有一位老师正在给学生们上课，大家都认真地听着。
"大家认为这杯水有多重？
”说着，老师拿起一杯水。
有人说200克，也有人说300克。
"是的，它只有200克。
那么这杯水你们可以拿多久呢？
”老师接着说，"拿1分钟，各位一定觉得没问题；
拿1个小时，可能觉得手酸；
拿1天呢？
1个星期呢？
那可能得叫救护车了。
”大家都笑了。
老师继续说："其实这杯水的重量很轻，但是你拿得越久，就觉得越沉重。
这如同把压力放在身上，不管压力是否很重，时间长了就会觉得越来越沉重而无法承担。
所以，我们所承担的压力，应该在适当的时候放下，然后再重新拿起来，如此才能坚持更久。
”
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 有 | yǒu | to have; there is |
| 一 | yī | one / single / a (article) |
| 位 | wèi | classifier for people (honorific) |
| 老师 | lǎo shī | teacher |
| 正在 | zhèng zài | to be in the process of (doing sth); to be currently ...-ing |
| 给 | gěi | to / for / for the benefit of / to do sth (for sb) |
| 学生 | xué shēng | student / schoolchild |
| 们 | men | plural marker for pronouns, and nouns referring to individuals |
| 上课 | shàng kè | to go to class / to attend class / to go to teach a class |
| 大家 | dà jiā | everyone |
| 都 | dōu | all; both; entirely |
| 认真 | rèn zhēn | conscientious / earnest / serious |
| 地 | de | -ly / structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct |
| 听 | tīng | to listen to; to hear |
| 着 | zhe | aspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state |
| 认为 | rèn wéi | to believe; to think; to consider; to feel |
| 这 | zhè | this; these |
| 杯 | bēi | classifier for certain containers of liquids |
| 水 | shuǐ | water / (after a name) ... River / (bound form) additional cost; extra income |
| 多 | duō | how (to what extent) |
| 重 | zhòng | heavy / serious |
| 说 | shuō | to speak; to talk; to say |
| 拿 | ná | to hold / to seize / to catch / to apprehend / to take |
| 起 | qǐ | verb suffix, to start / starting from (a time, place, price etc) |
| 有人 | yǒu rén | someone / people / anyone |
| 克 | kè | gram / Tibetan unit of land area, about 6 ares |
| 也 | yě | also; too; as well; (not ...) either |
| 是 | shì | correct; right; true |
| 的 | de | emphatic particle (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) |
| 它 | tā | it |
| 只有 | zhǐ yǒu | only have ...; there is only ... |
| 那么 | nà me | then; in that case |
| 你们 | nǐ men | you (plural) |
| 可以 | kě yǐ | can / may / possible / able to |
| 久 | jiǔ | (of a period of time) long |
| 呢 | ne | (sentence-final particle) used in questions to link back to prior discourse or context ("what about...?", "and...?") |
| 接着 | jiē zhe | then / after that / subsequently / in turn / in one's turn |
| 分钟 | fēn zhōng | minute |
| 各位 | gè wèi | everybody / all / all of you |
| 一定 | yī dìng | surely; certainly; definitely |
| 觉得 | jué de | to think that ...; to feel that ... |
| 没问题 | méi wèn tí | no problem |
| 个 | gè | classifier for people or objects in general |
| 小时 | xiǎo shí | hour |
| 可能 | kě néng | might (happen) / maybe / perhaps |
| 手 | shǒu | hand |
| 酸 | suān | sour / tart / sick at heart / grieved / sore / aching / pedantic / impractical |
| 天 | tiān | day |
| 星期 | xīng qī | week |
| 那 | nà | then (in that case) |
| 得 | děi | to have to / to need to |
| 叫 | jiào | to call |
| 救护车 | jiù hù chē | ambulance |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 笑 | xiào | to laugh; to smile |
| 继续 | jì xù | to continue; to proceed with; to go on with |
| 其实 | qí shí | actually; in fact; really |
| 重量 | zhòng liàng | weight |
| 很 | hěn | very; quite |
| 轻 | qīng | light / easy / gentle / soft / reckless / unimportant / frivolous / small in number / unstressed / neutral |
| 但是 | dàn shì | but; however |
| 你 | nǐ | you |
| 越 | yuè | the more... the more |
| 就 | jiù | merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly |
| 沉重 | chén zhòng | heavy / hard / serious / critical |
| 如同 | rú tóng | like / as |
| 把 | bǎ | (used to put the object before the verb: 把[ba3] + {noun} + {verb}) |
| 压力 | yā lì | pressure |
| 放 | fàng | to put / to place |
| 在 | zài | (of sb or sth) to be (located) at |
| 身上 | shēn shang | on the body / at hand |
| 不管 | bù guǎn | regardless of / no matter |
| 是否 | shì fǒu | whether (or not) / if / is or isn't |
| 时间 | shí jiān | time |
| 长 | cháng | long |
| 会 | huì | to be likely to; to be sure to |
| 越来越 | yuè lái yuè | more and more |
| 而 | ér | and so / (indicates causal relation) |
| 无法 | wú fǎ | unable to; incapable of |
| 承担 | chéng dān | to undertake / to assume (responsibility etc) |
| 所以 | suǒ yǐ | therefore / as a result / so |
| 我们 | wǒ men | we; us; ourselves; our |
| 所 | suǒ | that which |
| 应该 | yīng gāi | ought to; should; must |
| 适当 | shì dàng | suitable; appropriate |
| 时候 | shí hou | time / length of time / moment / period |
| 放下 | fàng xià | to lay down; to put down / to let go of; to relinquish; to set aside / to lower (the blinds etc) |
| 然后 | rán hòu | then; after that; afterwards |
| 再 | zài | again; once more; re- |
| 重新 | chóng xīn | again; once more; re- |
| 起来 | qǐ lái | indicating the beginning and continuation of an action or a state / indicating an upward movement / indicating completion / expressing preliminary judgment |
| 如此 | rú cǐ | like this; so; such |
| 才 | cái | then and only then |
| 能 | néng | can / to be able to / might possibly |
| 坚持 | jiān chí | to persevere with / to persist in / to insist on |
| 更 | gèng | more / even more / further / still / still more |