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...

13-05-05 Research suggests that balling up the right hand and squeezing it tightly actually makes it easier to memorise lists. Later, when it is time to retrieve the information, it is the left hand that should be clenched. 研究显示，攥起右拳并握紧能让你更容...

13-04-14 美国斯坦福大学一位文学博士在新出版的书中指出，讲脏话其实并不是教育水平低下阶层的专利，上层阶级的大佬们也很喜欢讲脏话。她还指出，讲脏话在生活中也是有一些实际用途的。比如，你不小心撞到脚趾的时候，骂一句脏话可以帮助你缓解疼痛。 Using swearwords（坏话，...

13-03-18 The scholars, including linguists and senior reporters, said the inclusion of words such as the basketball league NBA and PM2.5, a measure of air pollution, violated regulations covering the Chinese language, including the Law on the Standard Spoken...

13-03-15 It's the bedtime ritual every parent dreads - being asked to read the same book for the umpteenth time. 这是让每个父母都头疼的睡前惯例被孩子央求把同一本书念上第N次。 But while the constant repetition might be mind-numbing for mum or dad, it is the b...

13-03-07 Sweet-words bribery refers to endearing or flattering words, instead of cash and gifts, that some people use to win over the heart of their boss or someone who might be useful, in order to get what they want. Sweet-words bribery指不送钱和礼，而用阿...

12-11-28 When I was growing up I do not recall hearing the words I love you from my father. When your father never says them to you when you are a child, it gets tougher and tougher for him to say those words as he gets older. To tell the truth, I could not...

12-11-23 Dogs learning to associate words with objects form these associations in different ways than humans do, according to research published November 21 in the open access journal PLOS ONE by Emile van der Zee and colleagues from the University of Lincol...

12-10-31 根据其中文意思，通常，我们将脑残翻译为impaired-brain 或者brain-impaired，分别为名词和形容词。这是比较正常的说法。 下面为大家隆重介绍一种超绝的英文释义： 脑残的定义 Your brain has two parts: the left and the right. Your left brain has nothing right,...

12-09-03 Fathers seldom say I love you Though the feeling's always there, But somehow those three little words Are the hardest ones to share. And fathers say I love you In ways that words can't match-- With tender bed time stories Or a friendly game of catch...