背誦英語短文7

Thrift

To eam money nowadays is by no means an easy task。 So we must be thrifty。 Thrift is a good habit for every one， especially the rich。 It is thrift that makes you rich or successful in life。

Some persons think that， to seek pleasure， one cannot help being a little extravagant。 Thus， there are people who spend their money lavishly。 They don‘t know that extrava- gance is a bad thing。 It makes them happy only temporarily。

Thrift makes a poor man rich。 Extravagance makes a rich man poor。

節儉

現在要賺錢絕不是一件簡單的事，因此我們必須節儉。對每個人來說，節儉都是一個好習慣，特別對有錢人而言更是如此。節儉使你富有或者在生活中成功

有些人認為，要追求快樂，人就會情不自禁要奢侈一點。因此就有人浪費他們的錢，不知道奢侈是件壞事。這使得他們的快樂只維持短暫的時間。

節儉使窮人致富，而奢侈則使富人變窮。

by no means決不

extravagant奢侈的，浪費的

lavishly浪費地