I will never forget the lesson which Mr Smiths gave us. One day, Mr Smiths was speaking to us in our school meeting room. He began his speech by holding up a $100 bill. He asked, "Who wants this $100 bill "?

我永遠(yuǎn)不會(huì)忘記史密斯先生給我們上的那一課。 一天，他在學(xué)校的會(huì)議室給我們做了一次演講。他手持一張一百美元的鈔票，開始了他的講話。 他問道;“誰想要這一百美元?”

Most of us put hands up quickly. Then he said," I am going to give this $100 bill to one of you, but at first , let me do something." He crumpled up the $100 bill and said :"Who wants it now ?"We raised our hands again. But he said , "Wait a moment. "He dropped it on the floor and stepped on it. After that, he picked up the dirty bill and said, "Who still wants it ?" Many hands were still up.

絕大部分的學(xué)生迅速舉手。接下來，他說：“我會(huì)把這一百美元給你們之中的一個(gè)人，但是，我先得做點(diǎn)什么。” 他將這張鈔票揉成一團(tuán)后說道：“現(xiàn)在，誰還想要這100美元?”學(xué)生再一次舉手。但是，他又說：“請(qǐng)稍等片刻。”他將鈔票扔在地上并用腳踩它，之后，他拾起這張臟了的鈔票問道：“誰還想要它?”很多人依然舉著手。

“My kids, "he said, "you have learned a valuable lesson today. No matter what I did to the bill, you still wanted it because it did not lose its value. It was still worth $100. "

"我的孩子們，”他說道，“今天，你們上了寶貴的一課。不管我怎么對(duì)待這張鈔票，你們依然想著要得到它，這是因?yàn)樗]有失去價(jià)值。它仍然是一張價(jià)值一百美元的鈔票。”

We often lose many chances in our lives. He went on speaking, We feel as if we are worth nothing. But remember , no matter what has happened to you, you will never lose your value; you are always precious to those people who love you. You value doesn’t come from what you do or who you know, but WHO YOU ARE.

我們總是與生命中的許多機(jī)會(huì)失之交臂，他接著說道。我們總覺得自己沒有價(jià)值，但是，要牢記，無論發(fā)生什么，我們的價(jià)值都不會(huì)減少，對(duì)于愛你的人們來說，你一直很珍貴，你的價(jià)值并不來源于你的作為或是你認(rèn)識(shí)誰，僅僅來源于你自身。

You are special and precious. Don’t ever forget it !

你們是珍貴而特殊的存在，永遠(yuǎn)牢記心頭。