彩票(Lottery)

In the last decades, the development of market oriented economy has brought a large number of newly emerging things into our daily life. Yet when it comes to one of these new things lottery, welfare lottery in particular, some people believe that it creates a good social atmosphere while others argue that the opposite is true. There is probably a little bit of truth in both statements. But in recent years, lottery has done a lot to support the view that it does more good than harm.

On one hand, welfare lottery encourages people to do small kindness for the welfare of others as well as for the profit of oneself. When we read the daily newspapers, we are frequently appraised of the "Big Kindness" performed by well-to-do philanthropists who donate large sums of money for the establishment of schools, libraries, free hospitals for the poor, orphanages,and the like. These, of course, are laudable acts of charity that deserve wide public acclaim. But in my estimation, not all the people have the financial ability to support these "Big Kindness",and those many minor acts of kindness performed daily in different situations by public minded citizens who receive no recognition or praise from the mass media are equally commendable.Similarly, welfare lottery provide the majority of people a chance to perform this kind of small kindness.

On the other hand, in a large city like Shanghai, where the general tendency of the people is "to look out only for one's own", the atmosphere is cold and miserable for those unable to keep up with the rapid pace of competitions. By launching a personal campaign such as welfare lottery, we can try to remedy the present situation and to make our society a much better place to live in.

However, every coin has two sides. Lottery, inevitably,has some side effects. As to the general CRIticism that it encourages some people's opportunistic attitudes and makes them unwilling to make a living by finding a job, I believe that the tax system in our society will keep the necessary balance between the poor and the rich, thus maintains the stability and unity of our country.

Recognition of a problem is the first step toward its solution. Since we are now generally aware of the advantages and disadvantages of lottery, it seems necessary that we improve this scheme to meet the public needs. If we are to succeed as a society in 21st century, a better society atmosphere should be created.

簡(jiǎn) 評(píng)

彩票作為最近十幾年來出現(xiàn)的新鮮事物，其是是非非引起人們爭(zhēng)議。作者開篇明義，指出彩票雖利弊各半，但近年來其用明顯超過其弊端。作者認(rèn)為，福利彩票鼓勵(lì)人們?yōu)樗撕妥约憾錾剖隆４蟠壬萍矣凶銐虻呢?cái)富做大善事(big kindness)，建學(xué)校、圖書館、醫(yī)院、孤兒院，贏得廣泛贊譽(yù)。但作者認(rèn)為那些默默地做好事的普通人同樣值得贊揚(yáng)，福利彩票正是提供了這樣一種做好事的機(jī)會(huì)。此外，作者還舉上海為例，認(rèn)為在上海這樣競(jìng)爭(zhēng)激烈、各顧自己的社會(huì)，福利彩票之類活動(dòng)是對(duì)這種狀況的矯正。當(dāng)然，作者也承認(rèn)事物的兩面性，如彩票助長投機(jī)心理，使人不愿踏實(shí)工作，但認(rèn)為稅收體系可以解決此問題。作者最后引用一句名言“認(rèn)識(shí)到問題是解決問題的第一步”(Recognition of a problem is the first step toward its solution)，認(rèn)為當(dāng)務(wù)之急是完善彩票體系，創(chuàng)造一個(gè)良好的社會(huì)氛圍，提出解決問題的途徑，結(jié)束全文。

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