122. Are people never satisfied with what they have?

Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? People are never satisfied with what they have;

they always want something more or something different. Use specific reasons to support your answer.

『分析』

不能同意。never/always都是修饰词。所以，不能一概而论。

确实有这种情况。可以举很多例子。比如，人们对速度的要求；女人对衣服的要求

然而很多的时候人们并不总是这样的。比如，尽管有人不满意婚姻制度，不可否认相当数量的人们并

不想要更多的妻子或者丈夫。

『范文』

It is said that people are never satisfied with what they have; they always want something more or something

different. Unfortunately, this statement has quite a bit of truth to it in today's society. Individuals today are

constantly driven to have the best, the brightest, and the newest. With the increase of westernization, almost every

country has become a consumer culture, including China.

There is not a street you can walk down in Downtown Beijing that does not have an advertisement, trying to

sell you something. Wherever you go, there is a new product calling to you. Individuals in society today believe

that others will not appreciate them if they do not spend exorbitant amounts of money on all types of luxuries,

from cars, to fancy mobile telephones, to expensive, name brand clothing.

This idea does not only relate to consumer goods, however. I find that if I start a new job. for the first period

of time, maybe the first month, the first year, or even the first five years are very exciting. Eventually, the appeal

wears off, and I am no longer enchanted with my work. I crave something different, something more exciting.

Anything, as long as it is better than what I am currently doing.

I think people, including myself, need to become more comfortable with their current positions. There is no

reason why we should cater to the advertising industry, and constantly buy new and better products, when the ones

we currently have work fine. This is not to say that we should never have new, nice things. In the past decade,

consumer spending has reached new heights around the world. This is hardly necessary, especially when you

consider that people have been living happily for thousands of years without such goods. I think that if people could

learn to live without such frivolities, they would live a much happier life overall.