A Lesson for Living生活的一课Everything happens for the best, my mother said whenever I faced disappointment. If you carry on, one day something good will happen. And you'll realize that it wouldn't have happened if not for that previous disappo
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The big rocks大石块One day an expert in time management was speaking to a group of business students and, to drive home a point, used an illustration those students will never forget. As he stood in front of the group of high-powered over-achiever
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Remember, my son, you have to work. Whether you handle a pick or a pen, a wheel-barrow or a set of books, digging ditches or editing a paper, ringing an auction bell or writing funny things, you must work. If you look around you will see the men who
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Most people complain of fortune, few of nature; and the kinder they think the latter has been to them, the more they murmur at what they call the injustice of the former. 很多人抱怨命运，却很少有人抱怨自然；人们越是认为自然对
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I asked a number of different people what advice they would give their younger selves. The responses are unedited below and are directly from responders to this question: 我向许多不同的人提了一个问题，即你想对过去的自己提些什
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Bidding war for Daewoo Cars 轿车业巨头争购大禹汽车公司 Daewoo cars are made and sold far and wide 大宇汽车在世界各地均有生产和销售 The world's leading carmakers have lined up to bid for Korea's Daewoo Cars, which is up fo
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WHO attacks tobacco firms 世界卫生组织指责烟草公司 Thailand has some of the toughest anti-tobacco laws 泰国是拥有最严厉的禁烟法律的国家之一 The World Health Organisation (WHO) has attacked tobacco companies over their ma
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I heard a Fly buzz - when I died - The Stillness in the Room Was like the Stillness in the Air - Between the Heaves of Storm - The Eyes around - had wrung them dry - And Breaths were gathering firm For that last Onset - when the King Be witnessed - i
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Heart! We will forget him! You and I - tonight! You may forget the warmth he gave - I will forget the light! When you have done, pray tell me That I may straight begin! Haste! lest while you're lagging I remember him! She speaks to her heart as a dea
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When Love Beckons You 当爱召唤你 When love beckons to you, follow him, though his ways are hard and steep. And when his wings enfold you, yield to him, though the sword hidden among his pinions may wound you. And when he speaks to you, believe i
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Space weather satellites in orbit 太空天气预测卫星进入轨道 The Soyuz rocket is successfully launched - at last 联盟号火箭终于发射成功 Two European satellites that will study the weather in space are finally orbiting the Earth f
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If by life you were deceived If by life you were deceived, Don't be dismal, don't be wild! In the day of grief, be mild Merry days will come, believe. Heart is living in tomorrow; Present is dejected here; In a moment, passes sorrow; That which passe
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Dying Speech of an Old Philosopher I strove with none for none was worth my strife; Nature I loved, and, next to nature, art I warm'd both hands before the fire of life; It sinks, and I am ready to depart. 我和谁都不争， 和谁争我都不屑；
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So Well Go No More a-Roving So we'll go no more a roving So late into the night, Though the heart still be as loving, And the moon still be as bright. For the sword outwears its sheath, And the soul outwears the breast, And the heart must pause to br
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The Human Seasons Four Seasons fill the measure of the year; There are four seasons in the mind of man: He has his lusty Spring, when fancy clear Takes in all beauty with an easy span: He has his Summer, when luxuriously Spring's honied cud of youthf
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One afternoon while she was preparing dinner in her kitchen, Anne Peters, a 32-year-old American housewife, suddenly had severe pains in her chest accompanied by shortness of breath. Frightened by the thought that she was having a heart attack, Anne
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What Is Money and What Are Its Functions? Money is something you've been familiar with throughout your life. In fact, you may already consider yourself an expert on the subject. You regularly use money to measure the value of things you own. You also
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Why We Walk in Circles? Pin the Tail on the Donkey is always fun when you're watching rather than pinning. It is somewhat surprising to see how the blindfolded performers act. Instead of going straight, they always wander off to one side or the other
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How TV violence Affects Kids For more than a quarter of a century, evidence has been increasing that children's exposure to violence on television has long-lasting effects on their behavior. Between 1982 and 1986, the amount of television time alloca
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