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1。shilling:aformermoiainworthohofapound先令

2。grlishsilverworthfourpeakenoutofcirihtury格罗特；英国四便士银币

3。BenjaminFranklin:（1706-1790）oheFoundiheUes，astatesman，author，publisher，stist，ioranddiplomat。Helyapublicaffairs。DuringtheAmeriRevolutioheSetialgressaheDeofIndependen1776。Healsohe1783TreatyofParisthateionaryWar（1775-1783）。From1785to1788，heservedasgovernorofPennsylvania，andwasadelegatetothethatproducedtheU。S。stitution。

4。FerdinandKurnberger:（1821-1879）oiialwritersofVieureiiesaiesofthe19thtury。Heisnowknownmainlyforhispartiiionof1848，whitofleetermanywherehewasarrestedthefollo>

5。JacobFugger:（1459-1525）alsoknownasJakobFuggertheRich，amerirepreneurandbankerofEurope。HewasadestoftheFuggermertfamilylotheFreeImperialCity。WithinafewdecadesheexpahefamilyfirmtoabusiinginallofEurope。

6。Babylon:capitalofaBabyloamiaoesRiver。Establishedascapitalc。1750B。drebuiltinregalsplendorbyNebuezzarIIafteritsdestru（c。689B。C。）bytheAssyrians，BabyloeoftheHangingGardeheSeveheWorld。

7。theclassicworld:hereitreferstoaGreee。

8。theMiddleAges:orMedievalperiod（A。D。476-1453），beganwiththecollapseoftheWesternRomanEmpireaheReheAgeofDiscovery。

9。utilitarianism:firstbroughtupbyFrancisHuthisInquiryintinalofourIdeasofBeautyandVirtue（1725），aedbyBenthaminhisAnIntrodutothePrinoralsaion（1789）。Thedobe“Thataisbestwhichprreatesthappihegreatesthegreatesthappihegreatestnumber”。

10。summumbonum:thesupremegoodinwhichallmoralvaluesareinwhichtheyarederived

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1。Whatisyourpreviofthespiritofcapitalism?Howisitdifferentfromtheauthor’siion?

2。DoyouagreewiththeauthoronhisviewonBenjaminFranklin?

3。BenjaminFranklinsaysthegoodpaymasterislordofanothermaisyofthisfamoussaying?

4。Towhatdegreehaveyoubelievedihayoffamousquotesandsayings?

5。Ifmakingmoneyshouldakenasthepurposeoflife，whatisthesignificeofbusioindividualsandtosociety?

6。HowwouldyourespondtoFrahic?

7。Whatwouldasocietybelikeifitisorieowardanddominatedbymoneymaking?

After-readingAssig

OralWork

1。Asapartofethics，thesevendeadlysinsaresideredtreed，sloth，pride，lust，envy，andgluttony。Toprotetemptationofthesins，seveuesaresaidtobeneeded，whicharechastity，temperay，diligeieness，andhumility。Defihesesinsandvirtuesinashortpresentation。

2。Ihofeaiccrisis，peoplefindthatcreditisthemostimportanttosociety，whichisespeciallytruetothefinanamiintheU。S。in2008atheEUafterwards。Inwhatwayisacreditsystemessentialtoasociety?Discusswithyoupartnerandexgeyourideas。

3。Studytheterm“utilitarianism”thhlyahepossibleeffectsofutilitarianismtoindividualsaswellastoasociety。Sharetheresultsofyourstudieswithyourclassmatesinagroupdisdlearher。

4。Philosophersliketothinkabouttheultimatetopics，suchasherewearefrom，andwhatwelivefor。Itsthemeansandendsofourlife。Butthey’teasilyreasensus。Whatisyouridea?Talkaboutitwithyourpartners。

WrittenWork

1。Asosociologistsihtury，MaxWeberalsostudiedreligioedinfluensociety，suduism，Judaism，Taoismandism。LearnaboutWeber’srespoaoismandismasummary。

&herPeople’sMoneyisadramaticrefleoralrelationshipinthebusinessworld。Whatishumaionshiplikeinahighlyercializedsociety?Howshouldpeopledealwiththerelatiohemselvesandotherpeople，suchascolleagues，managers，ts，businessassociates?Watchthemovieandwriteareviewaboutit。

3。Money，Money，MoneyisapinthemusicalMammaMia。Thesingerandcharacterexplainshowhardshehastoworktokeepthetaverninorderandherdreamsofabetterlife。Listentothesongandpayparticularattentiontoitslyrics。Whatdoesthesongtellyouaboutmoney，people，sodlife?aragraphtorecordyouriualaioothesong。

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