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一文不值worthless[英]['wɜ:θləs] [美][ˈwɚθlɪs] 中英文小故事：无价之宝与一文不值 西德尼坐在那里边喝咖啡边与几个老朋友聊天。他们谈起人与人对价值的理解有什么差别。 过了一会儿，西德尼的一个朋友对他说：“嘿，西德尼，你是个聪明人，可对这个问题你什么也没说。你认为世上最有价值的东西是什么？” 西德尼毫不犹豫地回答说：“我认为建议是世上最有价值的东西。” 他的朋友们思索了几分钟，又有一个人问：“那你认为世上最没有价值的东西是什么？” 西德尼又毫不犹豫地回答：“我认为建议是世上最没有价值的东西。” “你没搞错吧！”他的一个朋友说，“你一定在开玩笑，西德尼！一分钟前你还说建议是世上最有价值的东西，现在却又说它是世上最没有价值的东西。它怎么可能既是最有价值的又是最没有价值的东西？” 西德尼回答说，“只要你认真考虑一下这个问题，就会发现我并非开玩笑，我所说的是千真万确。你给别人提了一个好建议，他采纳了，建议便是世上最有价值的东西。但若你给人提出建议而未被采纳，它就成了世上最没有价值的东西。” The Most Valuable and the Most Worthless Thing Sidney sat drinking coffee and talking with some of his old friends. One of the things they discussed was the difference between one person's sense of values and another's. After some minutes, one of Sidney’s friends said to him, “Well，Sidney, you are a wise man, but you have said nothing on this subject yet. What do you consider to be the most valuable thing in the world?” Sidney answered without hesitation，‘.I consider advice the most valuable thing in the world. ” His friends thought about this for a few moments, and then one of them asked him, “And what do you consider the most worthless thing in the world?” Again Sidney replied without hesitation for a moment， “I consider advice the most worthless thing in the world. ” “Really!” one of his friends said. “You must be joking, Sidney! A minute ago you said that advice is the most valuable thing in the world, and now you say that it is the most worthless thing in the world! How can it be both the most valuable and the most worthless? “Well,”Sidney answered, “if you think about the matter carefully, you will see that I am not joking, and that I am quite right. When you give somebody good advice, and he takes it, advice is the most valuable thing in the world. But when you give a person advice and he does not take it，it is the most worthless in the world. ” 中英文例句 1. And even a battered apple device isn't worthless. 甚至就连严重损毁的苹果产品也并非一文不值。 2. There are so many sites that have unnecessary ajax animations or worthless parts that are loaded with ajax. 有些网站使用了太多不必要的ajax动画，或使用ajax来加载无用的部分。 3. Even the former should now understand this: why, after all, accumulate worthless foreign assets? 即便是前者到现在也应该已经领悟了：追根究底，何必要积攒那些无价值的外国资产呢？ 4. It might seem like cheating, but the other metals aren't exactly worthless. 看上去也许让人难以置信，但其他奖牌可不是不值钱的噢。 5. The vaults of german and french banks are stuffed with worthless assets. 德国和法国不少银行的账目上也堆满了一文不值的资产。 |
