在一个演讲上，一位著名的演说家手里拿着一张20美元的钞票，问："谁要这20美元？
”很多人的手举了起来。
他接着说："我打算把这20美元送给你们中的一位，但在这之前，请允许我做一件事。
”说着他把钞票揉成一团，然后问："谁还要？
”仍有人举手。
他又说："那么，假如我这样做又会怎么样呢？
”他把钞票扔到地上，并且用脚踩它。
这时，钞票已变得又脏又皱了。
"现在谁还要？
”演说家问，还是有人举手。
最后，演说家说："朋友们，无论我如何对待这张钞票，它依旧值20美元。
在人生路上，我们可能会遇到很多失败，甚至觉得自己一文不值，但是请记住每个人都有自己独特的价值，你们永远不会失去价值！
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 在 | zài | (of sb or sth) to be (located) at |
| 一 | yī | one / single / a (article) |
| 个 | gè | classifier for people or objects in general |
| 演讲 | yǎn jiǎng | to give a lecture; to make a speech |
| 上 | shàng | (noun suffix) on; above |
| 位 | wèi | classifier for people (honorific) |
| 著名 | zhù míng | famous / noted / well-known / celebrated |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 演说家 | yǎn shuō jiā | orator; speaker |
| 手 | shǒu | hand |
| 里 | lǐ | lining / interior / inside |
| 拿 | ná | to hold / to seize / to catch / to apprehend / to take |
| 着 | zhe | aspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state |
| 张 | zhāng | classifier for flat objects, sheet / classifier for votes |
| 美元 | měi yuán | American dollar; US dollar |
| 钞票 | chāo piào | paper money / a bill (e.g. 100 yuan) |
| 问 | wèn | to ask; to inquire |
| 谁 | shéi | who |
| 要 | yào | to want; to need; to ask for |
| 这 | zhè | this; these |
| 很 | hěn | very; quite |
| 多 | duō | many; much; more; a lot of |
| 人 | rén | person; people |
| 举 | jǔ | to lift / to hold up / to cite / to enumerate / to act / to raise / to choose / to elect |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 起来 | qǐ lái | indicating the beginning and continuation of an action or a state / indicating an upward movement / indicating completion / expressing preliminary judgment |
| 他 | tā | he; him; his |
| 接着 | jiē zhe | then / after that / subsequently / in turn / in one's turn |
| 说 | shuō | to speak; to talk; to say |
| 我 | wǒ | I; me; my |
| 打算 | dǎ suàn | to plan / to intend / to calculate |
| 把 | bǎ | (used to put the object before the verb: 把[ba3] + {noun} + {verb}) |
| 送 | sòng | to give (as a present) |
| 给 | gěi | to / for / for the benefit of / to do sth (for sb) |
| 你们 | nǐ men | you (plural) |
| 中 | zhōng | within; among; in |
| 但 | dàn | but; yet; however; still |
| 之前 | zhī qián | before / prior to |
| 请 | qǐng | please (do sth) |
| 允许 | yǔn xǔ | to permit / to allow |
| 做 | zuò | to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc) |
| 件 | jiàn | classifier for events, things, clothes etc |
| 事 | shì | matter / thing / item / affair |
| 揉 | róu | to knead / to massage / to rub |
| 成 | chéng | to succeed / to finish / to complete / to accomplish / to become / to turn into / to be all right |
| 团 | tuán | classifier for a lump or a soft mass |
| 然后 | rán hòu | then; after that; afterwards |
| 还 | hái | in addition, also, else, even |
| 仍 | réng | still; yet / (literary) frequently; often |
| 有 | yǒu | to have; there is |
| 又 | yòu | (once) again |
| 那么 | nà me | then; in that case |
| 假如 | jiǎ rú | if |
| 这样 | zhè yàng | this way; like this; so |
| 会 | huì | to be likely to; to be sure to |
| 怎么样 | zěn me yàng | how? / how about? / how was it? / how are things? |
| 呢 | ne | (sentence-final particle) used in questions to link back to prior discourse or context ("what about...?", "and...?") |
| 扔 | rēng | to throw / to throw away |
| 到 | dào | to reach; to arrive / to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point) / (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point) |
| 地 | dì | earth / ground / field / place / land |
| 并且 | bìng qiě | and; besides; moreover; furthermore; in addition |
| 用 | yòng | to use; to make use of; to employ / (coverb) with; using |
| 脚 | jiǎo | foot / leg (of an animal or an object) / base (of an object) |
| 踩 | cǎi | to step on / to tread / to stamp / to press a pedal / to pedal (a bike) / (online) to downvote |
| 它 | tā | it |
| 时 | shí | o'clock / time / hour / season / period |
| 已 | yǐ | already |
| 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 |
| 脏 | zāng | dirty / filthy |
| 皱 | zhòu | wrinkled |
| 现在 | xiàn zài | now; at present; currently |
| 还是 | hái shi | still (as before) |
| 最后 | zuì hòu | finally; in the end |
| 朋友 | péng you | friend |
| 们 | men | plural marker for pronouns, and nouns referring to individuals |
| 无论 | wú lùn | no matter what or how / regardless of whether... |
| 如何 | rú hé | how / what way / what |
| 对待 | duì dài | to treat |
| 依旧 | yī jiù | as before; still |
| 值 | zhí | (to be) worth |
| 人生 | rén shēng | life (one's time on earth) |
| 路 | lù | road / journey / route / line (bus etc) / sort; kind |
| 我们 | wǒ men | we; us; ourselves; our |
| 可能 | kě néng | might (happen) / maybe / perhaps |
| 遇到 | yù dào | to meet; to run into; to come across |
| 失败 | shī bài | failure / defeat |
| 甚至 | shèn zhì | even; so much so that |
| 觉得 | jué de | to think that ...; to feel that ... |
| 自己 | zì jǐ | oneself; (attributive) one's own |
| 一文不值 | yī wén bù zhí | worthless (idiom) / no use whatsoever |
| 但是 | dàn shì | but; however |
| 记住 | jì zhu | to remember / to bear in mind / to learn by heart |
| 每 | měi | each / every |
| 都 | dōu | all; both; entirely |
| 独特 | dú tè | unique; distinctive |
| 价值 | jià zhí | value; worth / (ethical, cultural etc) values |
| 永远 | yǒng yuǎn | forever |
| 不 | bù | no; not so |
| 失去 | shī qù | to lose |