雅思写作高分范文：自私与贪婪

英语自学网

　　Individual greed and selfishness has been the basis of the modern society.
Someone think that we must return to the olds, more traditional values of
respect for the family and the local community in order to create a better world
to live in. To what extent do you agree or disagree?
        　　We are in a selfish world today. We are so busy looking out for number one,
so saturated by our own problems, our own issues and our own little and often
petty concerns that we failed to see how all could grow and being benefited by
working together as a team. As far as I am concerned, the reason of the
individual greed and selfishness were actually caused by the faster and faster
development and more and more competition of the society.
        　　Some people yearn to return to the old and traditional values of respect
for the family and the local community in order to create a better world to live
in. According to them , people were more honest and warm-hearted and the manner
of traditional treating each other was simple and selfless in the past.
        　　Personally, I do not support this view . Even in the past, greed and
selfishness existed in our society. These two factors never disappeared since
human have instinctive material needs, individual wants and desires would swell
surely with the advances of life and society. Moreover, old tradition has its
own limit and could only adapt for a certain period. I believe that the key
point here is to create a better world is the way of formulating moral criteria
and improving the spiritual education. For example, religions play a significant
role in respect for the family and the community.
        　　To sum up, selfishness and greed cannot be avoided and eliminated, because
they exist, more or less, in everyone’s heart, even sometimes they contribute to
the prosperity. To control them depends on the well basic education from every
part of our society, such as family, communities, academic institutions,
etc.