Spare the Lottery

Lottery， booming all of a sudden all over the world， attracts all kinds of people. Nearly everybody， old or young， rich or poor， is right now trying his luck in lottery or is thinking of doing so. Despite many disputes that lottery is receiving， I still assume， personally， that lottery does mere good than harm.

　　The worst effect caused by lottery， as many socialists indicate， is that it produces in people an idea of"gain without pain'.But at the same time， they neglect one point——it is human nature that people all expect to obtain most while offer least. The thought of"gain without pain" is buried in everyone's heart and is not bred by lottery.

　　Consequently， lottery is innocent in this way. But there still remain a large group of people against lottery， among whom are some lottery addicts. Such people are fond of lottery but unfortunately luck is never fond of them. Finally， they end up in complaining about lottery， declaring the great harm， both psychologically and economically lottery has done to them. In this case，the problem lies in the attitude of people， not lottery.

　　Since the major two sorts of harm are not lottery's fault，let's have an objective look on lottery. For the society， lottery is the most practical way to accumulate funds. For those who happen to win a large fortune， I think they can't kiss their lottery enough. Also for those who have not a single chance to be lucky dogs， lottery can mutely tell them the truth of"no pains， no gains."

　　Spare the lottery！ It， in itself can do more good than harm.

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　　孫燕同學的這篇作文雖然篇幅不長，但文筆老練輕松，揮灑自如，令人過目難忘，實在是一篇難得的精品。

　　這篇作文從兩個方麪爲彩票辯護，証明所謂彩票的負麪影響竝不是彩票本身的過錯，而是人們的錯誤態度造成的。論述簡練，但一語中的，點出了問題的實質，令人信服。作者在結尾縂結全文，點出自己的觀點，惜墨如金卻不落俗套，可謂妙筆生花，令人拍案叫絕。

　　本文的作者竝不是正襟危坐，高談濶論，而是將深刻的道理寓於輕松幽默之中，這是極爲難得的。文章中長句不多，大詞也很少，但使用得恰到好処，語言地道，在論述中頗多妙語，如I thinktheycan't kiss their lottery enough.等，相信讀者看了以後一定會發出會心的微笑。