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One day in my class, Maria shared her feelings about money, "Money worries me. I think I want to live without money because I hate it. I HATE MONEY." We were all touched by Maria’s words as they reminded us of the spiritual burdens that money managing can bring to us. After class I offered to help Maria deal with her financial problems. She hesitated to accept my offer, and I could see from the expression on her face that she was afraid of what it might involve. I quickly assured her that I wouldn’t make her do more than she was able to. I told her frankly that I didn’t enjoy managing my money any more than she did hers and wouldn’t burden her with guilt, judgments, or impossible tasks. All I would ask her to do was to let me help her look at her fears and try to make some sense of them.
Maria still resisted my offer, and I can remember the excuses she gave me as they were the repeated complaints I had heard from so many pe
A. in the same financial trouble
B. in the same finacial condition
C. of the same family background
D. of the same feeling over the issue
One day a rich woman lost her purse with a lot of money in it. So she made a (1) , "If anybody finds my purse and (2) it to me, I’ll give half the money to him."A poor man (3) the purse near a shop. He sent it back to the woman, but the rich woman (4) . "There was an expensive ring in my purse besides money," said the woman, "I won’t give you half the money in my purse until you return it to me." "But I’ve never seen an expensive ring in (5) purse," said the man.They began to quarrel. The man became (6) and took her to a judge. (7) the judge heard what had happened to them, he said to the woman, "I’m sure that you have lost a purse, and there is an expensive ring in it. But there is (8) a lot of money in this purse. So I don’t think it’s yours. (9) some time. Maybe somebody will give your purse back."Then the judge (10) to the man and said, "Take the purse home. If the owner doesn’t c
A. face
B. mistake
C. promise
D. conversation
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