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It’s Time to Let Money Decide Less of Everything
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xiàn dài现代shè huì社会cháng cháng常常ràng让wǒ men我们yòng用qián钱lái来kàn看hěn很duō多shì事,bǐ rú比如chéng gōng成功、jià zhí价值hé和néng lì能力。

Modern society often makes us use money to judge many things, such as success, value, and ability.

kě shì可是,rén人huó zhe活着bù不zhǐ yǒu只有qián钱。

But life is not only about money.

rén lèi人类néng能yì qǐ一起hé zuò合作、hù xiāng互相bāng zhù帮助,cái néng才能jiàn lì建立shè huì社会,yě也ràng让shēng huó生活gèng更yǒu有yì yì意义。

Human beings can build society and make life more meaningful only by cooperating and helping one another.

dàn但xiàn zài现在hěn很duō多zhì dù制度ràng让dà jiā大家yì zhí一直jìng zhēng竞争,zhǐ只xiǎng想zhe着dé dào得到gèng更duō多zī yuán资源。

However, many systems today keep everyone in constant competition, always trying to get more resources.

zhè yàng yī lái这样一来,wǒ men我们róng yì容易wàng jì忘记xìn rèn信任、guān xīn关心hé和gòng tóng共同zé rèn责任。

As a result, we easily forget trust, care, and shared responsibility.

qí shí其实,gǎi biàn改变shè huì社会zuì最zhòng yào重要de的,bù不zhǐ shì只是qián钱,ér shì而是shí jiān时间。

In fact, the most important thing for changing society is not money, but time.

rén men人们huā shí jiān花时间bāng zhù帮助bié rén别人、zhào gù照顾jiā rén家人、cān jiā参加shè qū社区huó dòng活动、bǎo hù保护xū yào需要bāng zhù帮助de的rén人,zhè xiē这些dōu都bú shì不是wèi le为了zhuàn qián赚钱,ér shì而是yīn wèi因为dà jiā大家yuàn yì愿意zhàn站zài在yì qǐ一起。

When people spend time helping others, caring for family, taking part in community activities, and protecting those who need help, they are not doing it to make money, but because they are willing to stand together.

měi guó美国mín quán民权yùn dòng运动yě也shì是zhè yàng这样,tā它kào靠de的shì是pǔ tōng rén普通人de的yǒng qì勇气、xíng dòng行动hé和jiān chí坚持,bú shì不是xiān先kào靠hěn很duō多qián钱。

The U.S. civil rights movement was like this too: it depended on the courage, action, and persistence of ordinary people, not first on a lot of money.

qián钱yǒu shí有时yǒu yòng有用,dàn但bù néng不能dài tì代替rén人de的guān xīn关心hé和cān yù参与。

Money can be useful sometimes, but it cannot replace human care and participation.

mín zhǔ民主shè huì社会yě也xū yào需要dà jiā大家yì qǐ一起cān jiā参加、yì qǐ一起fù chū付出。

A democratic society also needs everyone to take part and contribute together.

yīn wèi因为shí jiān时间hěn很bǎo guì宝贵,shī qù失去le了jiù就bú huì不会huí lái回来。

Because time is precious, once it is lost, it will not come back.

cóng从zhè ge这个jiǎo dù角度kàn看,shí jiān时间bù不zhǐ shì只是zī yuán资源,shí jiān时间jiù shì就是shēng huó生活běn shēn本身。

From this point of view, time is not just a resource; time is life itself.

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