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1、关于财富Wealth的英语演讲稿 财富Wealththewordwealthalwaysremindspeopleofmoneyandthesayingsorconceptsrelatedtomoney.forexample,“moneytalks”;“moneymakestheghoststurnthemill”;“asbirdsdieforfood,somendieforwealth”;“thepoorhavenofriendseventhoughtheyliveinthenoisydowntown,whileth
2、erichhaveremotekinsfolkeveniftheyliveinthedeepmountains”;“povertychillsambition”“onecentshortmayputaheroinanawkwardsituation”etc,etc.. inthe1980's,allshopswerestate-ownedwithmarkedprices.youcouldn'tbuywhatyouwantedwithevenonecentshort,soonecentcouldindeedembarra
3、ssahero.apopularsongatthattimestarted“ipickeduponecentattheroadside,andihandeditovertothepoliceman…”butnownoonecarestopickitupevenifitweretencents. people'sreverenceformoneyisexpressedinvariedways.thenamesofcompaniesorstoresareoften“beerofwealthandhonor”,“restau
4、rantofwealthandrank”“storeofthearistocrats”“hoteloffameandprestige”etc.(evensomepeople'snameshavethemeaningsof“fullofgold”or“greatfortune”).atnewyear'stime,thegodofwealthisworshipedandthepictureofthegodiscoveredwithsignsofmoney.whenamillionaireiswalkinginthestree
5、t,peoplewillshowtheirprofoundrespecteventhoughtheyknowverywellthattheycannotgetacentfromhim.theenglishfilm“themillion-poundnote”makesamostvividrevelationofthissituation.withthemillionpoundnoteinhand,theherohastheprivilegetobuyoncredit,oronloanandisevenpresentedmo
6、neyfromothers.it'sanidealizedendofthestorythattheheroisstilllovedbyhisgirlfriendevenafterhelosthismillion-poundnote.however,withoutthemillion-poundnote,theycouldn'thaveknowneachother.it'sverydifficultforpeopletomakefriendsdirectlywithbeggars. thesongof“allgoodth
7、ingsmustend”inadreamoftheredmansionsattacksthemoneyworshipersbysaying: “allmenlongtobeimmortals yetsilverandgoldtheyprize andgrubformoneyalltheirlives tilldeathsealsuptheireyes” butwhenchenshih-yintriestoexpoundthissongbyanalyzingtheinconstancyofhumanrelatio
8、nshipsandtheincomprehensiblehumanheart,hehastosay: “whilemenwithgoldandsilverbythechest turnbeggars,scornedbyallanddispossessed” theconclusionisthatitdoesn'