英语专业四级作文范文Wealth and happiness

 Wealth and happiness

Wealth has always been what some people long for. It is true that most of them try to acquire wealth by means of honest labor¹. Their efforts contribute to the welfare of society and at the same time to the accumulation of their wealth. This brings them happiness.

There is no doubt that wealth brings happiness especially in modern society, where various kinds of modern conversation, new fashions and entertainments make their appearance with each passing day. These can improve a person’s life he or she has money to buy them.

But wealth does always not go hand in hand with happiness. Wealth may encourage those weak-willed person to be addicted² to some harmful habits such as drug taking or gambling³ and bring about their own ruin. Also a person may lose his reason and go astray if he is passionately⁴ devote to seeking wealth. Therefore, one can never count on wealth to achieve happiness.

1 labor   

n.劳动，努力，工作，劳工；分娩；vi.劳动，努力，苦干；vt.详细分析；麻烦

参考例句：

• We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
• He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。

2 addicted   

adj.沉溺于....的，对...上瘾的

参考例句：

• He was addicted to heroin at the age of 17.他17岁的时候对海洛因上了瘾。
• She's become addicted to love stories.她迷上了爱情小说。

3 gambling   

n.赌博；投机

参考例句：

• They have won a lot of money through gambling.他们赌博赢了很多钱。
• The men have been gambling away all night.那些人赌了整整一夜。

4 passionately   

ad.热烈地，激烈地

参考例句：

• She could hate as passionately as she could love. 她能恨得咬牙切齿，也能爱得一往情深。
• He was passionately addicted to pop music. 他酷爱流行音乐。