英语演讲稿：wealth.doc

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英语演讲稿：wealth

hewordwealthalwaysremindspeopleofmoneyandthesayingsorconceptsrelatedtomoney.Forexle,“moneytalks”;“moneymakestheghoststurnthemill”;“asbirdsdieforfood,somendieforwealth”;“thepoorhavenofriendseventhoughtheyliveinthenoisydowntown,whiletherichhaveremotekinsfolkeveniftheyliveinthedeepmountains”;“povertychillsambition”“onecentshortmayputaheroinanawkwardsituation”etc,etc..
Inthe1980’s,allshopswerestate-ownedwithmarkedprices.Youcouldn’tbuywhatyouwantedwithevenonecentshort,soonecentcouldindeedembarrassahero.Apopularsongatthattimestarted“Ipickeduponecentattheroadside,andIhandeditovertothepoliceman”Butnownoonecarestopickitupevenifitweretencents.
People’sreverenceformoneyisexpressedinvariedways.Thenamesofpaniesorstoresareoften“BeerofWealthandHonor”,“RestaurantofWealthandRank”“StoreoftheAristocrats”“HotelofFameandPrestige”etc..AtNewYear’stime,thegodofwealthisworshipedandthepictureofthegodiscoveredwithsignsofmoney.Whenamillionaireiswalkinginthestreet,peoplewillshowtheirprofoundrespecteventhoughtheyknowverywellthattheycannotgetacentfromhim.TheEnglishfilm“theMillion-PoundNote”makesamostvividrevelationofthissituation.Withthemillionpoundnoteinhand,theherohastheprivilegetobuyoncredit,oronloanandisevenpresentedmoneyfromothers.It’sanidealizedendofthestorythattheheroisstilllovedbyhisgirlfriendevenafterhelosthismillion-poundnote.However,withoutthemillion-poundnote,theycouldn’thaveknowneachother.It’sverydifficultforpeopletomakefriendsdirectlywithbeggars.
Thesongof“AllGoodThingsMustEnd”inADreamoftheRedMansionsattacksthemoneyworshipersbysaying:
“Allmenlongtobeimmortals
yetsilverandgoldtheyprize
Andgrubformoneyalltheirlives
Tilldeathsealsuptheireyes”
ButwhenChenShih-yintriestoexpoundthissongbyanalyzingtheinconstancyofhumanrelationshipsandtheinprehensiblehumanheart,hehastosay:
“Whilemenwithgoldandsilverbythechest
Turnbeggars,scornedbyallanddispossessed”
Theconclusionisthatitdoesn’tworkwithoutmoney.