Money has many ironies (Adapted from Psychology of Money)
Money has many ironies, and here is an important one: wealth is what you do not see. On spotting a Ferrari driving around, (7) _______. In reality, however, many drivers of expensive cars turn out to be only mediocre successes who spend a huge percentage of their paycheck on a vehicle. Someone driving a hundred-thousand-dollar car might indeed be wealthy. Yet the only firm data point you have about their wealth is that they have a hundred thousand dollars less than they did before they bought the car or a hundred thousand dollars more in debt. (8) _______.
We tend to judge wealth by what we see (9) _______. We cannot peer into people's bank accounts or brokerage statements, so we rely on outward appearances to gauge financial success: cars, houses, photographs on social media. Modern capitalism has turned helping people fake it until they make it into a cherished industry. (10) _______. Wealth hides in the nice car not purchased, the diamonds left in the shop and the first-class upgrade declined. Wealth is the financial assets that have not yet been converted into the stuff you see.
Hence, we should be careful (11) _______. It is more than mere semantics; not knowing the difference is the source of countless poor money decisions.
(Adapted from Psychology of Money)
We tend to judge wealth by what we see (9) _______. We cannot peer into people's bank accounts or brokerage statements, so we rely on outward appearances to gauge financial success: cars, houses, photographs on social media. Modern capitalism has turned helping people fake it until they make it into a cherished industry. (10) _______. Wealth hides in the nice car not purchased, the diamonds left in the shop and the first-class upgrade declined. Wealth is the financial assets that have not yet been converted into the stuff you see.
Hence, we should be careful (11) _______. It is more than mere semantics; not knowing the difference is the source of countless poor money decisions.
(Adapted from Psychology of Money)
Question 10.
Question 10.
Chọn một phương án bên dưới để kiểm tra đáp án ngay:
Đáp án chính thức: D
Hướng dẫn giải chi tiết
Chọn D. However, the truth remains that authentic wealth keeps its existence a secret
Đoạn trước nói con người dễ “fake it until they make it”, tức là tạo về ngoài giàu có. Sau đó tác giả chuyển ý: sự giàu có thật sự thường ẩn dật.
However phù hợp để chỉ sự đối lập.
Câu D diễn đạt đúng ý: sự giàu có thật sự giữ sự tồn tại của nó như một bí mật.
Đoạn trước nói con người dễ “fake it until they make it”, tức là tạo về ngoài giàu có. Sau đó tác giả chuyển ý: sự giàu có thật sự thường ẩn dật.
However phù hợp để chỉ sự đối lập.
Câu D diễn đạt đúng ý: sự giàu có thật sự giữ sự tồn tại của nó như một bí mật.