北师大版高中英语选择性必修第一册 Unit 2 Lesson 1 Money vs Success 金钱 VS 成功 原文译文重点单词短语长难句文章结构拆解等知识点解读

Money vs Success 金钱 VS 成功

【Unit 2 Success 成功 · Lesson 1】

一、课文原文及逐段翻译

【原文】 For a lot of people, becoming a millionaire is a symbol of success and they set this as their ultimate goal. They spend half of their time dreaming up ways of getting rich and achieving the success they expect, and the rest of their time thinking about all the things they will do once they become rich. But do all millionaires get the sense of success they were looking for after they achieve their goals? Some continue to worry about money when they become millionaires—they worked hard to become wealthy, but then they need to continue making money so they don’t lose the sense of success they have achieved. However, there are people who have turned their backs on their millions and found other forms of success in their lives. Jason Harley is one example.

【译文】 对于很多人来说，成为百万富翁是成功的象征，并将此作为最终目标。他们花一半时间想象各种发财和达到他们期望的成功的方法，另一半时间则用来考虑一旦发了财他们会干什么。但是，百万富翁们都在实现目标后获得所寻求的成功感了吗？有些人成为百万富翁后仍然担心金钱问题——他们努力工作，变得富有，但他们需要继续赚钱，这样才不会丧失已经获得的成就感。然而有些人却放弃了他们的百万财富，找到了人生中其他形式的成功。詹森·哈利就是一个例子。

【原文】 Sixteen years ago, Jason was a college professor with a huge six-bedroom house and a fortune of two million dollars. Today he lives in a small dormitory room with only second-hand furniture. There are certainly no signs that Jason is a rich and successful man! There is a small garden outside with a few fruit trees, which Jason enjoys taking care of. He also grows some vegetables and a few flowers. He gets his clothes and a lot of other things from charity shops.

【译文】 十六年前，詹森是一名大学教授，拥有一套6间卧室的大房子和200万美元的财富。现在他住在一间只有二手家具的小宿舍里。根本没有迹象能表明詹森是一个富有而成功的人！房子外面有一个小花园，里面有几棵果树，詹森很喜欢侍弄它们。他还种了一些蔬菜和花。他从慈善商店买衣服和许多其他的东西。

【原文】 But Jason appreciates this change. He is pleased to give up the lifestyle of a rich man. He was tired of being regarded as living a successful life, as a person who had everything while many people had nothing. He made the choice to give all his money away. And this, he said, brought him happiness and a sense of success in life. “I don’t need a lot of money. I don’t want to buy more things. I have enough,” said Jason. “What I want is to live simply and be helpful to others. A few years ago, I was a millionaire, but I knew millions of people died of hunger every year, and there were places with no schools and no teachers. So many people could never go to school. They didn’t have the chance to learn and get on in life. This worried me a lot and I felt very guilty being a rich man without doing anything.”

【译文】 但是詹森喜欢这种变化。他很高兴能放弃富人的生活方式。他厌倦了过别人眼中成功的生活，在很多人一无所有的时候自己能够拥有一切。他决定把自己的钱财都捐赠出去。他说这给他的生活带来了快乐和成功感。“我不需要有很多钱，也不想再买更多的东西。我拥有的已经够多了，”詹森说。“我想要简单的生活并乐于帮助别人。几年前，我是百万富翁，但我知道每年有数百万人死于饥饿，而且有些地方没有学校和老师。这么多人永远不能上学，他们没有接受教育和开启新生活的机会。这让我非常担心，作为一位富人不能有所为，我感到非常内疚。”

【原文】 Therefore he gave away all his money to charities. Whenever he had more than two thousand dollars, he would give away small bank notes to homeless people in the streets of local areas. “It was a kind of satisfaction and a real sense of success that I had never felt before,” said Jason. “Sure, many people think that ‘success’ means having millions in the bank or a well-paid job. But I think my sense of achievement comes from helping others and finding true meaning in life.”

【译文】 因此，他把所有的钱都捐给了慈善机构。每当他的钱超过两千美元时，他就会给当地街头无家可归的人赠送小额钞票。“这是一种我从未感受过的满足感和真正的成功感，”詹森说。“当然， 很多人认为‘成功’意味着有数百万银行存款或高薪的工作。但我认为我的成就感来自于帮助他人并找到生活真正的意义。”

【原文】 Most people believe when they are living comfortably and earning enough money, they will have no worries. However, most people never feel they have earned enough. Jason Harley decided to drop out of this kind of lifestyle, and he discovered that having only a little money made him free. Are there any things he misses from his past? “No, I’m much happier now, because I am living according to my values. Success is not measured by how much money you have but by how you understand the true meaning of life.”

【译文】 大多数人相信，当他们生活舒适并赚到足够的钱时，就可以高枕无忧了。但是，大多数人从未觉得自己赚够了。詹森·哈利决定放弃这种生活方式，他发现只拥有少量的金钱使他获得了自由。和过去相比，他错过了什么吗？“不， 现在我更开心，因为我依照自己的价值观在生活。衡量成功与否不在于有多少金钱，而是如何理解生命的真正意义。”

二、重点单词

三、一词多义 · 熟词生义

四、重点词块

• a symbol of — ……的象征
• set … as one's goal — 把……设为目标
• dream up — 凭空想出、构思出
• achieve one's goal — 实现目标
• the sense of success — 成功感/成就感
• turn one's back on — 背弃、放弃（turned their backs on their millions）
• give away — 赠送、捐赠
• give up — 放弃（give up the lifestyle）
• be tired of — 厌倦……
• regard … as — 把……视为
• die of — 死于（die of hunger）
• get on in life — 在人生中出人头地/进步
• according to one's values — 依照某人的价值观
• drop out of — 退出、脱离

五、长难句拆解

【原句】They spend half of their time dreaming up ways of getting rich and achieving the success they expect, and the rest of their time thinking about all the things they will do once they become rich.

【主干】They spend half of their time … and the rest of their time …

【分层】spend time (in) doing 结构；dreaming up ways of getting rich and achieving … 中 of 后接两个动名词并列；they expect 省略 that 的定语从句修饰 success；thinking about … 与前半对称；they will do 定从；once they become rich 时间状语从句。

【翻译】他们花一半时间想象各种发财和达到期望成功的方法，另一半时间则用来考虑一旦发了财他们会干什么。

【考点】spend time (in) doing；of 后接并列动名词；once 引导时间状语从句；对称结构 half … and the rest …。

【原句】He was tired of being regarded as living a successful life, as a person who had everything while many people had nothing.

【主干】He was tired of being regarded as …

【分层】be tired of being done 被动（regard … as 的被动）；as a person 补充说明；who had everything 定语从句；while 连接对比（had everything vs had nothing）。

【翻译】他厌倦了过别人眼中成功的生活，在很多人一无所有的时候自己能够拥有一切。

【考点】be tired of doing；regard … as 被动式；while 表对比。

【原句】Success is not measured by how much money you have but by how you understand the true meaning of life.

【主干】Success is not measured by A but by B.

【分层】被动语态 be measured by；两个 how 引导的宾语从句（how much money you have / how you understand …）由 not … but … 连接作 by 的宾语。

【翻译】衡量成功与否不在于有多少金钱，而是如何理解生命的真正意义。

【考点】not … but … 并列；how 引导宾语从句；被动语态 be measured by。

六、语法点清单

• spend time (in) doing sth：花时间做某事。
• 定语从句：the success (that/which) they expect；a person who had everything；places (where) there were no schools。
• 时间状语从句：once they become rich；when they are living comfortably。
• 被动语态：be regarded as；be measured by。
• 宾语从句：what I want is …（what 主语从句）；that ‘success’ means …（that 宾从）；how you understand …（how 宾从）。
• not … but … 结构：Success is not measured by … but by …

七、逻辑链

1. 设问立论（第1段）：以“多数人把百万富翁当成功象征”起笔，随即设问“富翁们真获得所求的成功感了吗？”，引出反例 Jason Harley。

2. 对比铺垫（第1段）：用“继续赚钱以免失去成就感”的富翁群像，反衬“turn their backs on millions”的另类成功。

3. 今昔对照（第2段）：16年前教授+豪宅+200万 vs 今小宿舍+二手家具+慈善店，用“no signs of riches”制造反差钩子。

4. 价值揭示（第3–4段）：Jason 自陈厌倦“被视作成功”、捐尽家财，因目睹饥荒与失学而 guilty；以直接引语给出其成功定义——帮助他人、寻找生命真义。

5. 哲理收束（第5段）：借“多数人永觉钱不够”对照 Jason 的 freedom，点题“成功不以金钱衡量，而以对生命意义的理解衡量”。

八、写作迁移（仿写与输出）

模板：Success is not measured by … but by …

课文句：Success is not measured by how much money you have but by how you understand the true meaning of life.

仿写：Happiness is not measured by how many friends you have online but by how deeply you are understood by those around you.（幸福不以你有多少网友来衡量，而以你被身边人理解的程度来衡量。）——可用于价值观/幸福观议论文。

模板：However, there are people who have turned their backs on … and found other forms of …

课文句：However, there are people who have turned their backs on their millions and found other forms of success in their lives.

仿写：However, there are people who have turned their backs on fame and found other forms of fulfilment in quiet, ordinary life.（然而，也有人背弃名声，在安静平凡的生活中找到了其他形式的满足。）