一位年轻的总裁开着崭新的“捷豹”车，快速经过住宅区的街道。
就在他开车经过时，一个小孩突然出现了，向他的“捷豹”车扔了一块石头。
他猛踩刹车，然后掉头开回石头扔出来的地方。
他愤怒地对小孩说：“你要做什么？
你用石头砸它要赔很多钱的。
”小孩紧张地说：“先生，太对不起了，我不知道我还能怎么办！
我哥哥从轮椅里摔了出来，我没办法把他抬起来。
”那个男孩啜泣着请求这位总裁：“你可以帮我把他抬回轮椅上吗？
他受伤了，而且他太重了，我抱不动。
”这位总裁深受感动，试图克制自己的情绪。
他把那个哥哥抱回轮椅，然后离开了。
他回“捷豹”车的路似乎变得很漫长。
后来，他没有修理车门，让保留在车上的痕迹时刻提醒自己：生活的道路不要走得太匆忙，否则需要别人扔石头来引起你的注意。
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 一 | yī | one / single / a (article) |
| 位 | wèi | classifier for people (honorific) |
| 年轻 | nián qīng | young |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 总裁 | zǒng cái | chairman / director-general (of a company etc) |
| 开 | kāi | (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start / to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run |
| 着 | zhe | aspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state |
| 崭新 | zhǎn xīn | brand new |
| 捷豹 | Jié bào | Jaguar (car brand) |
| 车 | chē | car / vehicle / machine |
| 快速 | kuài sù | fast; high-speed; rapid |
| 经过 | jīng guò | to pass / to go through |
| 住宅 | zhù zhái | residence; dwelling; abode |
| 区 | qū | area / region / district |
| 街道 | jiē dào | street / subdistrict / residential district |
| 就 | jiù | merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly |
| 在 | zài | (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress) |
| 他 | tā | he; him; his |
| 时 | shí | when |
| 个 | gè | classifier for people or objects in general |
| 小孩 | xiǎo hái | child |
| 突然 | tū rán | sudden; abrupt; unexpected |
| 出现 | chū xiàn | to appear / to arise / to emerge / to show up |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 向 | xiàng | towards / shortly before / formerly / always / all along |
| 扔 | rēng | to throw / to throw away |
| 块 | kuài | classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc / (coll.) classifier for money and currency units |
| 石头 | shí tou | stone |
| 猛 | měng | suddenly |
| 踩 | cǎi | to step on / to tread / to stamp / to press a pedal / to pedal (a bike) / (online) to downvote |
| 刹车 | shā chē | a brake |
| 然后 | rán hòu | then; after that; afterwards |
| 掉头 | diào tóu | to turn one's head / to turn round / to turn about |
| 回 | huí | to go back / to turn around / to answer / to return |
| 出 | chū | (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result) |
| 来 | lái | hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker) |
| 地方 | dì fang | place; location; area; space; territory / aspect; part |
| 愤怒 | fèn nù | angry / indignant |
| 地 | de | -ly / structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct |
| 对 | duì | towards; at; for / concerning; regarding |
| 说 | shuō | to speak; to talk; to say |
| 你 | nǐ | you |
| 要 | yào | to want; to need; to ask for |
| 做 | zuò | to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc) |
| 什么 | shén me | what? |
| 用 | yòng | to use; to make use of; to employ / (coverb) with; using |
| 砸 | zá | to smash / to pound / to fail / to muck up / to bungle |
| 它 | tā | it |
| 赔 | péi | to compensate for loss / to indemnify / to suffer a financial loss |
| 很多 | hěn duō | many; a lot of |
| 钱 | qián | coin / money / unit of weight, one tenth of a tael |
| 紧张 | jǐn zhāng | nervous / keyed up / intense / tense / strained |
| 先生 | xiān sheng | teacher / gentleman; sir; mister (Mr.) / husband / (dialect) doctor |
| 太 | tài | too (much) / very / extremely |
| 对不起 | duì bu qǐ | I'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon |
| 我 | wǒ | I; me; my |
| 不 | bù | no; not so |
| 知道 | zhī dào | to know; to become aware of |
| 还 | hái | still, still in progress, yet |
| 能 | néng | can / to be able to / might possibly |
| 怎么办 | zěn me bàn | what's to be done |
| 哥哥 | gē ge | older brother |
| 从 | cóng | from; through; via / (bound form) retainer; attendant / (bound form) assistant; auxiliary; subordinate / (bound form) related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor |
| 轮椅 | lún yǐ | wheelchair |
| 里 | lǐ | lining / interior / inside |
| 摔 | shuāi | to throw down / to fall / to drop and break |
| 没 | méi | (negative prefix for verbs) have not; not |
| 办法 | bàn fǎ | way of handling sth; means; measure; (practical) solution to a problem |
| 把 | bǎ | (used to put the object before the verb: 把[ba3] + {noun} + {verb}) |
| 抬 | tái | to lift / to raise / (of two or more persons) to carry |
| 起来 | qǐ lái | indicating the beginning and continuation of an action or a state / indicating an upward movement / indicating completion / expressing preliminary judgment |
| 那 | nà | (specifier) that; the; those / (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations) |
| 男孩 | nán hái | boy |
| 啜泣 | chuò qì | to sob |
| 请求 | qǐng qiú | to request; to ask |
| 这 | zhè | this; these |
| 可以 | kě yǐ | can / may / possible / able to |
| 帮 | bāng | to help / to assist / to support / for sb (i.e. as a help) |
| 上 | shàng | (noun suffix) on; above |
| 吗 | ma | (question particle for "yes-no" questions) |
| 受伤 | shòu shāng | to sustain injuries |
| 而且 | ér qiě | (not only ...) but also / moreover / in addition / furthermore |
| 重 | zhòng | heavy / serious |
| 抱 | bào | to hold / to carry (in one's arms) / to hug / to embrace / to surround / to cherish / (coll.) (of clothes) to fit nicely |
| 动 | dòng | (of sth) to move / to set in movement / to displace / to touch / to make use of / to stir (emotions) / to alter |
| 深受 | shēn shòu | to receive in no small measure |
| 感动 | gǎn dòng | to move (sb) / to touch (sb emotionally) |
| 试图 | shì tú | to attempt / to try |
| 克制 | kè zhì | to restrain / to control |
| 自己 | zì jǐ | oneself; (attributive) one's own |
| 情绪 | qíng xù | mood / state of mind / moodiness |
| 离开 | lí kāi | to depart; to leave |
| 路 | lù | road / journey / route / line (bus etc) / sort; kind |
| 似乎 | sì hū | it seems; seemingly; as if |
| 变 | biàn | to change / to become different / to transform / to vary |
| 得 | de | structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc |
| 很 | hěn | very; quite |
| 漫长 | màn cháng | very long / endless |
| 后来 | hòu lái | afterwards; later |
| 没有 | méi yǒu | haven't / hasn't |
| 修理 | xiū lǐ | to repair / to fix / to prune / to trim / (coll.) to sort sb out / to fix sb |
| 门 | mén | gate / door / gateway / doorway / opening / valve / switch / way to do something / knack / family / house / (religious) sect / school (of thought) / class / category / phylum or division (taxonomy) / (suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal; derived from Watergate) |
| 让 | ràng | to permit / to let sb do sth / to have sb do sth / to make sb (feel sad etc) |
| 保留 | bǎo liú | to keep / to retain / to have reservations (about sth) / to hold back (from saying sth) / to put aside for later |
| 痕迹 | hén jì | vestige / mark / trace |
| 时刻 | shí kè | constantly / always |
| 提醒 | tí xǐng | to remind / to call attention to / to warn of |
| 生活 | shēng huó | life / livelihood |
| 道路 | dào lù | road / path / way |
| 不要 | bù yào | don't!; must not |
| 走 | zǒu | to walk / to go / to run / to move (of vehicle) / to visit / to leave / to go away / to die (euph.) / to change (shape, form, meaning) |
| 匆忙 | cōng máng | hasty / hurried |
| 否则 | fǒu zé | otherwise; if not; or (else) |
| 需要 | xū yào | to need; to want; to demand; to require |
| 别人 | bié rén | other people; others; other person |
| 引起 | yǐn qǐ | to give rise to; to lead to; to cause; to arouse |
| 注意 | zhù yì | to take note of; to pay attention to |