in the lat decade, the development of market oriented economy ha brought a large number of newly emerging thing into our daily life. yet when it come to one of thee new thing lottery, welfare lottery in particular, ome people believe that it create a good ocial atmophere while other argue that the oppoite i true. there i probably a little bit of truth in both tatement. but in recent year, lottery ha done a lot to upport the view that it doe more good than harm.
on one hand, welfare lottery encourage people to do mall kindne for the welfare of other a well a for the profit of oneelf. when we read the daily newpaper, we are frequently appraied of the "big kindne" performed by well-to-do philanthropit who donate large um of money for the etablihment of chool, librarie, free hopital for the poor, orphanage,and the like. thee, of coure, are laudable act of charity that deerve wide public acclaim. but in my etimation, not all the people have the financial ability to upport thee "big kindne",and thoe many minor act of kindne performed daily in different ituation by public minded citizen who receive no recognition or praie from the ma media are equally commendable.imilarly, welfare lottery provide the majority of people a chance to perform thi kind of mall kindne.
on the other hand, in a large city like hanghai, where the general tendency of the people i "to look out only for one＇ own", the atmophere i cold and mierable for thoe unable to keep up with the rapid pace of competition. by launching a peronal campaign uch a welfare lottery, we can try to remedy the preent ituation and to make our ociety a much better place to live in.[由www.hAozuowEn.com整理]
however, every coin ha two ide.lottery,inevitably,ha ome ide effect. a to the general criticim that it encourage ome people＇ opportunitic attitude and make them unwilling to make a living by finding a job, i believe that the ta ytem in our ociety will keep the neceary balance between the poor and the rich, thu maintain the tability and unity of our country.
recognition of a problem i the firt tep toward it olution. ince we are now generally aware of the advantage and diadvantage of lottery, it eem neceary that we improve thi cheme to meet the public need. if we are to ucceed a a ociety in 21t century, a better ociety atmophere hould be created.
简评
彩票作为最近十几年来出现的新鲜事物，其是是非非引起人们争议。作者开篇明义，指出彩票虽利弊各半，但近年来其用明显超过其弊端。作者认为，福利彩票鼓励人们为他人和自己而做善事。大慈善家有足够的财富做大善事(big kindne)，建学校、图书馆、医院、孤儿院，赢得广泛赞誉。但作者认为那些默默地做好事的普通人同样值得赞扬，福利彩票正是提供了这样一种做好事的机会。此外，作者还举上海为例，认为在上海这样竞争激烈、各顾自己的社会，福利彩票之类活动是对这种状况的矫正。当然，作者也承认事物的两面性，如彩票助长投机心理，使人不愿踏实工作，但认为税收体系可以解决此问题。作者最后引用一句名言“认识到问题是解决问题的第一步”(recognition of a problem i the firt tep toward it olution)，认为当务之急是完善彩票体系，创造一个良好的社会氛围，提出解决问题的途径，结束全文。