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布克·T·华盛顿:力争上游·摘录 107

布克·T·华盛顿《力争上游》· Up from Slavery · 领导

In these cabin homes I often found sewing-machines which had been bought, or were being bought, on instalments, frequently at a cost of as much as sixty dollars, or showy clocks for which the occupants of the cabins had paid twelve or fourteen dollars. I remember that on one occasion when I went into one of these cabins for dinner, when I sat down to the table for a meal with the four members of the family, I noticed that, while there were five of us at the table, there was but one fork for the five of us to use. Naturally there was an awkward pause on my part. In the opposite corner of that same cabin was an organ for which the people told me they were paying sixty dollars in monthly instalments. One fork, and a sixty-dollar organ!

出处: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2376
定位:Excerpt 107 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

白话

在这些小屋里,华盛顿常看到分期付款买的缝纫机(高达六十美元)或花十二到十四美元买的华丽时钟。一次他做客吃饭,五个人只有一把叉子,而屋角却有一架每月分期付款六十美元的风琴。核心是:人们优先购买炫耀性消费品,却忽视基本生活必需品,导致生活不便和财务压力。可执行的做法是:区分“需要”和“想要”,先满足基本实用需求,再考虑面子消费,避免因分期付款陷入债务。

上下文

华盛顿在南方黑人社区走访时观察到的消费现象,反映当时部分家庭在贫困中仍追求体面物品。

今日一问

你最近有没有为了面子或攀比而购买不实用的东西,却忽略了更基本的生活需求?

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