How Important Is Money?

No one would argue, I think, that money is unimportant. There are certain things that humanbeings need — food, shelter, medical care and these things cost money. But if one has enoughmoney to live on, to pay for the basic essentials of life, is it important to have a lot more moneythan that? Will your life improve in proportion to the amount of money that you have?

Well, there is no denying that money can buy a lot. Maybe you do not need much money to payfor a simple shelter, but how about if you want a nice big apartment in a nice neighbourhood, or if you want to buy a house? In fact, people do get on each other's nerves if they are crowdedtogether in a small kitchen, if a married couple cannot but share a room with their parents, ifchildren are not allowed to have a little privacy of their own.

Moreover, it is nice to get a little pleasure out of life, a little fun from time to time. Unfortunately, many of the fun things that you can do today cost money. In modern cities, forexample, on any night, outstanding performers appear in night clubs and on concert stages. Furthermore, you can dine on foods from every corner of the world in the restaurants. So howcan it be that many people in modern cities do not have fun? Simple, they do not have themoney to take advantage of all these attractions.

So, is money the road to happiness? Not really. Large numbers of people work every day, workovertime, work weekends, and make a lot of money. Are they happy? No. They have no time toform or maintain friendship, no time to enjoy themselves.

Surely everyone has thought at times, "If only I had a lot of money, I would be the happiestperson in the world." But it is important to remember that money is only a means to an end, not the end itself.

CET6六级作文结构分析：

·Introduction

* Money is important

* Is it import ant to have a lot more money?

·With money we can do a lot of things which can't be done without money, e.g.

·Is money the road to happiness ?

·Money — a means to an end, not the end itself

CET6六级作文内容分析：

本文是一篇议论文, 全文围绕“Money is not everything, but everything needs money”展开。作者的论点体现在“Money is only a means to an end, not the end itself.”最后一句中。本文篇幅较长，但思路并不复杂，例证均邻近生活实际，因此并不难写。这样的议论文适合于六级和考研水平。

CET6六级作文万能句型：

shelter n. 住所

medical care 医疗

essentials of life 生活必需品

in proportion to 成正比

get on each other's nerves 大家都很伤脑筋

privacy n. 隐私

performer n. 演员

How can it be that...? ……怎么能行呢?六级英语听力

take advantage of all these attractions 利用这一切可享受的东西

work overtime 加班

a means to an end, not the end itself 达到目的手段而本身并不是目的