Twenty Dollars

A well-known speaker started off his seminar by holding up a＄20 bill．In the room of 200，he asked，“Who would like this＄20 bill？”

Hands started going up．He said，“I am going to give this＄20 to one of you，but first，let me do this．”

He proceeded to crumple the 20 dollar note up．He then asked，“Who still wants it？”Still the hands were up in the air．

“Well，”he replied，“what if I do this？”He dropped it on the ground and started to grind it into the floor with his shoe．He picked it up，now crumpled and dirty．

“Now，who still wants it？”

Still the hands went into the air．

“My friends，you have all learned a very valuable lesson．No matter what I did to the money，you still wanted it because it did not decrease in value．It was still worth＄20．”

“Many times in our lives，we are dropped，crumpled，and ground into the dirt by the decisions we make and the circumstances that come our way．We feel as though we are worthless；but no matter what happened or what will happen，you will never lose your value．”

“Dirty or clean，crumpled or finely creased，you are still priceless to those who love you．The worth of our lives comes，not in what we do or who we know，but by……WHO WE ARE．”

“You are special—don’t ever forget it．”

熱詞空間

speaker n．說(shuō)話人，講演者，發(fā)言人，喇叭，揚(yáng)聲器

crumple vt．弄皺，壓皺

vi．崩潰，變皺

drop n．滴，微量，落下，空投

vi．放下，掉下，下降

vt．使滴下，放下，丟失，遺漏

decrease n．減少，減少量

vt．減少

vi．減少

crumpled adj．弄皺了的，被扭彎的，彎曲的

dirty adj．骯臟的，卑鄙的

vt．弄臟

vi．變臟

special n．專輯，專車，號(hào)外，特別的東西，負(fù)有特別任務(wù)的人員

adj．特別的，專門(mén)的，特殊的，額外的，附加的，特別親密的