句子使用对比与目的结构表达金钱与情感象征之间的关系。
A million can buy a house for a comfortable life; a hundred thousand might not buy a house, but it can buy a car for easy travel; ten thousand might not buy a car, but it can buy a diamond ring to seal a lifetime of love; a thousand might not buy a ring, but it can buy a watch to master time; a hundred might not buy a watch, but it can buy books to enrich the mind; ten might not buy books, but it can buy a bowl of noodles to satisfy hunger; and a single yuan might not buy noodles, but it can be given to a beggar as an act of kindness.
一百万可以买一套房，住得安逸；十万块买不到房，却能买一辆车，出行方便；一万块买不到车，却能买一枚钻戒，定情终身；一千块买不到钻戒，却能买一块表，掌控时间；一百块买不到表，却能买一套书，充实头脑；十块钱买不到书，却能买一碗面，起码管饱；一块钱买不起面，却能施舍给乞丐，奉献一份爱心。