父亲与儿子做游戏：10分钟代表一个人的一生，在这10分钟里，每人从一本书里找"黄金”这个词语，谁找得多谁就赢…
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游戏开始后，儿子和父亲都找得很努力。
9分钟的时候，儿子一共找到了10个，而父亲却只找到了4个。
"爸爸，你输了。
”儿子兴奋地说。
父亲说："我承认我输了。
可是就这么结束了吗？
”父亲看了看时间，说：”9分40秒了，10分钟的一生很快就要结束了。
虽然你有很多黄金，但是你已经没有时间去享用了，其实时间比黄金更宝贵！
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 父亲 | fù qīn | father |
| 与 | yǔ | (formal) and; together with (linking parallel nouns, verbs, or phrases) |
| 儿子 | ér zi | son |
| 做 | zuò | to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc) |
| 游戏 | yóu xì | game |
| 分钟 | fēn zhōng | minute |
| 代表 | dài biǎo | to represent / to stand for |
| 一 | yī | one / single / a (article) |
| 个 | gè | classifier for people or objects in general |
| 人 | rén | person; people |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 一生 | yī shēng | all one's life; throughout one's life |
| 在 | zài | (of sb or sth) to be (located) at |
| 这 | zhè | this; these |
| 里 | lǐ | lining / interior / inside |
| 每 | měi | each / every |
| 从 | cóng | from; through; via / (bound form) retainer; attendant / (bound form) assistant; auxiliary; subordinate / (bound form) related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor |
| 本 | běn | classifier for books, periodicals, files etc |
| 书 | shū | book |
| 找 | zhǎo | to try to find / to look for / to call on sb / to find / to seek |
| 黄金 | huáng jīn | gold |
| 词语 | cí yǔ | word (general term including monosyllables through to short phrases) / term (e.g. technical term) / expression |
| 谁 | shéi | who |
| 得 | de | structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc |
| 多 | duō | many; much; more; a lot of |
| 就 | jiù | in that case; then |
| 赢 | yíng | to beat / to win / to profit |
| 开始 | kāi shǐ | to begin / to start |
| 后 | hòu | afterwards / after |
| 和 | hé | and; together with |
| 都 | dōu | all; both; entirely |
| 很 | hěn | very; quite |
| 努力 | nǔ lì | to make an effort; to try hard; to strive |
| 时候 | shí hou | time / length of time / moment / period |
| 一共 | yī gòng | in total; altogether |
| 找到 | zhǎo dào | to find |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 而 | ér | but (not) / yet (not) / (indicates contrast) |
| 却 | què | but / yet / however / while / nevertheless / even though |
| 只 | zhǐ | only; merely; just |
| 爸爸 | bà ba | (coll.) father; dad |
| 你 | nǐ | you |
| 输 | shū | to lose; to be beaten / (bound form) to transport / (literary) to donate; to contribute / (coll.) to enter (a password) |
| 兴奋 | xīng fèn | excited |
| 地 | de | -ly / structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct |
| 说 | shuō | to speak; to talk; to say |
| 我 | wǒ | I; me; my |
| 承认 | chéng rèn | to admit / to concede / to recognize / to acknowledge |
| 可是 | kě shì | but; however |
| 这么 | zhè me | this way / like this |
| 结束 | jié shù | to finish / to end / to conclude / to close |
| 吗 | ma | (question particle for "yes-no" questions) |
| 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 |
| 时间 | shí jiān | time |
| 分 | fēn | minute (unit of time) |
| 秒 | miǎo | second (unit of time) / arc second (angular measurement unit) |
| 快 | kuài | soon / almost |
| 要 | yào | will; shall; about to / need to; should / if |
| 虽然 | suī rán | although; even though |
| 有 | yǒu | to have; there is |
| 但是 | dàn shì | but; however |
| 已经 | yǐ jīng | already |
| 没有 | méi yǒu | to not have |
| 去 | qù | to go, to go to |
| 享用 | xiǎng yòng | to enjoy (i.e. have the use or benefit of) |
| 其实 | qí shí | actually; in fact; really |
| 比 | bǐ | (followed by a noun and adjective) more {adj.} than {noun} / (in some compounds derived from Classical Chinese) |
| 更 | gèng | more / even more / further / still / still more |
| 宝贵 | bǎo guì | valuable / precious |