在经济上取得成功呢?生活吸引你的是你想的东西和你相信的东西。如果你认为在世界上没有足够的钱给所有人，你永远也不会有足够的钱。这就是吸引力法则。

First of all, believing that "money doesn't grow on trees" is an example of what's called lack or scarcity programming. Our parents taught us that there was never enough money to go around(分配), and that it was not readily available or abundant. But in truth, the universe is very abundant, and there is lots of money to go around for everyone. Just think what you could do if you have as much money as your heart desires. What wonderful things you could do with it: travel to the countries you have always dreamt of, buy a house you are even scared to think about, attend meditation classes so you could spiritually grow, donate money to your favorite charity, spend more quality time(珍贵时光)with your family, and the list goes on.

首先，信奉“钱不是从树上长出来的”就是被称作缺乏规划的一个例子。我们的父母教导我们周围绝不会有足够的金钱，并且它也不是唾手可得或用之不竭的。但事实上，宇宙万物丰富多彩，每个人的周围都有许多财富。仅仅幻想一下，如果你拥有了梦寐以求的数之不尽的财富，你会做什么事?你可以去向往已久的国家旅游，买一所你想都不敢想的房子，参加静思班来提高你的精神境界，给你最喜欢的慈善机构捐钱，和你的家人度过更多的闲暇时光，等等，这会是多么美妙啊!

The key is to start thinking that you deserve the money and that there is lots of it available for you, and then you can start attracting it into your life. That's abundance thinking(充裕思维), which is the opposite of lack or scarcity thinking. When you start thinking about the abundance the Law of Attraction will do the rest. (承上启下句)You do not need to know how it is going to happen. Just make the first step, first thought. Starting is already winning.

方法就是开始去想那些你应得的钱并且你有机会得到许多，然后开始把钱财吸引到你的生活中。这是一种富有的思考，与缺乏思考或思考不足相反。当你开始思考富有时的事情时，吸引力法则会为你做剩余的敛财工作。你不需要知道它是怎么发生的。只需要踏出第一步，有第一个想法。开始做就已经在赢了。

And what about thinking that "money is the root of all evil"? Can you really expect to become a success if you believe that money is the root of all evil? Unless you have a desire to be an evil person, your subconscious will not let you have money if you believe deep down that it is the root of all evil.

怎么看待“金钱是万恶之源”的想法?如果你相信这种想法，你能真的期待成功吗?如果你内心深处认为金钱是万恶之源，那么除非你渴望成为一个恶人，否则你的潜意识会阻碍你拥有财富的。

By the way, that quote is taken out of context(断章取义)in the first place. It was originally stated as "the love of money is the root of all evil". So it has nothing to do with the money itself.(承上句)

另外，那句引语首先是断章取义的，起初陈述是“爱钱是万恶的根源”。所以，它跟钱本身是没有任何关系的。

Now that you understand that, you can start to think that money is in fact good. You can help people with money. You can stimulate the economy with money. Even the most kind-hearted spiritual person, who says they don't need money, can do more to make the world a better place with money than without it.

既然你理解了，你就可以认为钱实际上是很有用的。你可以用钱帮助别人，可以用钱刺激经济。即使是那些认为自己不需要钱的善良圣人，在有钱的情况下也可以做更多事使世界变得更加美好。

And what about thinking that "all rich people are greedy"? Well, that creates us versus them, whereby(=by/through which)you have labeled all of "them" greedy in your mind. You, on the other hand, are very giving(慷慨大方的)in your mind. That's why you don't have money, because you're not greedy.

试想一下是不是所有的有钱人都是贪婪的呢?这就形成了“我们”与“他们”的一种对峙，让我们在心中早就给“他们”印上了贪婪的标签。从另一方面来讲，你的脑海里就会认为自己是喜欢给予的那种人。这就是你没有钱的原因，因为你不贪婪。

Sure, there must be some rich people in the world who are greedy. But there are also poor people who are greedy. There are both rich and poor people who are very giving as well. The amount of money you have has nothing to do with these character traits.

的确，世界上有一些贪婪的富人，但是也有一些贪婪的穷人。也有一些富人和穷人非常慷慨。所以钱的多少与人的性格特征没有任何关系。

In fact, a lot of rich people got there by not being greedy. Having a giving attitude opens up a flow of money that often brings them more. You will find the same thing: give away money joyfully to a friend, and notice that it comes back to you in some other form. The world needs to be a balance of give and take, and being joyful both as you give and receive will ensure that you always go with the flow.

事实上，许多富人之所以成为富人并不是因为贪婪。拥有一种给予的心态常常能让他们得到更多其他的东西。你可以发现一条共性：欢天喜地把钱赠予朋友后，发现他们会以别的方式重新回馈给你。这世上需要给予和获得的平衡，只有乐于接受，同时也乐于给予，才能保证你永远不会为钱发愁。

And changing your mindset(思维模式) from what you were taught as a child to a healthier view of money will allow you to become the financial success you deserve to be, to become the real you.

将你小时候所学的金钱观转变成更为健康的金钱观：将会对你应得的财富成就有所帮助，也让你在此过程中成为真正的自己。