needless to say, money is not very important, but very very important.
if there is no money, i can’t use this microphone to speak to you and we can’t have such a room to hold such a competition. without money, we can’t study in such a schoolyard. without money, we can’t live in such a hometown. without money, we can’t have such a motherland. on the other hand, if there is no money, you don’t need to bear my speech about money now.
most of us have dreams about the future, dreams of having a good job and making much money. surely someone has thought at times “if only i had a lot of money, i could be the happiest person in the world.” in fact it’s the main mistake that people make about money.
however, is money the road to happiness? not really! many people work every day, work overtime, work weekends to make a lot of money. are they happy? no. they are too busy making money. meanwhile, their personal lives, if they have any, fall apart. they have no time to form or to maintain friendship. they even lose the abilities to relax and to enjoy themselves. enjoying means taking things, taking time to see, to hear, to taste, to smell, to feel. they do not take time to do this. they say: “i’ll do it when i have enough money to retire” then they find that it is too late. why we usually make such a mistake and even more mistakes? activists say it is because of money itself. they think money has changed many things. for example, they think money has changed our way to measure someone’s value in the society. they even regard money as the source of evil. also, they hate money, but they are wrong, completely wrong.
in my opinion, it is unfair to money. money is a tool. well, there’s no denying that we do something harmful with money. but we can’t say money is the source of evil. just like a hammer, we can use a hammer to kill someone, but can we say a hammer is a devil? it is the same with money.
money is neither good nor bad itself. it is a mirror, a perfect and important mirror, and a mirror that reflects both the darkness and the brilliance of humanity. in other words, all depend on us.
so, my fellow students, ladies and gentlemen in the future, ask not what we can do for money, ask what money can do for us, ask what money can do to show the brilliance of humanity. because, we have the future; we are the future.
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不用說，錢不是很重要，而是非常非常重要的。
如果沒有錢，我無法使用這個麥克風向大家講，我們不能有這樣一個房間召開這樣的競爭。沒有錢，我們不能在這樣的研究校園。沒有錢，我們不能生活在這樣的故鄉。沒有錢，我們不能有這樣的祖國。另一方面，如果沒有錢，你不需要承擔我的講話錢現在。
我們大多數人都對未來的夢想，夢想有一個良好的工作和決策的錢。當然有人認為，有時“如果我有很多錢，我可能是最幸福的人在世界上。 ”事實上，它的主要錯誤，人們作出關于金錢。
然而，就是金錢的道路上幸福嗎?不是真的!很多人每天上班，加班，工作周末作出了很多錢。他們是幸福嗎?第他們太忙著賺錢。與此同時，他們的個人生活，如果他們有任何，四分五裂。他們已經沒有時間去形式或保持友誼。他們甚至失去了能力的放松和享受。享受意味著外，抽空看到，聽到，品嘗，嗅覺，感覺。他們並不需要時間來做到這一點。他們說： “我會做到這一點，我有足夠的錢退休” ，然後他們發現為時已晚。為什麽我們通常會提出這樣的錯誤，甚至更多的錯誤?活動人士說，這是因為金錢本身。他們認為，金錢改變了很多東西。例如，他們認為金錢改變了我們的方法來衡量人的價值在社會中。他們甚至把錢的來源邪惡。此外，他們憎恨金錢，但他們是錯誤的，完全錯誤的。
在我看來，這是不公平的錢。金錢是一種工具。嗯，有無可否認，我們做一些有害的金錢。但是，我們不能說，錢是罪惡的根源。就像一把錘子，我們可以用錘子殺死某人，但我們可以說錘子是魔鬼?這是同樣的錢。
錢是既不好也不壞本身。它是一面鏡子，是一個完美的和重要的一面鏡子，一面鏡子，映照出的黑暗和人性的光輝。換句話說，所有依賴于我們。
所以，我的同學，各位嘉賓，各位在未來，不要問我們能做些什麽的錢，什麽錢可以為我們做，什麽錢可以顯示人性的光輝。因為，我們的未來，我們是世界的未來。