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 "?

我永遠不會忘記史密斯先生給我們上的那一課。 一天，他在學校的會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.

絕大部分的學生迅速舉手。接下來，他說：“我會把這一百美元給你們之中的一個人，但是，我先得做點什么。” 他將這張鈔票揉成一團后說道：“現在，誰還想要這100美元?”學生再一次舉手。但是，他又說：“請稍等片刻。”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。不管我怎么對待這張鈔票，你們依然想著要得到它，這是因為它并沒有失去價值。它仍然是一張價值一百美元的鈔票。”

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會失之交臂，他接著說道。我們總覺得自己沒有價值，但是，要牢記，無論發生什么，我們的價值都不會減少，對于愛你的人們來說，你一直很珍貴，你的價值并不來源于你的作為或是你認識誰，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，永遠牢記心頭。