For Love or Money?

工作動機：出於熱情，還是為了錢？
Is it more important to work at a job that pays well or one that makes you happy?
你工作的動機是為了什麼？
by Jeremiah Clark and Chelsea Ewald

Every day millions of people wake up, get dressed and go to work. For some, time spent on a project at work is the highlight of their day, but for others, the happiness doesn't come until payday. The average worker spends about 2,140 hours a year at work. Should all this time spent working bring joy to the soul or should it just be endured for the benefits the money brings?

Conversation A
Beth: Hey, Adam. I’m worried about my sister Courtney. She’s in college and has just declared art as her major.
Adam: Why does that worry you? I’ve seen her stuff. She’s very talented.
Beth: I know. But I’m afraid that once she graduates she won’t be able to make ends meet. Most artists only make about 60 percent of what the average worker makes a year. Plus, it’s harder for art majors to find full-time work. But she doesn't seem too concerned.
Adam: You're forgetting that there is more to choosing career than to making money. Courtney loves art, that is what important. Even she is not roll in dough, she should be happy and her emotionally satisfy.
Beth: She should have bills to pay. It's going to be hard for her to sustaining a decent life on what the artists make.
Adam : Okay, Think about this, let's say, Courtney pursues a career in finance, people in that field make plenty of money, but there is no guaranties, she could spend years specializing in a certain area only to be lay off or her work could be outsource due to economic changes.
Beth: I still think a degree that something like business or engineering will be more practical. Besides, having the degree in the one of these field it doesn't mean that she couldn't change her career down the road.
Adam: Perhaps, but she could always complement her art degree with the minor in finance, that way if she can't make enough as an artist in the future, she could work as an accountant for a museum or galleries.
Beth: Courtney is good in math but she hates it. doing the accounting for a gallery wouldn't be good, she rather have a work hanging in the gallery. Still she should doing something more lucrative that make the art as her habit.

Adam: So, she should take a well-paying job that she may not like just to be for the financially safe and secure. I'm not so sure that it's a good idea. Study that shown that people who are not satisfy with their job tent not work as hard as people who like their job.

Beth: Okay, may be I will just let her sink of swim on her own. She knows how I feel about her decision, but I will still going to tell what I were thinking if she ask me again.


Grammar
But you're forgetting that there's more to choosing a career than making money.
there's more to choosing something than something else. 除了这些还有更多的选择时，可用此句型。
There's more to being a good student than getting high test scores.
There's more to being a pet-owner than giving your animal food and water.

highlight (n)-the most exciting, memorable part of something. 最明亮的地方，沿申为最精彩的部分。
Carl has lunch every Friday with his best friend. Tom, It's the highlight of his week.
*Visiting the Eiffel Tower is one of the highlights of the city tour of Paris.
*Highlights of the football game will be shown on the evening news.
make ends meet (idiom)-使收入能应付支出。
The poor farmer has to work in the fields every day just to make ends meet.
roll in dough (idiom)-很有钱。dough her is refer money. 在此是代表钱。dough面团
Ronnie is rolling in dough now that he owns three successful restaurants.
*Henry is now rolling in dough after the successful opening of his own computer company.
*Betty might be dressed simply, but actually she's rolling in dough。 穿着朴素。
decent (adj)-像样的，满不错的，很好的，舒适的，正当的
As a musician, it is hard to make a decent wage unless you are very popular.
*The homeless child is now living in decent condition with his foster family.在寄养家庭过着舒适生活。
*This old lady lives in a decent apartment.
*Eric finally found a decent job. 正当的工作。
outsource (v)-把业务或工程外包。out 向外的，source资源。
Greg's job as a computer programmer was outsourced to India.
*Many major companies in the West outsourced their customer service divisions to companies in India
*Our art design department was outsourced.
minor (n)-not major, not the main subject.
-In college, Sue studied English with a minor in Spanish.
lucrative (adj)-profitable to meet the ends. 获利的，赚钱的
Jeff wants to start a lucrative business so that he can buy a house and a new car.
*The decision by the two companies to cooperate on the project proved to be lucrative for both.合作计划的决定，结果使彼此双方都获利。
*This lucrative investment saved his career.
Tammy's parents are letting her sink or swim in her studies. It's up to her to succeed.
sink or swim (idiom)-Jason put all his money in this product and it's now a case of sink or swim for him. 不是完全失败就是成功。

Chat Room
decent-decent lifestyle 合意舒适的生活。
descent (v)-飞机从高处下降，降落。
descent (n)-血统，遗传的后代。She is British and German's descent. refer to descendant.
dissent -disagree with something.不赞同，反对的意思。I was dissent-formal way to say you don't agree with something. Descent (v),(n), dissent, 发音同，重音在后面
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complement is not compliment
complement-字根有complete 即是补充使完成。若两样东西complement each other 是相辅相成的意思。
compliment- 赞美，夸奖。complimentary (adj)-优待的，免费赠送的。有些旅馆会放一篮fruit basket免费赠送的水果。