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 词汇与短语
Words 词汇
inheritance 遗传;遗产
mantra 咒语;颂歌
ongoing 正在进行的
power 推动;使......有力量
Phrases 短语
a large portion of 一大部分
be conditioned to 习惯于
let go of 放手,释放
put away 放好,储备备用