14-06-11 Worshipful sir, he began, this Mussulman whom you desire to hang is unworthy of death; I alone am guilty. Last night a man and a woman who were strangers to me knocked at my door, bringing with them a patient for me to cure. The servant opened it, b...

14-04-02 Between the preparation and the work, the apprenticeship（学徒期） and the actual dealing with a task or an art, there comes, in the experience of many young men, a period of uncertainty and wandering which is often misunderstood and counted as time...

14-03-10 A man and his wife were always wishing for luck. One night a fairy came to them and said, You may have three wishes. In the morning the woman went to a neighbor's house to get some bread. She saw a nice pudding there. When she came back, she said, I...

14-02-14 事业如万马奔腾 Wish you have a career that thrives like ten thousand horses galloping. 马年行大运 Wish you good luck in the year of horse. 祝您龙马精神 Wish you full of vigor/keep a vigorous spirit in the new year. 祝事业一马平川 Wish you have a smo...

13-12-27 据美国哥伦比亚广播公司12月23日报道，身患癌症的美国女子布伦达施米茨在弥留之际写信为丈夫及其家人许下三个美好愿望。布伦达去世数年之后，这些愿望居然实现了，令人惊讶，感动不已。 A note written to an Iowa radio station is getting worldwide attention. The...

12-08-10 精彩对白 Dad: I have some good news to share. Mom: What news? Dad: Holt got a call from that show, Inside Edition, and they want to give Bethany a prosthetic arm . Mom: Wait, wait, wait. She's been home for five minutes. Dad: They're gonna pay for t...

11-12-28 'I do not explain them.' 'Because you cannot without affirming what you wish to deny, namely, intelligent co-operation, among the constituent elements of the crystals. When soldiers form lines, or hollow squares, you call it reason. When wild geese...

10-10-09 翻译： I wish I could bring you to see my point. 正确译法：我怎么跟你说不明白呢？ 原译（错误译法）：我希望我能使你明白我的意思。 解析：原译似乎很忠实于原文，但是未能译出其真正的含义。有人建议改译为但愿我能使你明白我的意思，语气也不确切。原句开头的I...

09-11-07 Be careful with what you wish for A couple had been married for 25 years and were celebrating their 60th birthdays, which fell on the same day. During the celebration a fairy appeared and said that because they had been such a loving couple for all...

09-09-29 Be Careful What You Wish For A couple had been married for 25 years and were celebrating their 60th birthdays, which fell on the same day. During the celebration a fairy appeared and said that because they had been such a loving couple for all 25 ye...