Money makes you a bad person(British)
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A researcher has made a report that says having a lot of money makes you a bad person. Professor Paul Piff spent ten years looking at the personalities of rich people and found that their behaviour was very different to the behaviour of poor people. Dr Piff said rich people are more likely to break rules, not follow the law, and not care about other people. He also said wealthy people cheat more at games and are less likely to help other people. Professor Piff told the BBC that: "Wealth makes you more [worried about] your own interests, your own desires, your own welfare." He added that rich people think their own goals and needs are the most important thing in their life.
Professor Piff also found that poorer people are more generous than rich people. The poor give a higher percentage of their money to help others than the rich. He said poorer people give one-and-a-half times as much as richer people. He said: "The wealthier you are, the less generous you are. You give significantly smaller portions away to [other people]." However, he did say that rich people could change their behaviour and become nicer and more generous. He said rich people can help others more if you tell them that giving and helping is a good thing. He said: "Reminding people of the benefits of cooperation, or the advantages of community, causes wealthier individuals to be just as [giving] as poor people."
1. TRUE / FALSE:Read the headline. Guess if a-h below are true (T) or false (F).
a.A professor looked at rich people for ten years.T / F
b.The professor said the personalities of the rich and poor were similar.T / F
c.The professor said rich people cheat more at games.T / F
d.The article says poor people think their own goals are most important.T / F
e.Poor people give more of their money away than rich people.T / F
f.The professor said the richer you are, the less generous you are.T / F
g.Rich people will not change their behaviour even if you tell them to.T / F
h.The professor said rich people cannot be as giving as poor people.T / F
COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS
1.What is the job of the person who said rich people are "bad"?
2.For how long did the man spend looking at rich people?
3.What did a doctor say rich people are more likely to break?
4.What did the man say were the most important things for rich people?
5.What did the man say wealthy people cheat more at?
6.What do poorer people give more of than richer people?
7.How many times more generous did the man say poorer people are?
8.What did the man say rich people could become (apart from nicer)?
9.What did the man say about giving?
10.What did the man say people needed to be reminded about?
答案
TRUE / FALSE
a T b F c T d F e T f T g F h F
COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS
1.A researcher
2.Ten years
3.The law
4.Games
5.Their own goals and needs
6.Their money
7.One-and-a-half
8.Nicer
9.It's a good thing
10.The benefits of cooperation
