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Having enough free time is more important to most Americans than being rich, according to a new poll.

Only 13 percent of more than 2,400 people questioned in the telephone poll ranked being wealthy as most important to them, while 67 percent ranked free time as their top priority, higher than having a successful career, getting married, and having children.

"Everyone wants free time to do the things they want to do, young, middle-aged or old," said Richard Morin, of the Pew Social & Demographic Trends Project, which conducted the survey.

"So our desire to play unites us."

The poll also showed that people who were university educated valued career success over wealth, as did middle-aged people.

Not surprisingly, those who didn't have money, ranked wealth very highly. This included minorities, first generation Americans and less educated people.

The survey also revealed that a disproportionate number of people under the age of 30 and retirees in the group made $20,000 or less a year.

But the emphasis on wealth lessens with age, with younger people putting value on it but hardly any seniors.

"It just diminishes with time as the reality sets in that you would never be rich," Morin said. "But also, the reality sets in that you don't have to be rich to lead a very comfortable and fulfilling life."

While wealth was not at the top of people's list of priorities, 43 percent still said it was somewhat important.

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譯文：

一項(xiàng)最新民調(diào)顯示，對于大多數(shù)美國人來說，擁有充足的空閑時間比擁有財(cái)富更為重要。

該項(xiàng)電話調(diào)查共有2400人參加，僅有13%的人認(rèn)為金錢對于他們來說最重要，而67%的人最看重空閑時間，他們認(rèn)為這比事業(yè)成功和結(jié)婚生子都重要。

開展該調(diào)查的“皮尤社會與人口趨勢項(xiàng)目”的理查德•莫林說：“無論青年、中年還是老年人，每個人都希望有空余時間去做自己想做的事情。”

“所以，對于玩樂的渴望把大家聯(lián)系到了一起。”

此外，調(diào)查顯示，與財(cái)富相比，受過高等教育的人更看重事業(yè)成功，中年人也持相同看法。

收入較低的人認(rèn)為財(cái)富很重要，其中包括少數(shù)民族，第一代美國人以及受教育水平較低的人，這并不奇怪。

調(diào)查顯示，在30歲以下的受訪者以及退休人士中，有相當(dāng)一部分人的年收入不超過2萬美元。

然而，人們對于財(cái)富的重視程度隨著年齡的增長而逐漸降低，年輕人更看重財(cái)富，而老年人對此則不怎么在意。

莫林說：“當(dāng)現(xiàn)實(shí)讓你認(rèn)識到，你不可能成為有錢人時，你對財(cái)富的渴望也就隨著時間慢慢淡化了。但現(xiàn)實(shí)還會告訴你，生活舒適而充實(shí)不一定要很富有。”

雖然財(cái)富并不是人們最看重的東西，但仍有43%的人認(rèn)為財(cái)富還是比較重要的。

上述文章表述了美國人對于休閑時光的看重多于財(cái)富，也體現(xiàn)了美國人的價值觀。更多托福閱讀機(jī)經(jīng)背景，請關(guān)注新通外語托福頻道。

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