the harm of gambling(赌博的危害)

The family members of the gambler often pay a steep price. They not only have to endure the pain of the loss of wealth overnight, but also are frequently overwhelmed with the feelings of extreme depression and hopelessness.

A nationwide survey finds that more than 2 million adults regard gambling behavior of the spouse as the significant reason for their previous divorce. The number of divorces has tripled since the advent of casinos in a country, Mississippi. The country has also witnessed a climb in domestic violence (family violence).

A number of facts show that the rampant expansion of legally sanctioned gambling destroys individuals, ruins families, increases the crime, and ultimately cost society a lot more than the revenues that the government can collect.

A work can stand the test of time, and it eventually becomes the so-called classical work. This shows that the work contains something of great value. No matter which generation we live in, these valuable cultural is worth us to learn by heart. But, a classic book is a miniature of the age in which the author lives. The classic book usually contains some cultural characters of the worker ' s time. Importantly, the cultural characters are ignorant. In modern society, a part of the culture is out of date. And we are advancing towards the future, so they are of no use to us.

In my opinion, to the classical work, we should “absorb the essence and discard the dregs". We can carefully study classic works, looking for inspiration, so as to create the modern excellent literary works. In some of classical works, some view is worthy us to learn, in which the ancients treat nature and interpersonal relationship.

By reading and reciting ancient poems that the ancient poets, we can make ourselves feel good. We should try to comprehend Buddhist ideas by studying the Buddhist classics, because Buddhist thought always contains the good methods that the ancient sages work and live in. Newton is a great scientist. However, when people asked him what he thought about the earth's gravitation, he said, "I have such achievement because I was standing on the shoulders of giants." Military art of Sunzi is the ancient Chinese military classic. It has still a lot of reference for

modern military theory. And as a classic military works, it is required to read for the modern soldier.

In a word, we should inherit the excellent traditional culture that the classical works contain, learn the wisdom of the ancients, and apply them to the development of modern society.