题型：阅读理解 题类：常考题 难易度：普通
浙江省温州市新力量联盟2017-2018学年高二下学期期末考试英语试卷
Time and money are precious resources that managed well can increase happiness. Many people think that money brings happiness while others think that time raises more happiness. As for me, I think people can get greater happiness if they use $ 40 to save time — such as by paying for housework to be done—rather than spending the money on material goods.
Psychologists say stress over lack of time causes lower happiness and contributes to anxiety. Yet, even the very wealthy are often reluctant to pay people to do the jobs they dislike. But people who spend money to buy themselves more free time are happier — that is they have higher life satisfaction.
Rising incomes in many countries has led to a new phenomenon. Many people get stressed over the daily demands on their time. Fewer than a third of individuals spent money to buy themselves time each month. They do things like buying lunches to be delivered to work, paying neighborhood children to run errands（差事）for them, or paying for cleaning. Some experts say time saving compared with material purchases increases happiness by reducing feelings of time stress.
In fact money can buy time. And it buys time pretty effectively. One reason is because time, relative to money, tends to be filled with personal meaning. Another reason is that time promotes interpersonal connection. Since both personal meaning and social connection are key to happiness, it makes sense how individuals spend their time.
As a result, can we rethink how we're using time? If we rethink how we spend time, and be more intentional on how we spend time, that may affect the happiness we feel.
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