有人说工作理由就是赚钱。同意反对？

这是一道工作类的大作文，讨论的是工作的目的。题目不难，审题上注意这道题目中的关键词是the only reason是一种太肯定的表达。因此，建议取反对的立场，并在论证中提出其他理由即可。接下来，月半鸭和大家一起来看具体观点。

我们在之前聊工作类话题时有说过，人们完成工作主要出于满足两方面需求，物质需求和精神需求。

物质层面来看，大多数人为了满足自己和家人的日常的开销，都会需要稳定的经济收入，而这个收入主要来自于工作获得的报酬。如果没有经济压力，很多人可能就会选择娱乐等更有趣的事情而不是工作。

但是，这并不能忽视工作也能带来精神层面的满足。

比如，有的人工作是出于自己的爱好或者获得成就感等，而不仅仅是为了钱，比如，喜欢画画的人可能会成为画家，喜欢音乐的人可能会成为音乐家，他们都是出于爱好选择这个职业而不仅仅为了赚钱。同时，有很多工作本身也赚不到钱，比如义工、守林人等等，如果只是出于赚钱的目的，那么这些工作就不应该再存在，反过来说，会有人选择从事这些职业，更多是出于喜欢帮助别人、热爱大自然等等原因。

There is an assumption that the only incentive to work is money; however, I would say it is an oversimplified conclusion based on a stereotype of people’s needs.  

Indeed, many working adults tend to attribute their impetus to work to reality pressure. For those who think in this way, the only concern of people are their financial pressure on basic expenditure on everyday life, whether these be house rentals, education or medical costs. It is those bills that compels them to commute between workplace and home on a daily basis, otherwise they would have pursued other passions of life.  

Plausible though the above statement seems, it does not necessarily mean that there are no other incentives behind those struggling for career prospects. Those focusing on material return of working are oblivious to the fact that their conclusion is a generalization based on their presumption about reality – though the financial plight or aspiration for wealth appears to be a common demand of the majority, it does not represent the entire picture; each individual may have their own reasons for their choice of life. For example, some choose to volunteer themselves for communities just because they find it more meaningful to help others. Also, many millionaires even work harder and longer than their employees, just because they are hardwired to embrace new challenges.  

From what has been discussed, it is my conclusion therefore, people do not necessarily work only for money, while each individual deserves his or her own motives behind.

incentive / impetus 激励，刺激  

stereotype  固有观念  

commute  往返  

presumption  假定  

volunteer  担任志愿者