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Twenty Dollars 二十美元 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? 一位有名的演讲家手里拿着一张20美元的纸币，开始了讨论会。在200人的屋子里，他问道：谁想要这20美元纸币? Hands started going up. He said, I am going to give this $20 to one of you, but first, let me do this. 开始有人举手。他说：我会把这20美元纸币给你们中间的一位，但是，先看看我这么做。 He proceeded to crumple the 20 dollar note up. He then asked, Who still wants it? Still the hands were up in the air. 他开始把这张纸币揉皱，然后他问道：还有人想要它吗?仍然有很多手举在空中。 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. 好，他说道，如果我这样做会怎么样呢?他把纸币扔到地上，开始用皮鞋使劲踩踏。 Now, who still wants it? 然后他拣起又脏又皱的纸币，现在，还有人要它吗? Still the hands went into the air. 空中仍举着很多手。 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. 朋友们，刚刚你们已经得出一个非常宝贵的经验。不管我怎么糟蹋这张纸币，你们仍然想要它，因为它的价值没有降低。它仍然是20美元。 | 
