1. What are our lives made up of according to the passage?
2. What can promote our economy according to the passage?
3. For many of us, what is an ongoing mantra of our lives?
4. Much of our lives is spent , returning, taking care of, cleaning, putting away, moving, and things. We acquire through purchase, gifts, and inheritance. Once we are owners, possessions demand a large of our life energy.
5. Most of us experience a range of intense emotions toward possessions. As , we are trained consumers. We often purchase with feelings, however. We know we have too much .
6. Gaining a understanding of your relationship to the material world can your enjoyment of the things you have. It helps to that you're to want more things.
Words & Phrases 詞匯與短語
Words 詞匯
inheritance 遺傳;遺產
mantra 咒語;頌歌
ongoing 正在進行的
power 推動;使......有力量
Phrases 短語
a large portion of 一大部分
be conditioned to 習慣于
let go of 放手,釋放
put away 放好,儲備備用