彩票(lottery).doc

彩票(Lottery)
in the last decades, the development of market oriented economy has brought a large number of newly emerging things into our daily life.
yet when it comes to one of these new things lottery, welfare lottery in particular, some people believe that it creates a good social atmosphere while others argue that the opposite is true. there is probably a little bit of truth in both statements. but in recent years, lottery has done a lot to support the view that it does more good than harm.
on one hand, welfare lottery encourages people to do small kindness for the welfare of others as well as for the profit of oneself. when we read the daily newspapers, we are frequently appraised of the “big kindness” performed by well-to-do philanthropists who donate large sums of money for the establishment of schools, libraries, free hospitals for the poor, orphanages,and the like.
these, of course, are laudable acts of charity that deserve wide public acclaim. but in my estimation, not all the people have the financial ability to support these “big kindness”,and those many minor acts of kindness performed daily in different situations by public minded citizens who receive no recognition or praise from the mass media are