有一个人要到另外一个美丽的城市去，那个城市很近，走路只要1个小时。
正因为近，这个人就不着急，始终不愿意迈出第一步。
他每天要喝茶，要看电视，要听音乐…
…
总之，要做的事情太多了，他太忙了。
他没有忘记自己还要赶路，可是真到下决心要走时，就又安慰自己："反正1个小时就到了，不用着急。
”就这样，虽然那个美丽的城市很近，但是这个人一生都没能到达目的地。
不迈出第一步，再近也到不了呀！
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 有 | yǒu | to have; there is |
| 一 | yī | one / single / a (article) |
| 个 | gè | classifier for people or objects in general |
| 人 | rén | person; people |
| 要 | yào | will; shall; about to / need to; should / if |
| 到 | dào | to leave for; to go to |
| 另外 | lìng wài | additional / separate / other |
| 美丽 | měi lì | beautiful |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 城市 | chéng shì | city; town |
| 去 | qù | to go, to go to |
| 那 | nà | (specifier) that; the; those / (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations) |
| 很 | hěn | very; quite |
| 近 | jìn | near / close to |
| 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) |
| 路 | lù | road / journey / route / line (bus etc) / sort; kind |
| 只要 | zhǐ yào | so long as; provided; if |
| 小时 | xiǎo shí | hour |
| 正 | zhèng | exactly / just (at that time) / right (in that place) |
| 因为 | yīn wèi | because; owing to; on account of |
| 这 | zhè | this; these |
| 就 | jiù | merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly |
| 不 | bù | no; not so |
| 着急 | zháo jí | to worry; to feel anxious / to feel a sense of urgency; to be in a hurry |
| 始终 | shǐ zhōng | from beginning to end / all along |
| 愿意 | yuàn yì | to wish / to want / ready / willing (to do sth) |
| 迈 | mài | to take a step / to stride |
| 出 | chū | (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result) |
| 第 | dì | (prefix indicating ordinal number) |
| 步 | bù | a step / a pace / walk / march / stages in a process / situation |
| 他 | tā | he; him; his |
| 每 | měi | each / every |
| 天 | tiān | day |
| 喝 | hē | to drink |
| 茶 | chá | tea / tea plant |
| 看 | kàn | to see; to look at / to read / to watch / to visit; to call on / to consider; to regard as / to look after / to treat (a patient or illness) / to depend on / to feel (that) / (after a verb) to give it a try / to watch out for |
| 电视 | diàn shì | television; TV |
| 听 | tīng | to listen to; to hear |
| 音乐 | yīn yuè | music |
| 总之 | zǒng zhī | in a word / in short / in brief |
| 做 | zuò | to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc) |
| 事情 | shì qing | affair; matter; thing; business |
| 太 | tài | too (much) / very / extremely |
| 多 | duō | too many; in excess |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 忙 | máng | busy |
| 没有 | méi yǒu | haven't / hasn't |
| 忘记 | wàng jì | to forget |
| 自己 | zì jǐ | oneself; (attributive) one's own |
| 还 | hái | still, still in progress, yet |
| 赶路 | gǎn lù | to hasten on with one's journey / to hurry on |
| 可是 | kě shì | but; however |
| 真 | zhēn | really / truly / indeed |
| 下决心 | xià jué xīn | to determine / to resolve |
| 时 | shí | when |
| 又 | yòu | (once) again |
| 安慰 | ān wèi | to comfort; to console |
| 反正 | fǎn zhèng | anyway / in any case |
| 用 | yòng | to need; to have to (usu. used in the negative or in questions) |
| 这样 | zhè yàng | this way; like this; so |
| 虽然 | suī rán | although; even though |
| 但是 | dàn shì | but; however |
| 一生 | yī shēng | all one's life; throughout one's life |
| 都 | dōu | all; both; entirely |
| 没 | méi | (negative prefix for verbs) have not; not |
| 能 | néng | can / to be able to / might possibly |
| 到达 | dào dá | to reach; to arrive |
| 目的地 | mù dì dì | destination (location) |
| 再 | zài | no matter how ... |
| 也 | yě | even (extreme or unexpected case) |
| 呀 | ya | (particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt) |