两只羚羊正在草原上吃草，就在这时，一只猎豹突然向小羚羊跑了过来。
大羚羊连忙喊："快跑！
”小羚羊听到了父亲的话，迅速跑走了。
大羚羊一路指挥着小羚羊，虽然猎豹的速度很快，但它一直没能追上羚羊。
跑到安全的地方后，它们停了下来，小羚羊问父亲："为什么我们要跑呢？
我们可以和猎豹对抗呀！
”大羚羊笑了笑，说："如果我们和它对抗，那只能更早地成为它的晚饭。
面对猎豹，我们只有先认输再逃跑才能获得最后的胜利。
我们的胜利不是打倒它们，而是跑得比它们快！
”面对强敌时，只有"敢于认输”并"努力逃跑”，才有机会争取到真正属于自己的胜利。
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 两 | liǎng | two / both / some / a few |
| 只 | zhī | classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc |
| 羚羊 | líng yáng | antelope |
| 正在 | zhèng zài | to be in the process of (doing sth); to be currently ...-ing |
| 草原 | cǎo yuán | grassland / prairie |
| 上 | shàng | (noun suffix) on; above |
| 吃 | chī | to eat; to consume / to eat at |
| 草 | cǎo | grass / straw / manuscript / draft (of a document) |
| 就 | jiù | merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly |
| 在 | zài | (of sb or sth) to be (located) at |
| 这 | zhè | this; these |
| 时 | shí | o'clock / time / hour / season / period |
| 一 | yī | one / single / a (article) |
| 猎豹 | liè bào | cheetah |
| 突然 | tū rán | sudden; abrupt; unexpected |
| 向 | xiàng | towards / shortly before / formerly / always / all along |
| 小 | xiǎo | young |
| 跑 | pǎo | to run / to run away / to escape / to run around (on errands etc) / (of a gas or liquid) to leak or evaporate |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 过来 | guò lái | to come over |
| 大 | dà | big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest |
| 连忙 | lián máng | promptly; at once |
| 喊 | hǎn | to yell / to shout / to call out for (a person) |
| 快 | kuài | rapid / quick |
| 听到 | tīng dào | to hear |
| 父亲 | fù qīn | father |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 话 | huà | spoken words / speech / talk / words / conversation / what sb said |
| 迅速 | xùn sù | rapid / speedy / fast |
| 走 | zǒu | from / through / away |
| 一路 | yī lù | all the way / going the same way / going in the same direction |
| 指挥 | zhǐ huī | to conduct / to command / to direct |
| 着 | zhe | aspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state |
| 虽然 | suī rán | although; even though |
| 速度 | sù dù | speed; rate; velocity; (music) tempo |
| 很 | hěn | very; quite |
| 但 | dàn | but; yet; however; still |
| 它 | tā | it |
| 一直 | yī zhí | straight (in a straight line) / continuously; always; all the way through |
| 没 | méi | (negative prefix for verbs) have not; not |
| 能 | néng | can / to be able to / might possibly |
| 追上 | zhuī shàng | to overtake |
| 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) |
| 安全 | ān quán | safe; secure |
| 地方 | dì fang | place; location; area; space; territory / aspect; part |
| 后 | hòu | afterwards / after |
| 它们 | tā men | they; them |
| 停 | tíng | to stop / to halt |
| 下来 | xià lái | (completed action marker) |
| 问 | wèn | to ask; to inquire |
| 为什么 | wèi shén me | why? / for what reason? |
| 我们 | wǒ men | we; us; ourselves; our |
| 要 | yào | will; shall; about to / need to; should / if |
| 呢 | ne | (sentence-final particle) used in questions to link back to prior discourse or context ("what about...?", "and...?") |
| 可以 | kě yǐ | can / may / possible / able to |
| 和 | hé | and; together with |
| 对抗 | duì kàng | to withstand / to resist / to stand off |
| 呀 | ya | (particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt) |
| 笑 | xiào | to laugh; to smile |
| 说 | shuō | to speak; to talk; to say |
| 如果 | rú guǒ | if; in case; in the event that |
| 那 | nà | then (in that case) |
| 只能 | zhǐ néng | can only |
| 更 | gèng | more / even more / further / still / still more |
| 早 | zǎo | early |
| 地 | de | -ly / structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct |
| 成为 | chéng wéi | to become; to turn into |
| 晚饭 | wǎn fàn | evening meal / dinner / supper |
| 面对 | miàn duì | to face; to confront |
| 只有 | zhǐ yǒu | (只有……才……) it is only if ... (that one can ...) / it is only (someone) who ... |
| 先 | xiān | beforehand; first; earlier / at first; originally / for the time being; for now |
| 认输 | rèn shū | to concede / to admit defeat |
| 再 | zài | then (after sth, and not until then) |
| 逃跑 | táo pǎo | to flee from sth / to run away / to escape |
| 才 | cái | then and only then |
| 获得 | huò dé | to obtain; to receive; to get |
| 最后 | zuì hòu | final; last; ultimate |
| 胜利 | shèng lì | victory |
| 不是 | bù shì | is not |
| 打 | dǎ | to hit; to strike / to fight |
| 倒 | dǎo | to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally / to fail; to go bankrupt / to overthrow / to change (trains or buses) / to move around / to resell at a profit |
| 而是 | ér shì | rather |
| 得 | de | structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc |
| 比 | bǐ | (followed by a noun and adjective) more {adj.} than {noun} / (in some compounds derived from Classical Chinese) |
| 强敌 | qiáng dí | powerful enemy |
| 敢于 | gǎn yú | to have the courage to do sth / to dare to |
| 并 | bìng | and / together with |
| 努力 | nǔ lì | to make an effort; to try hard; to strive |
| 有 | yǒu | to have; there is |
| 机会 | jī huì | opportunity / chance / occasion |
| 争取 | zhēng qǔ | to fight for / to strive for / to win over |
| 真正 | zhēn zhèng | genuine; real; true |
| 属于 | shǔ yú | to belong to; to fall under (a category) |
| 自己 | zì jǐ | oneself; (attributive) one's own |