moneyworship张何王

Like the plot above, people are curious of such a rich man and tried every means to cozy up to him, from free food， free clothes to free accommodation. At the same time, his social status was becoming higher and higher and finally higher than most dukes. Apart from that, he later got a beautiful wife and 200,000 pounds of bank interest. people’s ridiculous actions before one million pounds, vivid, funny, ironic and humorous, which forms a Caricature.
Money may be important to us, but not the most important. We need to build up the correct sense of money. Another point I want to emphasize is honesty. From the plot, we can see that there were so many people the brothers could choose, so why just Herry? I think it was because he was honest. When he got the note, what he did wasn’t use it right now but return it to the brothers. Without a kind and honest heart, Herry couldn’t have been such a successful man
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• 三、把金钱作为衡量人生价值的尺度。认为准有 钱谁就有价值住的钱越多谁的价值就越大。恩格 斯曾经指出：在资本主义社会,：“ 金钱确定人的 价值。这个人值一万英镑, 就是说他拥有这一笔钱 。谁有钱, 谁就值得尊敬，就属于上等人, 就有势 力”。
拜金主义产生的根源
• 拜金主义的蔓延，既有思想根源，也有社会历史根源。 • 拜金主义拜金主义的产生，与中国的封建文化的长期影响有 关。总体来看，中国传统文化的主流是鄙视利益、耻于金钱 的。在义与利的取舍上，总是以义为先，崇尚舍生取义、杀 身成仁。但是，中国传统文化还有另外一面，有的人赤裸裸 地宣扬利己主义、享乐主义，如春秋时期的杨朱，就公开宣 扬“拔一毛而利天下，不为也”。 • 民间也有“人为财死， 鸟为食亡”，“人不为己、天诛地 灭”，“有钱能使鬼推磨”之说。这些思想观念在封建社会 的实际生活中一直为统治阶级所信奉。必须看到，这些腐朽 、没落、消极的思想观念在新中国建立后并没有完全消失， 随着改革开放和市场经济的发展，它们又沉渣泛起，为一些 人所奉行。
Dramatically, the plot went just out of my expectation. Herry went to a restaurant to have dinner first. The manager was mean to him at the beginning but his attitude changed quickly when Herry took out the note and asked for change. Faced with a millionaire, the manager apologized again and again and obsequiously told Herry that he didn’t need to pay for the bill right now. So Herry managed to have a free dinner. Then similarly, Herry went to a clothing shop and got a suit of clothes costing him nothing.
There are various of tempertation alluring us in our life, Only by keeping honesty and consciousness inside can we manage to resist them. To sum up, this story is a really good work of Mark Twain. The lesson I’ve learnt from it makes me want to be an honest man sincerely and lets me not to worship money too much. I begin to regret not reading it earlier

• 拜金主义在封建社会就已经产生，但它真正成为盛行的观 念却是在资本主义产生之后。资本主义和拜金主义恰如一 对孪生姐妹，或者说，拜金主义是附着在资本主义身上、 去除不掉的毒瘤。资本主义之所以会盛行拜金主义，就在 于资产阶级的本性(实际也就是资本的本性)就是无休止地 聚敛财富，追求资本的增值；就在于金钱作为财富的化身 ，在资本主义社会能够左右一切。
• 当代拜金主义
• 人们生活水平的提高，大家兜里的钱也多了自然是好事， 但钱多怎么花可是大学问，对占人口绝大多数的工农大众 来说，从国民经济大局来看，勤俭节约是我们国家的优良 传统、传家宝，依然是我们以经济建设为中心的特色社会 主义最动听的旋律。 一些人以能在牌桌上打50-100元的 大牌为荣；以天天能上豪华餐厅为兴；特别有些靠矿产资 源暴富的人，以花钱大手大脚寻找快感，用钱包养大学生 等恶劣败坏社会风气的现象比比皆是。 • 像这类事所投下的阴影在平民百姓中也日益蔓延：豪华吃 不尽高档宴席；婚丧嫁娶走不完的人流车队；1万多的皮 包买者如云，25元一碗的过桥米线餐厅竟高朋满座，1314 元（含义：一生一世） “粉色情人节” 最低消费，消费 者还需要提前三天订位。可以说，拜金主义、享乐主义正 越来越大胆地牵动人们的衣襟。在许多人眼里，斗富、显 阔、纵欲被称为“潇洒人生”、“过把隐就死”；把大款 、大腕当作崇拜的偶像；金钱、别墅、宠物被看成辉煌人 生的象征。
最近互联网上出现了所谓的拜金族。拜金在涌般上 联网从富二代刘云超怀着600万存款，带着男人想征 服女人的野心，指名心仪的女生就是11号的马诺；再 到穷人庄怡靠着850的工资，誓言自己愿意用一生为 马诺买宝马车的梦想；最后到骆磊自己“替天行道” 要铲除马诺。 一个因为一句“比较喜欢做在宝马里哭泣”而成为 拜金代言人的马诺成为了人们热议的话题，有人说她 只不过是千千万万个现实女子的缩影，我们不紧要问 拜金是否已经成为当今社会人们的潜意识呢？中国现 在走在社会主义的道路上，实行的是市场经济。那我 们又是否应该反对拜金主义呢？
• 应当说，西方的一些有识之士早就认识到拜金主义的危害 ，并展开了对它的批判，但是拜金主义并没有被清除，也 不可能被清除。改革开放后，随着国门的打开，在引进资 金、技术和优秀文化成果的同时，这些腐朽思想也传了进 来。从社会历史根源看，拜金主义的滋生与市场经济规则 不完善有关。建立社会主义市场经济体制是中国经济发展 和社会进步的必由之路，它有利于使社会主义的优越性进 一步发挥出来。但同时，市场经济自身的弱点和消极方面 也会反映到精神生活中来。
In terms of the theme, it is apparent that the author wanted to denounce the overflowing mammonism in the society.
• 拜金主义money worship
所谓拜金主义，就是盲目崇拜金钱、把金钱 价值看作最高价值、一切价值都要服从于金钱价 值的思想观念和行为。其实拜金主义是人们的一 种人生观和价值观。具体说它有这样一些表现： • 一、把金钱作为人生的最高追求。人也成了金钱 的奴隶，并且在金钱驱使下行动。 • 二、不择手段去牟取金钱为牟取金钱。
We can imagine a bright future was waiting for him. The writing style of this story is so humorous. Mark Twain used hyperbole describing how our hero defeated snobbishness repeatedly. What I appreciate most is the detailed description of different.
The million pound note
----money worship
张苗苗 20112387 何 娜 20112347 王莹莹20112387
Brief Introduction of the content • This story tells about a poor but honest American Adam Henry. When he was wandering in the street of London, he was given by two billionaires a letter, in which he surprisedly found a ￡1,000,000 pound bank-note. Later he got to know that the two billionaires who were brothers had made a bet about the results after he got a one million-pound note at once. One of them thought the note wound count for nothing to the poor man because he could not prove that the money was his own while the other considered just as the opposite.