Answer — Exercise 1
14 - Made of money·Outcomes Upper-Intermediate - Student's Book
Question
Read the traditional Chinese sayings connected to money. Decide what you think each one means and how far you agree.
Answer
- This warns people who want to change a situation without thinking of the possible negative consequences.
- However long your journey, or however big and impossible the change you want to make, it starts with just one step, or action. This is also often rendered as: A journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step.
- Ambitious people forget where they come from in life.
- This reminds us that it is important to pay attention to both the practicalities of life (having food to eat) and the beauty of life (flowers).
- We need the basic things in life (this could be family, home, friends, etc.) before we can enjoy life and make something of life.
- This encourages the idea that we should work together and live in harmony.
- Learning and having a useful skill is more important than being rich.
- We should only take what we need – we shouldn’t be greedy.
- This is like saying that money can’t buy you a long life or happiness.