同学们,在开始今天的讲话前,请让我为大家讲一则故事。在一座佛寺里,供着一尊用花岗岩雕刻得非常精致的佛像,每天都会有很多人来到这里进行膜拜。仔细观察你会发现,通往佛像的台阶是由跟这尊佛像采自同一块山石的花岗岩制造而成。终于有一天,这些台阶变得不服气起来。它们对那尊佛像提出抗议:“我们本是兄弟,来自同一座山体,凭什么人们都踩着我们去膜拜你,你有什么了不起?”那尊佛像对着脚下这些台阶淡淡地说道:“因为你们 Students, before starting today's speech, please let me tell you a story. In a Buddhist temple, there is a very fine carved granite statue of Buddha, every day a lot of people come here to worship. As you look closely, you will find that the steps leading to the Buddha statue are made of granite from the same rock taken from this statue. Finally one day, these steps become unconvinced. They protest against the Buddha statue: ”We were brothers, from the same mountain, why people are treading us to worship you, what is so good for you?“ The statue of Buddha said indifferently to the steps underneath: ”Because of you