您正在看的英语演讲是:英语演讲稿 - 财富Wealth。 d, including bread, milk, flowers, and even his beloved daughter. He couldn't eat gold, of course, nor could he lose his daughter. In the end, he repented his sin, pleaded God to take the Gold Touch back and went back to his former happy life again. This story is a little exaggerated, but at the same time it told us vividly that wealth and happiness are not synonym. What's more, no matter how much money you have, you can't spend it all.

　　Wealth itself is neutral, but it acquires a double-attribute because of the difference of its owner. Kind people use it for charities, while wicked people may use it to make guns and cannons for killing. Therefore wealth can be the origin of both good and evil.

　　God(if he really exists), can you make the kind richer and the evil live in poverty?

　　Wealth always reminds people of money, land, houses, and cars, etc. which are all material. In fact, wealth has two aspects: material and spiritual. People pay more attention to material wealth, which is tangible and also limited. For example, a cake can be quickly eaten up, and a big sum of money can be spent. However, spiritual wealth is different, since it is intangible and unlimited. For example, a kind of philosophy, concept, spirit, a plan, a strategy, or a innovation is hard to estimate its value. Chairman's Mao's thought had aroused millions of people, and with an overwhelming and irresistible momentum, his strategy of “encircle the city from the country” defeated first the Japanese invaders and then Jiang Kai-shek's army of eight million. Deng Xiaoping's principle of “reform and opening up” led China out of the trap of poverty. The current financial policy and the general plan of “” have kept the Chinese currency RMB from devaluating during the Asian economic crisis and kept our national economy at a 7% growth rate in the unstable macro environment of world-wide economic crisis.

　　An enterprise can grow bigger and bigger like a snowball, but in the meantime, it can go bankrupt instantly like a deflated balloon, all depending on whether the operating strategy and specific measures are appropriate. Just as the old saying goes: As long as the line is right, the future is bright. Long-term development doesn't depend on good luck. Therefore we believe that spiritually rich is really rich, and spiritual wealth is the biggest wealth. Judging a man, we should see whether he has the wisdom while judging an enterprise, we should see whether its strategies and measures are in accordance with the historical trends. Never trust beautiful illusions like the moon in the water and flowers reflected in a mirror that will not last long. We don't advocate beggarism, so we are not afraid of wealth, but uphold wealth. However, we should acquire wealth in a proper way, and think more about the future. We should not forsake good for the sake of gold, nor should we benefit ourselves at the eXPenses of others. What we should do is to enjoy our own share at the common wealth of the human beings. Wealth is not absolute. A great man may as rich as owning the whole world, at the same time, he may also as poor as penniless. Therefore, as long as we are not spiritually poor, it is all right even if we are not rich man for the whole life.

　　Being poor is not because someone is penniless, but mainly because of the lonely misery in his inner world. They are green-eyed, because they are never satisfied with what they have, but are always jealous of people who are successful or who earn higher salaries. They never look at other people's devotions and contributions, but with their habit of jealousy they always feel poor and uncomfortable. It is more difficult to solve internal poverty. Suppose we can look back at the past with the concept of wealth, how can we stay poor? We may well say that wealth lies in your heart and we should know how to treasure it.

　　Translated by Zhang Baodan

　　June 20, 2004

　　中文

　　一说到财富，人们就会想到金钱，又会想到与钱有关的许多说法和观念。比如：钱能通神。有钱能使鬼推磨。人为财死，鸟为食亡。穷在闹市无人问，富在深山有远亲。人穷志短，马瘦毛长。一分钱难倒英雄汉，等等。

　　八十年代前，都是国营商店，明码标价，差一分真不卖给你，一分钱也确能难倒个英雄汉。那时有支应运而生的歌曲是：我在马路边，拣到一分钱，交到警察叔叔手里边……。到了现在，一毛钱在地上，经常没有人再留意了。

　　人们对钱的恭维，表现在许多方面。给公司或商店起名子，经常是：豪门啤酒，富豪酒家，贵族商店，名门饭店等(个人连名字也是金满，万财之类)。过年了，要请财神，画上印满了金元宝。遇到百万富翁过市，明知并不会给自己一分钱，仍会恭恭敬敬地迎送和瞻仰。英国电影《百万英镑》，揭露的淋漓尽致，百万英镑在手，允许赊欠，可以借贷，甚至会送给你钱物。虽然片尾主人公失去百万英镑仍能和女友相好，但如果没有这个百万英镑，他们还是不能结识的。人们很难直接去结交一个叫花子。

　　《红楼梦》在好了歌里虽然抨击了拜金主义者，说到：“世人都晓神仙好，只有金银忘不了。终朝只恨聚无多，待到多时眼闭了。”但在甄士隐的注释里谈到世态炎凉，人心冷暖，又不得不说：“金满箱，银满箱，转眼乞丐人皆谤。”结论是：没钱还是不行。

　　人类积几千年的文明，都不