insomnia 失眠
income 收入
hire 雇用
outsource 将…交给他人处理
forward-thinking 前瞻性的
effectively 有效地
dread 忧虑
priority 优先考虑的事
come at a price 要付出很高的代价
life is short and time is swift 生命短暂,时光飞逝
tedious 单调乏味的
测验与练习 1. 阅读课文并回答问题。
1. Give an example of material goods mentioned in the article.
2. Why have many people now got the option to buy more time?
3. Which chores mentioned in the article could you pay someone to do?
4. In the article, Professor Dunn uses the phrase "a pretty good use of money". What does 'pretty good mean'?
5. True or false: If life is short and time is swift, we should earn as much money as we can.
2. 请在不参考课文的情况下完成下列练习。选择一个意思合适的单词填入句子的空格处 。
1. My husband took me to Paris for my birthday and we stayed in a ______ hotel.
hectic splashing out tedious swanky
2. Police forces in England and Wales could save £1bn a year by ______ backroom services to private companies.
hiring effectively outsourcing splashing out
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