12-02-14 I will persist until I succeed. I will remember the ancient law of averages and I will bend it to my good. I will persist with knowledge that each failure to sell will increase my chance for success at the next attempt. Each nay I hear will bring me...

12-02-14 I will persist until I succeed. In the Orient young bulls are tested for the fight arena in a certain manner. Each is brought to the ring and allowed to attack a picador（骑马斗牛士） who pricks them with a lance（长矛） . The bravery of each bull i...

12-02-08 During the late years of the Qi Dynasty(221-206BC), Xiang Yu led a rebellion. After crossing the Zhang River, Xiang Yu ordered his men to sink all their boats and break their cooking pots. He issued each soldier three days' rations（给养） and warne...

11-09-15 This is a story from Three Kingdoms. Zhang Lu ordered Ma Chao to attack Jiameng Pass. Learning this, Liu Bei immediately went to his military advisor Zhuge Liang for ideas. Zhuge Liang said, Mao Chao is so brave that only Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun can...

11-08-05 1. Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt. 彪悍的人生不需要解释。 2. Politicians and diapers have one thing in common. They should both be changed regularly, and for the same reason. 政客和尿布有一个共同点...

11-06-26 Yuan Shu sent 100 thousand troops, led by General Ji Ling, to attack Liu Bei. For fear of Lv Bu in Xuzhou who might lend Liu a hand, Yuan wrote Lv a letter, together with many food supplies as gifts, asking him not to help Liu. Liu, on the other han...

11-06-24 US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has pledged more foreign aid to fight drug cartels in Central America. 美国国务卿希拉里承诺向中美地区提供更多援助以打击毒品犯罪。 Mrs Clinton told a regional security conference in Guatemala that the US would in...

10-03-24 US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has pledged increased support for Mexico in the fight against drug gangs. 美国国务卿希拉里克林顿做出承诺，将会对墨西哥提供更多帮助以打击贩毒团伙。 In Mexico as part of a high-level US delegation, she said more w...

10-02-25 Actor Charlie Sheen has entered rehab and will be taking a break from filming his popular TV series, Two and a Half Men, his publicist has said. 演员查理辛的发言人称，查理将接受一段时期的康复治疗，因此将不能继续出演电视连续剧《好汉两个半》。 Sheen s...

09-09-29 Billy and Bobby were brothers, and they often had fights with each other. Last Saturday their mother said to them, I'm going to cook our lunch now. Go out and play in the garden - and be good. Yes, Mummy. the two boys answered, and they went out. Th...