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How Important Is Money?
金钱有多重要?
No one would argue, I think, that money is unimportant. There are certain
things that human beings need — food, shelter, medical care and these things
cost money. But if one has enough money to live on, to pay for the basic
essentials of life, is it important to have a lot more money than that? Will
your life improve in proportion to the amount of money that you have?
Well, there is no denying that money can buy a lot. Maybe you do not need
much money to pay for a simple shelter, but how about if you want a nice big
apartment in a nice neighbourhood, or if you want to buy a house? In fact,
people do get on each other's nerves if they are crowded together in a small
kitchen, if a married couple cannot but share a room with their parents, if
children are not allowed to have a little privacy of their own.
Moreover, it is nice to get a little pleasure out of life, a little fun
from time to time. Unfortunately, many of the fun things that you can do today
cost money. In modern cities, for example, on any night, outstanding performers
appear in night clubs and on concert stages. Furthermore, you can dine on foods
from every corner of the world in the restaurants. So how can it be that many
people in modern cities do not have fun? Simple, they do not have the money to
take advantage of all these attractions.
So, is money the road to happiness? Not really. Large numbers of people
work every day, work overtime, work weekends, and make a lot of money. Are they
happy? No. They have no time to form or maintain friendship, no time to enjoy
themselves.
Surely everyone has thought at times, "If only I had a lot of money, I
would be the happiest person in the world." But it is important to remember that
money is only a means to an end, not the end itself.
作文结构分析：
·Introduction
* Money is important
* Is it import ant to have a lot more money?
·With money we can do a lot of things which can't be done without money,
e.g.
·Is money the road to happiness ?
·Money — a means to an end, not the end itself
作文内容分析：
本文是一篇议论文, 全文围绕“Money is not everything, but everything needs
money”展开。作者的论点体现在“Money is only a means to an end, not the end
itself.”最后一句中。本文篇幅较长，但思路并不复杂，例证均邻近生活实际，因此并不难写。这样的议论文适合于六级和考研水平。
单词词组：
shelter n. 住所
medical care 医疗
essentials of life 生活必需品
in proportion to 成正比
get on each other's nerves 大家都很伤脑筋
privacy n. 隐私
performer n. 演员
How can it be that...? ……怎么能行呢?
take advantage of all these attractions 利用这一切可享受的东西
work overtime 加班
a means to an end, not the end itself 达到目的手段而本身并不是目的 |
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发表于 2018-8-4 09:07:24