15-06-15 Upon returning to our inn I explained as best I could the history of this unfortunate acquaintance; but whether my companion was not at all satisfied by what I told her, or whether she may perhaps have been exceedingly annoyed by my virtuous perform...

15-06-10 Consider... YOU. In all of the time before now and in all of the time to come, there has never been and will never be anyone just like you. You are unique in the entire history and future of the universe. Wow! Stop and think about that. You're bette...

15-02-15 Imagine a world where banks take into account your online reputation alongside traditional credit ratings to determine your loan; where headhunters hire you based on the expertise you've demonstrated on online forums such as Quora; where your feedba...

15-01-06 Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has announced plans to put together a new statement in connection with Japan's aggression during the Second World War. 日本首相安倍晋三宣布将就二战期间日本的侵略行为发表一份新声明。 Abe made the announcement follow...

14-12-10 There are two ways of thinking of history. There is, first, history regarded as a way of looking at other things, really the temporal aspect of anything, from the universe to this nib with which I am writing. Everything has its history. There is the...

14-04-23 We are reading the first verse of the first chapter of a book whose pages are infinite... I do not know who wrote those words, but I have always liked them as a reminder that the future can be anything we want to make it. We can take the mysterious,...

13-12-15 南非已故前总统纳尔逊曼德拉的世纪葬礼在即，这次规模空前的葬礼也给南非当局带来了巨大的后勤和安保压力。为此，南非政府呼吁民众尽量参加当地的纪念活动，避免蜂拥参加国葬。 The South African government has urged people to attend local rather than national s...

13-06-26 1. 与英国历史有关的谚语（Proverbs related to the history of England） 每个国家都有自己的历史。由于谚语本身就是历史的产物它们会反映出国家历史的某些方面。 It is as hard as to please a knave as a knight. 取悦坏蛋和骑士同样困难。 Kings' chaff is worth o...

13-05-27 We are reading the first verse of the first chapter of a book whose pages are infinite I do not know who wrote those words, but I have always liked them as a reminder that the future can be anything we want to make it. We can take the mysterious, ha...

13-02-03 将于今年3月起实施的新版英国公民考试将不再考查找车站和使用互联网等日常生活知识，而将考查重点放在英国的文化历史成就方面。 The revised Life in the UK test covers topics as sport, music and history. Mundane subjects such as water meters, job interviews...