英语学习资料：双语哲理小故事：石头的价值 He's a plain man who hasn't done any big deal.So he always feels that life is meaningless. 他很普通，没有什么大作为，因此一直觉得活着没有什么意义。 One day,he consulted a philosopher:"Could you please tell me if it's meaningful to live for people like me?" 一天，他向一位哲学家请教：“你能告诉我，像我这样的人，活着有什么意义吗？” The philosopher thought for a while and then picked up a stone under a tree at random.The philosopher passed the stone to the man:"Take the stone to sell at the market,but remember not sell it out no matter how much others offer." 哲学家想了想，便随手拾起树底下的一块石头来，递给他说道：“你把这块石头拿到市场上去卖，但是记住，无论别人出多少钱，你都不要卖。” The man did so,unexpectedly,as he was unpromising to sell the stone,people thought there might be secrets in the stone.Therefore,the price was higher and higher. 他这样做了。没想到的是，由于他坚决不肯出售，人们反而认为他的石头里藏着什么秘密，因此价越出越高。 The second day,as requested by the philosopher,the man took the stone to the jade market.As a result ,as he's still unwilling to sell it,the price of the stone soared.It's value exceeded the jade much more. 第二天，按照哲学家的意思，他又把石头拿到了玉石市场来卖。结果，由于他还是不肯出售，价格又是一路飙升，已经远远超过了玉石的价值。 The third day,the philosopher asked the man to sell the stone at the jewlery market.At last,the miracle came,the originally worthless mon stone became the dearest modity of the whole jewlery market.People even thought it's a presious fossil unpresented in thousands of years. 第三天，哲学家又告诉他到珠宝市场去卖这块石头。最终，奇迹出现了，这块本来一文不值的普通石头成了整个珠宝市场价格最高的商品，人们甚至以为它是千年不遇的珍奇化石。 "How could that be?"The man asked the philosopher strangely,"Obeviously,it's just a mon stone." “怎么会这样呢？”这人非常奇怪地问哲学家，“这明明是一块再普通不过的石头嘛。” "However,"The philosopher answered,"It will be worthful When you cherished it,and take it as a rare treasure.Isn't it the same to life?" “但是，”哲学家回答道，“当你非常珍惜它，把它当成稀世珍 本文来源：https://www.wddqw.com/doc/c48f1e566f85ec3a87c24028915f804d2a16874b.html