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It’s an annual argument. Do we or do we not go on holiday? My partner says n
It’s an annual argument. Do we or do we not go on holiday? My partner says n
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It’s an annual argument. Do we or do we not go on holiday? My partner says no because the boiler could go, or the roof fall off, and we have no savings to save us. I say you only live once and we work hard and what’s the point if you can’t go on holiday. The joy of a recession means no argument next year — we just won’t go.
Since money is known to be one of the things most likely to bring a relationship to its knees, we should be grateful. For many families the recession means more than not booking a holiday. A YouGov poll of 2,000 people found 22% said they were arguing more with their partners because of concerns about money. What’s less clear is whether divorce and separation rates rise in a recession — financial pressures mean couples argue more but make splitting up less affordable. A recent research shows arguments about money were especially damaging to couples. Disputes were characterised by intense verbal ( 言语上的) aggression, tended to be repeated and not resolved, and made men, more than women, extremely angry.
Kim Stephenson, an occupational psychologist, believes money is such a big deal because of what it symbolises, which may be different things to men and women. "People can say the same things about money but have different ideas of what it’s for," he explains. "They’ll say it’s to save, to spend, for security, for freedom, to show someone you love them." He says men are more likely to see money as a way of buying status and of showing their parents that they’ve achieved something.
"The biggest problem is that couples assume each other knows what’s going on with their finances, but they don’t. There seems to be more of a taboo (禁忌) about talking about money than about death. But you both need to know what you’re doing, who’s paying what into the joint account and how much you keep separately. In a healthy relationship, you don’t have to agree about money, but you have to talk about it." [br] The author suggests at the end of the passage that couples should______.
选项
A、put their money together instead of keeping it separately
B、make efforts to reach agreement on their family budgets
C、discuss money matters to maintain a healthy relationship
D、avoid arguing about money matters to remain romantic
答案
C
解析
根据题干中的at the end of the passage和couples should将 本题出处定位于末段末两句。根据语境可知,这两句中的you指的是couples,作者借Kim Stephenson的话对他们提出了建议:夫妻对方需要知道双 方在做什么……。在一种健康的关系中,夫妻双方不需要对钱有一致看法, 但是必须得谈论关于钱的事情。由此可知,[C]“为维系健康的关系而谈论 钱的事情”是对In a healthy relationship...You have to talk about it的同义转 述,故为答案。作者建议的是夫妻双方要了解“谁在把钱存进联名账户,各 自又存有多少钱”,而不是说让夫妻双方都把钱放一块,故排除[A]。[B]用 reach agreement替换最后一句的agree,但是“努力就家庭预算达成一致意 见”在原文未提及。[D]与文中所说的“必须得谈论关于钱的事情”矛盾。
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