英语作文四、六级考试万能作文 19Band4January1995

 

[00:00.00]Can Money Buy Happines

[00:02.64]Can money buy happiness?Various people have various answer

[00:08.62]Some people may say,"Yes."In their eyes,only a rich man can live happil

[00:15.54]For example,a man with plenty of money can buy delicious food,beautiful dress,luxurious houses,expensive cars-anything required for him to live comfortably and enjoyabl

[00:32.00]For this reason,some people believe that money is the source of happines

[00:37.33]But,there are still a lot of others who take a negative attitude towards mone

[00:44.17]They think that money is the root of all evi

[00:48.35]As a proverb goes,"Money makes the mare¹ go

[00:53.00]Money can drive people into stealing,robbing and even murderin

[00:58.25]Many people become criminals just because they were in search of much more mone

[01:05.36]For these persons,money brings them nothing but evil and miser²

[01:11.00]In my view,money,when justly obtained and properly used,can bring us happiness and blessing³

[01:19.36]However,if we try evry possible means,good or evil,to get money for nothing,money means nothing but a source of evi

[01:30.41]So I believe that money is a good servant but a bad master.

1 mare   

n.母马，母驴

参考例句：

• The mare has just thrown a foal in the stable.那匹母马刚刚在马厩里产下了一只小马驹。
• The mare foundered under the heavy load and collapsed in the road.那母马因负载过重而倒在路上。

2 miser   

n.守财奴，吝啬鬼 (adj.miserly)

参考例句：

• The miser doesn't like to part with his money.守财奴舍不得花他的钱。
• The demon of greed ruined the miser's happiness.贪得无厌的恶习毁掉了那个守财奴的幸福。

3 blessing   

n.祈神赐福；祷告；祝福，祝愿

参考例句：

• The blessing was said in Hebrew.祷告用了希伯来语。
• A double blessing has descended upon the house.双喜临门。