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大家能帮我找关于以下几个主题中任何一个的英文作文吗，谢谢啦~~1Dreamingadream()（做了一个梦）

2Money-therootofallevil(钱-万恶之源)

3opportunityknocksonlyonce（机会只有一次）

篇幅可长可短，最好长一点，适合演讲的。

解析:

Ismoneytherootofallevil?

Itisamonsayingthat“moneyistherootofallevil.”AccordingtotheRandomHouseDictionaryofProverbsandSayings,thephrasefirstappearedinEnglishcirca1000A.D.ThesayingoriginatedintheNewTestament.“Fortheloveofmoneyistherootofallevil.”Timothy,6:10.

It’sobviouslyoneofthosesayingsthathasasgreatdealofstayingpower,havingbeenaroundforothousandyearsandstillgoingstrong.Buthowfairisittoblameallevil,orevenanyevil,onamediumofexchange?

Ithinkitwouldbeamuchmoreaccuratestatementtosaythattherootofmostevilisman’sdesireforstatus;eithergreedtoincreaseone’sstatus,orjealousyoverlosinginthestatusgametoothers.Moneyisthemostobviousmeasureofone’sstatus,soit’seasytoconfusetheo,buttheyarecertainlynotthesamethingatall.Moneyisjustonewayofkeepingscore.Blamingmoneyforevilislikeblamingthescoreboardforthebaseballgame.

It’seasytopointtomanyevilsmittedforthesakeofstatusinwhichmoneywasn’tinvolvedatall.Forexample,figureskaterTonyaHardingconspiredtohaveNancyKerriganassaultedsoshewouldn’tbeabletopeteintheOlympics.Nowit’struethatthereissomemoneyinvolvedinwinninganOlympicmedal,butOlympicathletesaremostlymotivatedsimplybythedesiretobethechamp,andthatstatusthatbringsthemintheirownworldofathletics.

Thenthere’sthestoryofO.J.Simpson,whokilledhisex-wifeandthemanhethoughtwasherboyfriend.O.J.wasmotivatedbyjealousyoverthefactthatsomeothermanwasmoresuccessfulwithhisex-wifethanhewas.Jealousyoverwomenisaverymoncauseofevil.Ithasnothingtodowithmoney,buteverythingtodowithstatusandbeingjealousofanotherman’sgreatersuccesswithaparticularwoman.

OneshouldneverexpecttheBibletobeconsistent,andsureenough,itisn’twhenitestoevil.OneoftheveryfirstactsofevilmittedintheBiblehasnothingtodowithmoney.IntheBookofGenesis,CainkillshisbrotherAbelbecauseheisjealousthatAbel’sofferingtoGodwasbetterreceivedthanhisown.HeisjealousthatAbelhasachievedhigherstatusthanhim.

Idealistswonderwhywecan’tliveinaworldwhereeveryoneisequal,andthereforewherethereisnogreedorjealousyresultingfromstatusdifferences.Unfortunately,theyoverlookthefactthatourdesiretohavehigherstatusthanothersispartofourhumannature,andnothingcanchangeit.Thegoalofmuni***wasthataneconomicsystemwouldbecreatedwherenoonewouldberichorpoor,whereeveryonewouldhaveequalwealth.Theproblemisthatsuchasystemisimpossible.Man’sdesiretoriseaheadofothersistoostrong,andmoneyisnottheonlythingthatmanpetesover.Andbecauseallmenarenotequalinabilityandothercharacteristics,nomatterwhattheplayingfieldis,somewillriseaheadandotherswillfallbehind,andthosewhoarebehindwillfeelintensejealousy,evenifthepetitionisaboutsomethingotherthanmoney.

Onemightevensaythatmuni***itselfisagreatevil,andtherootofmuni***isjealousyonthepartofitsadherentsthatothershavemoremoneythantheydo.

Desireformoney,orgreedformoneyifyouprefertousestrongerlanguage(reminiscentofascenefromthemovieWallStreet),isagoodthingwhenpeopleplaybytherules,andwhentheirdesireformoneyandstatusresultsinbetterwaysofdoingbusinessandininventionsthathelppeopleandthatmaketheworldabetterplace.Desireformoneyandstatusisonlybadwhenpeopledobadthingsinordertoobtainwhattheydesire.Andeventhen,it’snot“greed”that’sreallybad,butthepersonwho’sdoingthebadthingswho’sbad.

Thegoalofajustgovernmentshouldnotbetopunishpeopleforbeingsuccessfulinobtainingmoney,buttocreaterulestoensurethatpetitionformoneyresultsingoodforsociety.