英语美文：独一无二的你

我难以忘怀李老师给我们上的那一课。有一天，他在学校的会议室给我们做了一次演讲。 他手持一百美元，开始了他的讲话。“谁想要这100美元？”他问道。

Most of us put up our hands quickly. Then he said⁹, "I am going¹⁰ to give this $100 to one of you, but first let me do this." He then made¹¹ the bill into a ball and said; "Who wants it now?" We raised¹² our hands again. But he said, "Wait a moment." He then dropped it on the floor and stepped¹³ on it. After that, he picked¹⁴ up the dirty bill and said,

绝大部分的学生迅速举手。接下来，他说：“我会把这一百美元给你们之中的一个人，但是，我先得做点什么。” 他将这张钞票揉成一团（这里个人觉得应该这样翻译比较准确）后说道：“现在，谁还要这100美元？” 学生再一次举起手来。 但是，他又说：“请稍等片刻。” 他将钞票扔到地上用脚踩它，之后，他拾起这张脏了的钞票问道：

"Who still wants it?" Many hands were still up.

“谁还要它？”很多人依然举手。

"My friends," he said, "you have learned¹⁵ a valuable¹⁶ lesson today. No matter what I did¹⁷ to the money, you still wanted it because it did not go down in value¹⁸. It was still worth¹⁹ $100.

“我的孩子们”，他说道，“今天，你们得到了宝贵的一课。不管我怎么对待这张钞票，你们依然想要得到它，这是因为我并没有贬低它的价值。它仍然是一张价值一百美元的钞票。”

"We always lose²⁰ many chances²¹ we take in our lives. "He went on speaking, "We feel as⁴ if we are worth nothing. But remember, no matter what has happened to you, you will never lose your value: you are always valuable to those people who love you. Your value doesn't come from what you do or who you know, but WHO YOU ARE."

“我们总是与生命中许多机会失之交臂。”他接着说道，“我们觉得自己没有价值，但是，要牢记，无论发生什么，我们的价值仍然存在，对于爱着你的人们来说，你有很大的价值，你的价值并不来源于你的出身还有你的作为，仅仅来源与你自身。”

"You are special and valuable. Don't ever¹ forget it!"

“别忘了，你是珍贵而特殊的存在。”

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