身材高大的拳击手去饭馆吃饭，他脱下大衣挂在门上。
因为害怕大衣被别人拿走，所以他在大衣上留下了一张纸条：”拳击手的大衣在此，我一会儿就回来。
”然后就放心地去吃饭了。
当他吃完去拿大衣时，发现大衣不见了，只留下了一张纸条，上面写着：”杰出的跑步运动员拿走了大衣，他不再回来了！
”每个人都有自己的优点，你有的别人可能没有，别人有的你也未必有，不要总是盯着自己的长处而忽略了自己的不足，善于看到别人的长处和发现自己的不足也是很重要的。
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 身材 | shēn cái | stature / build (height and weight) / figure |
| 高大 | gāo dà | tall; lofty; towering |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 拳击手 | quán jī shǒu | boxer |
| 去 | qù | to go, to go to |
| 饭馆 | fàn guǎn | restaurant |
| 吃饭 | chī fàn | to have a meal / to eat |
| 他 | tā | he; him; his |
| 脱下 | tuō xià | to take off (clothing) |
| 大衣 | dà yī | overcoat / topcoat / cloak |
| 挂 | guà | to hang; to suspend (from a hook etc) / to hang up (the phone) / (of a line) to be dead / to be worried; to be concerned / (dialect) to make a phone call / to register (at a hospital); to make an appointment (with a doctor) / (slang) to kill; to die; to be finished; to fail (an exam) |
| 在 | zài | (of sb or sth) to be (located) at |
| 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) |
| 上 | shàng | (noun suffix) on; above |
| 因为 | yīn wèi | because; owing to; on account of |
| 害怕 | hài pà | to be afraid; to be scared |
| 被 | bèi | used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb) / (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes |
| 别人 | bié rén | other people; others; other person |
| 拿 | ná | to hold / to seize / to catch / to apprehend / to take |
| 走 | zǒu | from / through / away |
| 所以 | suǒ yǐ | therefore / as a result / so |
| 留下 | liú xia | to leave behind / to stay behind / to remain / to keep / not to let (sb) go |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 一 | yī | one / single / a (article) |
| 张 | zhāng | classifier for flat objects, sheet / classifier for votes |
| 纸条 | zhǐ tiáo | slip of paper |
| 此 | cǐ | this; these |
| 我 | wǒ | I; me; my |
| 一会儿 | yī huì r | in a moment |
| 就 | jiù | as soon as; immediately after |
| 回来 | huí lái | to return; to come back |
| 然后 | rán hòu | then; after that; afterwards |
| 放心 | fàng xīn | to feel relieved / to feel reassured / to be at ease |
| 地 | de | -ly / structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct |
| 当 | dāng | when / during / ought / should / just at (a time or place) / on the spot / just at |
| 吃 | chī | to eat; to consume / to eat at |
| 完 | wán | to finish / to be over |
| 时 | shí | when |
| 发现 | fā xiàn | to notice; to become aware of / to discover; to find; to detect |
| 不 | bù | no; not so |
| 见 | jiàn | to see / to meet / to appear (to be sth) / to interview |
| 只 | zhǐ | only; merely; just |
| 上面 | shàng miàn | on top of |
| 写 | xiě | to write |
| 着 | zhe | aspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state |
| 杰出 | jié chū | outstanding / distinguished / remarkable / prominent / illustrious |
| 跑步 | pǎo bù | to run / to jog / (military) to march at the double |
| 运动员 | yùn dòng yuán | athlete |
| 再 | zài | again; once more; re- |
| 每 | měi | each / every |
| 个 | gè | classifier for people or objects in general |
| 人 | rén | person; people |
| 都 | dōu | all; both; entirely |
| 有 | yǒu | to have; there is |
| 自己 | zì jǐ | oneself; (attributive) one's own |
| 优点 | yōu diǎn | merit / benefit / strong point / advantage |
| 你 | nǐ | you |
| 可能 | kě néng | might (happen) / maybe / perhaps |
| 没有 | méi yǒu | to not have |
| 也 | yě | also; too; as well; (not ...) either |
| 未必 | wèi bì | not necessarily / maybe not |
| 要 | yào | will; shall; about to / need to; should / if |
| 总是 | zǒng shì | always |
| 盯 | dīng | to watch attentively / to fix one's attention on / to stare at / to gaze at |
| 长处 | cháng chù | good aspects / strong points |
| 而 | ér | but (not) / yet (not) / (indicates contrast) |
| 忽略 | hū lüè | to neglect; to overlook; to ignore |
| 不足 | bù zú | deficiency |
| 善于 | shàn yú | to be good at; to be adept at |
| 看到 | kàn dào | to see |
| 和 | hé | and; together with |
| 是 | shì | to be (followed by substantives only) |
| 很 | hěn | very; quite |
| 重要 | zhòng yào | important; significant; major |