考研滿分作文 | 人生哲理類：誠信
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As is shown in the drawing, on a balance or pair of scales, the gold of "Benefit" carries more weight than the heart of "Honesty". In the middle of the balance, a man is sliding toward the gold of "Benefit". However, honesty is the most important characteristic that a person requires to be successful in life. Only by consistently proving to be honest can a person earn the precious trust of family members, friends and business partners.
Although it would be good to have both, it seems that wealth has more of a magnetic drawing power than honesty and integrity. If you could only have one it appears that it would be harder to retain one's integrity than to increase one's bank balance. And if your wealth increases it seems that honesty decreases. This seems to be a current phenomenon where people are more concerned with their self interests at the expense of their integrity, just like the man in the drawing.
In the long run, an honest person may not be wealthy, but he or she will have earned the love and respect of the people closest to them, which, in my opinion, is a measure of a successful life.
如圖所示，在一架天平或一臺秤上，"利益"之金重于"誠信"之心。在天平中央，一名男子正滑向"利益"之金。然而，一個人若想人生有成，應具備的最重要的特征就是誠信。只有始終做到誠信，才能贏得家人、朋友和生意伙伴的寶貴信任。
既有誠信又得利益當然很好，但似乎財富比誠實和正直的吸引力更大。如果只能擁有一樣，看上去似乎保持誠實比增加銀行賬戶余額要難。而且，如果一個人的財富增加了，似乎人就沒那么誠實了。目前似乎就存在這個現象：人們更關心個人的利益，卻以損害誠信為代價，就像畫中的男人一樣。
從長遠來看，一個誠實的人可能不會富有，但他或她將贏得周圍人的愛戴和尊敬。在我看來，這就是成功人生的衡量標準。
balance 天平
scales 秤
benefit 利益
honesty 誠實
slide 滑動
characteristic 特征
require 需要
consistently 始終如一地
prove 證明
precious 寶貴的
business partner 生意伙伴
magnetic 有強大吸引力的
integrity 誠實，正直
retain 保持
bank balance 銀行賬戶余額
phenomenon 現象
1 The relationship between husband and wife must be based on honesty in the first place, as a true partnership cannot exist without the trust based on unfailing honesty.
夫妻關系必須首先建立在誠實的基礎上，因為沒有以始終如一的誠實為基礎的信任，夫妻間就不會存在真正的伴侶關系。
2 The relationship between parents and children must also be based on trust and integrity.
父母與子女的關系同樣也必須建立在信任與誠實的基礎之上。
