英语故事:你是独一无二的你

  I will never forget the lessen¹ which Mr. Li gave us. One day Mr. Li was speaking to us in our school meeting room. He began his speech by holding up a ￥100 bill. He asked, "Who would like this ￥100 bill?" 

    Most of us put up our hands quickly. Then he said, "I am going to give this ￥ 100 to one of you, but first let me do this." He then made the bill into a ball and said; "Who wants it now?" We raised our hands again. But he said, “Wait a moment.” He then dropped it On the floor and stepped on it. After that, he picked up the dirty bill and said, 

    “Who still wants it?” Many hands were still up. 

    "My friends," he said, "you have learned² a valuable³ lesson today. No matter what I did to the money, you still wanted it because it did not go down in value⁴. It was still worth ￥10O. 

    "We always lose many chances we take in our lives. "He went on speaking, "We feel as if we are worth nothing. But remember, no matter what has happened to you, you will never lose your value: you are always valuable to those people who love. you,. Your value doesn't come from what you do or who you know, but WHO YOU ARE." 

    "You are special and valuable. Don't ever forget it!"。

     我难以忘怀李老师给我们上的那一课。有一天天，他在学校的会议室给我们做了一次演讲。 他手持一百美元，开始了他的讲话。“谁想要这100美元？”他问道。 

    绝大部分的学生迅速举手。接下来，他说：“我会把这一百美元给你们之中的一个人，但是，我先得做点什么。”     他将这张钞票揉成一团（这里个人觉得应该这样翻译比较准确）后说道：“现在，谁还要这100美元？”  学生再一次举起手来。 但是，他又说：“请稍等片刻。”     他将钞票扔到地上用脚踩它，之后，他拾起这张脏了的钞票问道：

    “谁还要它？”很多人依然举手。 

    “我的孩子们”，他说道，“今天，你们得到了宝贵的一课。不管我怎么对待这张钞票，你们依然想要得到它，这是因为我并没有贬低它的价值。它仍然是一张价值一百元的钞票。” 

    “我们总是与生命中许多机会失之交臂。”他接着说道，“我们觉得自己没有价值，但是，要牢记，无论发生什么，我们的价值仍然存在，对于爱着你的人们来说，你有很大的价值，你的价值并不来源于你的出身还有你的作为，仅仅来源与你自身。” 

    “别忘了，你是珍贵而特殊的存在。”

1 lessen   

vt.减少，减轻；缩小

参考例句：

• Regular exercise can help to lessen the pain.经常运动有助于减轻痛感。
• They've made great effort to lessen the noise of planes.他们尽力减小飞机的噪音。

2 learned   

adj.有学问的，博学的；learn的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He went into a rage when he learned about it.他听到这事后勃然大怒。
• In this little village,he passed for a learned man.在这个小村子里，他被视为有学问的人。

3 valuable   

adj.有价值的，贵重的，宝贵的，可估价的

参考例句：

• This is one of the most valuable lessons I learned.这是我所学到的最宝贵的教训。
• He has a valuable collection of stamps.他收藏了很有价值的邮票。

4 value   

n.价值，价格，有用性，重要性；[pl.]价值观念，标准

参考例句：

• This lesson adds to the value of the book.这一课增加了这本书的价值。
• People do not know the value of health till they lose it.人们直到失去健康，才知道健康的可贵。