2017高考英語作文素材:The Temptation of Pyramid Selling

　　Many years ago, a popular word comes to people’s ears, it is the new illegal industry, it called pyramid selling. The media exposed the industry, it was a selling group which worked on the illegal selling, once people joined in the group, there was no way for them to get rid of it. It is people’s greed that makes them hard to resist the temptation of pyramid selling.

　　很多年以前，一個流行的詞進入人們的耳朵，那就是新的不合法的產業，叫做「傳銷」。媒體曝光了這個產業，那是一個銷售團體，從事不合法的銷售，一旦人們加入，就無法脫離隊伍。正是人們的貪念才會讓他們無法拒絕傳銷的誘惑。

　　Pyramid selling is made up of a group, they implant people the idea that they can be rich by selling the products. It sounds ridiculous, but the group finds a way to persuade people to believe it, they know people can’t resist the great temptation from money, so they always succeed in cheating people.

　　傳銷是由有一個團體組成，他們向人們灌輸可以通過賣產品來致富的觀念。這聽起來很荒謬，但是這個團隊就是有辦法說服人們來相信，他們深知人們無法抵制住金錢的誘惑，所以他們才能成功騙到人們。

　　Once people get into the group, they can’t flee from the group. Some realize the fact, they can’t get rid of the group without the help with policeman, the other who are willing to work in the group have been washed brain, they abandon their families and never go home.

　　一旦人們進入到這個團體，他們就無法脫離這個團體。一些人意識到了這個事實，他們只有在警察的幫助下才能脫離，另外一些人願意工作，他們已經被洗腦了，拋棄了家庭，從來不回家。

　　Pyramid selling is very dangerous, people must not greedy, the fortune is gained by hard working.

　　傳銷是很危險的，人們不能貪心，財富是通過努力工作來獲得的。