篇一：英语作文 金钱可以买来幸福吗？
Can money buy happiness ?
People have various answers to the question . Some people may say , “Yes .” In their eyes , only a rich man can live a happy life . For example , a man with plenty of money can buy delicious food , beautiful dresses , luxurious houses , expensive cars—anything
required for him to live comfortably and enjoyably . For this reason , some people believe that money is the source of happiness .
On the other hand , there are still a lot of others who take anegative attitudetowards money . They think that money is the root of all evil . As a proverb goes , “Money makes the mare go .” Money can drive people into stealing , robbing and even murdering Many people become criminals just because they were in search of much more money . For these people . money brings them nothing but evil and misery .
In my view ， money , when justly obtained and properly used , can bring us happiness and blessings . However , if we try everypossible means , good or evil , to get money for nothing , moneymeans nothing but a source of evil .
Therefore , I believe that money is a good servant but a badmaster .
篇二：关于金钱观的英语作文
Most people enjoy working for several reasons. Their job might be fun, or they like their employer and the other people at work. Most people I know, however, work for the money. I do not know anyone who is loaded, or extremely rich. Most of my friends work to earn enough money to live. They have to make ends meet. They have to earn enough money to pay for the things they need. Some even live from hand to mouth. They only have enough money for the most important things.
大部分人喜欢工作有以下几个原因。他们的工作可能非常有趣，或者他们喜欢老板和其他同事。然而我认识的大部分人工作是为了赚钱。我不认识富有的人(loaded，富有的，)，我的多数朋友工作赚钱养家，他们需要维持收支平衡（make ends meet）。有几个甚至只能糊口（from hand to mouth）。
They struggle to earn enough money to bring home the bacon. It can be difficult to earn enough money for a family to survive. Sometimes, poor people even get caught short. They do not have enough money to pay for what they need.
他们努力赚足够多的钱以养家糊口（to bring home the bacon）。赚取足够维持家庭生计的钱可能会很难。有时，穷人甚至会手头紧缺（caught short），无法支付自己想买的东西。
Or they have to spend or lay out more money than they want for something. When this happens, poor people have to tighten their belts and live on less money than usual. I hate when I have to live on less money. It takes me longer to get back on my feet, or return to good financial health.
或者，他们必须为某些东西花费（lay out ）超过他们预计的钱。这时，穷人只得勒紧腰带（tighten their belts）生活。我讨厌有时手头拮据，这使我花费更多时间东山再起（back on my feet），重回良好的财务状况。
However, other people are on the gravy train. They get paid more money than their job is worth. These people make a bundle. They really rake in the cash. In fact, they make so much money that they can live high off the hog. They own the best of everything and live in great ease. Sometimes they pay an arm and a leg for something.
然而，有些人工作清闲却薪水很高（gravy train）。这些人大赚一笔（make a bundle），他们真的发
财了（rake in the cash）。事实上，他们赚了这么多钱可以生活优越（live high off the hog）。有时候他们大笔花钱（pay an arm and a leg for something）。
Because money is no object to wealthy people, they will pay high prices for whatever they want. Sometimes, they even pay through the nose. They pay too much for things.
因为对富人而言，钱不是问题（money is no object）。他们愿意为了自己的需要花钱。有时，他们甚至花高价（pay through the nose）。
I am not rich. I did not make a killing in the stock market when my stocks increased in value. Yet, I am not poor either. When I go out with friends, I do not want to shell out or pay a lot of money. Often, my friends and I will chip in or pay jointly for a fun night out. When we go to restaurants the meal is Dutch treat. Each person pays his or her own share.
我不富有。我并没有在我的股票升值时在股市大赚一笔（make a killing）。然而，我也并不穷。当我和朋友出去时，我不愿意花大钱（shell out）。通常，我们凑份子（chip in）出去乐一个晚上。当我们出去吃饭通常AA制，每个人付自己的那部分。
Once, the owner of a restaurant gave us a dinner on the house. We did not have to pay for our meals. However, I admit that we had to grease someone's palm. We had to pay money to the employee who led us to our table. The money was for a special request. Yes, it was a buy off. The employee put us at the top of the list for a table instead of making us wait like everyone else. We had a great time that night and the meal did not set me back at all.I did not have to pay anything.
有一次，餐馆老板免费（on the house）给我们提供了一顿晚餐。然而，我承认我们需要收买某人（grease someone's palm）。我们必须付钱给领座的服务员。这位服务员将我们放到了排队的首位，这样我们就不用像别人那样等座了。这个晚上非常愉快。这顿饭也没花我一分钱（set me back）。
Because of that experience, I will always remember that nice things still happen in a world that is driven by money. But, that is just my two cents worth. It is just my opinion.
由于这次经验，我会永远记得，这世上还有馅饼，不过需要用钱推动。但这只是我个人的意见（two cents worth）。
Many people believe that money makes the world go around. Others believe that money buys happiness. I do not agree with either idea. But I do admit that money can make people do strange things. Let me tell you about a person I once knew who liked to play card games for money. He liked to gamble.
很多人认为，金钱让世界围着你转。也有人认为金钱可以买到幸福。我不同意这任意一种说法。但我承认，金钱可以让人做出千奇百怪的事情。让我告诉你一个我曾认识的喜欢玩纸牌赌钱的人，他喜欢赌博。 My friend Bob had a problem because he liked to gamble at all costs. He would play at any time and at any price. To take part in a card game such as poker, my friend would have to ante up. He would have to pay a small amount of money at the beginning of the game. 我朋友鲍勃有个毛病，他喜欢赌博乃至不惜代价（at all costs）。无论什么时间，什么价码他都会赌。参加纸牌赌博时，鲍勃需要先押注（ante up）。即在每局纸牌开始时押上点钱。
Bob always played with cold, hard cash -- onlycoins and dollar bills. Sometimes my friend would clean up. He would win a lot of money on one card game. He liked to tell me that one day he would break the bank. What a feeling it must be to win all of the money at a gambling table!
鲍勃通常使用现金（cold, hard cash）赌博。有时他会赢钱（clean up）。他喜欢告诉我，有一天他会赢得比庄家还要多的钱（break the bank），也就是说，他会赢得赌桌上所有钱。
Other times my friend would simply break even. He neither won nor lost money. But
sometimes Bob would lose his shirt. He would lose all the money he had. He took a beating at the gambling table. When this happened, my friend would have to go in the hole. He would go into debt and owe people money.
有时候，鲍勃不赢不输（break even）。但有时候，他会输个精光（lose his shirt），他在赌桌上损失惨重（took a beating）。这时，他就会陷入财政困难（in the hole），背上债务。
Recently, Bob turned to crime after losing all his money. In his job, he kept the books for a small business. He supervised the records of money earned and spent by the company. Although my friend was usually honest, he decided to cook the books. He illegally changed the financial records of the company. This permitted him to make a fast buck. My friend made
some quick, easy money dishonestly.
不久前，鲍勃在输光钱后走上了犯罪道路。他的工作是为一家小公司管账（ kept the books）。虽然鲍勃一向诚实，他仍决定做假账（cook the books），这能让他赚点快钱（fast buck）。
I never thought Bob would have sticky fingers. He did not seem like a thief who would steal money. But, some people will do anything for love of money.
我从没想过鲍勃会手脚不干净（have sticky fingers）。他看起来不像个窃贼。但有些人为了钱会不惜一切。
Bob used the money he stole from his company to gamble again. This time, he cashed in. He made a lot of money. Quickly he was back on his feet. He had returned to good financial health. His company, however, ended up in the red. It lost more money than it earned. The company was no longer profitable.
鲍勃用他从公司偷来的钱又去赌。这一次，他赢钱了（cashed in）。他很快东山再起（back on his feet）。然而，他公司最终出现亏损（in the red）。
It did not take long before my friend's dishonesty was discovered. The company investigated and charged him with stealing. Bob tried to pass the buck. He tried to blame someone else for the deficit. His lie did not work, however. He ended up in jail. Today, I would bet my bottom dollar that my friend will never gamble again. I would bet all I have that he learned his lesson about gambling.
没多久，鲍勃的欺骗行为被发现。公司经过调查指控他盗窃。他试图推卸责任（pass the buck）。然而他的谎言不再生效，他最终进了监狱。今天，我愿意倾囊下注（bet my bottom dollar ）鲍勃不会再赌了。
There are many special terms in the world of business.
商界有许多专门术语。
The following story is about a sweetheart deal which I made last week. I made the deal with a friend, and we both made a profit.
接下来的故事是关于我上周和朋友做的一笔私下交易，我们俩都赚了一笔。
sweetheart deal :私下交易。
I had started a small company several years ago. I worked hard to make it successful. It was a sign-making business. It was a small company, not a blue chip company. It was not known nationally for the quality of its signs. It did not make millions of dollars in profits. And it was private. It was not a public company with shares traded on the stock market.
几年前我开设了一家小公司。我努力经营谋求成功。这是一家广告牌制作公司。它是一家小公司并非什么蓝筹大企业。
blue chip company:蓝筹股企业
Still, I worked hard building up my business. I did not work only a few hours each day -- no banker's hours for me. Instead I spent many hours each day, seven days a week, trying to grow the company. I never cut corners or tried to save on expenses. I made many cold calls. I called on possible buyers from a list of people I had never seen. Such calls were often hard sells. I had to be very firm.
不过，我努力壮大业务。我的工作并不轻松，一周7天都在努力壮大公司。我在经费方面从不刻意节省。每天都打很多推销电话进行硬性推销。
banker's hours:Banker是银行家。三十多年前银行开门营业的短，从早上十点到下午两、三点就结束了，银行家的上班每天四、五个小时，于是人们就开始流行用banker's hours说法来特指安逸舒适的工作了。
cut corners: 节省开支；cold calls: 推销电话；hard sells: 强行推销,硬性推销。
Sometimes I sold my signs at a loss. I did not make money on my product. When this happened, there were cut backs. I had to use fewer supplies and reduce the number of workers. But after several years, the company broke even. Profits were equal to expenses. And soon after, I began to gain ground. My signs were selling very quickly. They were selling like hotcakes.
篇三：外语作文Money and happiness
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Money and happiness
1.Money is undoubtedly important without which life is impossible. To some extent, money can bring us basic happiness like eating, drinking, and travelling. Everybody needs to work for money to support themselves, and if they can get more money by working hard, they make themselves happy in a way. But money is definitely not everything. In my
opinion, money is something that we use to make our lives better. We make money to live a better life, but in no way do we live just for money. If your only goal in life is to make money, I'm sure you are actually not living a happy life though you might be seemingly contented with everything, that's not real happiness I believe for sure. So just work hard for the money you want for your life, but don't ever let money dominate your life.
2. Many people get sucked into the belief that having more money is the key to their happiness. Others money can buy happiness by having the latest gadgets, the biggest house, etc. But I think people can be happy by : ①Creating rituals around the things we love to do； ② Expressing gratitude for the good things in our lives； ③ Setting
meaningful goals that reflect our va
relationships, about good health, and about continued self-improvement. True wealth is about happiness. Ultimately, it’s more important to be happy than it is to be rich. 3. Can money buy happiness? Various people have various answers. Some people think that money is the source of happiness. With money, one can buy whatever he enjoys. With money, one can do whatever he likes. So, in their minds, money can bring comfort, security, and so on. Money, as they think, is the source of happiness.
But there are still a lot of others who think that money is the root of all evil. Money drives people to steal, to rob, and to break the law. A lot of people became criminals just because they were in search of money. And in the Western countries, there is nothing that can’t be bought by money. Many people lose their own lives when hunting it.
I think that money is essential to life and we cannot do without money. But even
though money is necessary to life, it can’t buy happiness. Happiness is not something that can be measured by money. It is a state of mind. One can have plenty of money, with
which he can buy whatever he wants, and at the same time he is not happy because he is never satisfied or he is troubled by various kinds of problems. Therefore, although money is necessary for a happy life, it can’t buy happiness.
4. Nobody says "No" to money! It's affirmative that everyone wants to earn money so as to maintain his/her livelihood. So to speak,one can not survive without money.For this reason,there's a critical proverb,saying:"Money doesn't mean anything but without which we can do nothing". In a word,it seems that money is more desirable than anything else.
Generally,there are two perspectives upon money.One takes money as the source of happiness,while the other considers it is the root of all evil.
However,personally speaking,what will money be depends on its owners.On one hand, one maybe satisfy himself/herself after donating his/her money to charity which makes money the source of happiness;On the other hand,if one's enormous greediness on money never ends,or he/she takes money more serious than his life,in this case,money will be the undoubted root of all evil.
Hereby,we youngsters should form positive habits of spending money to benifit from it and avoid its negative impacts!
5．if you have no money, it is a shame;
If you have no feeling, it is incurable;
Remember, my friends,
Money can not solve every problem;
Feeling can not break reality;
The most important thing is:
Put them in the right position!
6. Isn’t money the evil source or does money make the mare to go?（金钱不是万恶之源？还是有钱能使鬼推磨？）
Money and happiness , in anyplace at any time to anybody , the two always have countless ties .（金钱和幸福，在任何地方任何时间对于任何人而言，两者总是有千丝万缕的关系）Money can not only satisfy one’s material necessities but also can meet one’s spiritual needs sometimes .（金钱不但能满足一个人的物质需求，有时候还会满足他的精神需要）That is so-called money can support happiness .（那就是所谓的金钱支撑幸福）But money also can bury your head in the sand and bring
misfortune to you at times .（但是有时候金钱也会让你看不到即临险境给你带来不幸） We have to admit the truth that money can buy lots of things even health .我们要承认金钱可以买到很多东西甚至健康这样的事实In nowadays ,a poor family shall have to live a hard life .在当今，贫困的家庭必将过着艰难的生活The poor people even can't afford to children’s schooling ,no mention to the house in big city and other luxurious consumables. .穷人甚至负担不了子女的教育费用，更别提在繁华都市有栋房子，或者其它奢侈的消费品It is common that lots of serious diseased people have no enough money to go to hospital for a treatment , if they wouldn’t get social aid ,the only way leaving to them is waiting for the death .重病的穷人没钱去医院治疗是很普遍的，如果后来他们也得不到社会的援助，留给他们的唯一的路就是面临死亡If you have no money ,you can’t live the life you want , you can’t buy the
things you like .如果没有钱，你就不能过你想要的生活，不能买你喜欢的东西If because of moneyless you have to haggle over every ounce for every little thing all days , how could you be a happy person ?如果因为清贫，你整天要为鸡毛蒜皮的小事斤斤计较，你还怎么能是幸福的人呢？In all ages ,从古至今people have been pursued nice life and worked hard for earning more money to improve life quality . 人们都在追求美好的生活，都在努力工作以此赚更多的钱去改善生活质量It’s human being
instinct , 这是人的本能吧so this kind of behavior is right and natural .所以这种行为是无可厚非的But we can’t plunge ourselves into the trap that money is omnipotent .但是我们不能让自己掉进信赖金钱万能的陷阱里面
In someone’s eyes ,money can buy everything ,有些人看来，金钱能够换取一切Its charm and function has exceeded its true value and the meaning of existence . 金钱的魅力和作用已经超过了它真实的价值和它存在的意义
People drove by this thought incline to make money by any kind of means ,被这种想法驱使的人就会为了钱财不择手段so lots of them will make themselves walk up to the criminal road . 所以他们也很容易走上犯罪的道路
Money can satisfy the basal needs or make your more immaterial needs come true , but it isn’t means that money can buy happiness .金钱可以满足你的基本生活需求或者也能满足更多的非物质需求Maybe you will fell more happy if you have much money ,but in fact ,the ratio of money and happiness is not an absolute direct ratio .也许拥有许多钱会让你感到更加幸福，但是事实上，金钱和幸福之间没有绝对的正比关系呵The number of money don’t represent the degree of happiness .金钱的数量并不代表幸福的程度Because you could earn money by hardworking 、struggling or effort work ,but you can’t get happiness only through money .因为你可以通过努力，上进，勤奋去挣更多的钱，但是你不能只用金钱就可以得到幸福
Happiness is a kind of felling .幸福是一种感觉when you help others you will feel happy .Just like Jesus had said“It is more blessed to give ……”当你帮助别人，你会感到快乐，就像耶稣说过的一样：施比受更有福Some rich people are also
charitarians , they could make themselves more happy basing on sponsoring welfare .一些富裕的人也是慈善家，赞助福利事业会让他们更快乐 SO The
psychologists advise the ones who often find themselves suffering to help those worse lucky people that could reduce pain . 所以心理学家建议那些总是自感痛苦的人去帮助那些更加不幸的人，那样会减轻自感痛苦者的痛苦感觉If you work hard and contribute to the society, you will be respected by people, don’t you feel
unhappy? 如果你努力的工作给社会作贡献，你就会受人尊敬，那你又怎么会不幸福呢 Sometimes happiness comes from a little case .有时候幸福只是来源于一件小小的事情If you often admire others unfeignedly , you will obtain others’ appreciation at the same time ,you will enjoy yourself all your time . 如果你经常由衷地欣赏别人，你同时也就会获得别人的赞美，那么你一生都会其乐无穷You will be happy as long
as you full you life with value. 只要你活的是有价值那么你就会幸福The people who try his best to create happiness for human being will get the return from all he has done .努力给别人创造快乐的人肯定会因他的所为而得到回报的
The value of happiness can’t be weighed by money.幸福的价值是金钱不能衡量的 So happiness is not a certain kind of material criterion, 幸福并不是某种物质标准it is not rest with money but depend on yourself .它不依赖于金钱而是在于你自己If you feel happy, that it is happy, no absolute relation to money. 如果你感到快来，那就是幸福，和金钱没有绝对的联系
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