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gold bar / 金条 / (jīntiáo)

A: You're back from school. What did you learn today?  

你放学啦。今天在学校里学到了什么呢？

(nǐ fànɡxué lā.jīntiān zài xuéxiào lǐ  xuédào le shenmene?)

B: Today I learned to be an honest person. 

我今天学到了要做一个诚实的人。

(wǒ jīntiān xuédàole yàozuò yīɡè chénɡshí  de rén.)

A: That's a really good lesson, but where did you learn that?   

这是非常好的收获,但你是从哪里学到的呢？

(zhèshì fēichánɡhǎo de shōuhuò, dànnǐ shì cónɡ nǎlǐ xuédào de ne?)  

B: The teacher told us about a new report today. An express delivery person delivered a package to the wrong person, so he ended up giving a truck driver a package full of gold bars. The truck driver immediately contacted the owner of the gold bars and got his own package back. 

今天老师告诉了我们一则新闻。有一个快递员因误送了包裹,将一个满是金条的包裹派送给了一个货车司机。这个货车司机收到后马上联系了金条失主,换回了自己的包裹。

(jīntiān lǎoshī ɡàosù le wǒmén yīzé xīnwén.yǒu yīɡè kuàidìyuán yīn wùsònɡ le bāoɡuǒ, jiānɡ yīɡè mǎnshì jīntiáo de bāoɡuǒ paisònɡɡěi le yīɡè huòchē sījī. zhèɡè huòchē sījī shōudào hòu mǎshànɡ liánxì le jīntiáo shīzhǔ, huànhuíle zìjǐ de bāoɡuǒ.) 

A: This is a really nice story. Now you should know just how precious good character is in a person.   

这是一个非常好的故事。现在你应该知道,人的美好品质是多么珍贵了吧。

(zhèshì yīɡè fēichánɡhǎo de ɡùshì.xiànzài nǐ yīnɡɡāi zhīdào, rénde měihǎo pǐnzhì shì duōme zhēnɡuì lebā.) 

B: Yup. I also know that being an honest person is like having a heart of gold, it will always keep its value. 

是的。我还懂得了,诚实就像是人内心里的金条,永远都保值。

(shìde.wǒ hái dǒnɡdé  le, chénɡshí jiù xiànɡshì rénnèi xīnlǐ de jīntiáo, yǒnɡyuǎn dōu bǎozhí.)

Illustrations:Xia Qing/GT