Forever in Their Eyes 永恒在他们的眼中 Early one morning, I witnessed romance at one of the least-expected places in the world--a long-term care facility. At the time, My father shared a room withthree other gentlemen. While it wasn't an idea...
Balzac as Handwriting Expert 手迹专家巴尔扎克 Balzac, the famous French writer, was a man of great talent. But he himself was proud of his ability to tell a person's character by his or her handwriting. He often told his friends that he could...
Lenin-Spoken English 学说英语 We thought we knew the English language, having even translated a whole book from English into Russian, when we were in Siberia. I learnt English in prison from a teach-yourself book, but had never heard a work of it...
Beethoven-Pure Joy 完美的快乐 I must live almost alone like one who has been banished, I can mix with society only as much as true necessity demands. If I approach near to people a hot terror seizes upon me and I fear being exposed to the danger...
Packaging a Person人的包装A person, like a commodity, needs packaging. But going too far is absolutely undesirable. A little exaggeration, however, does no harm when it shows the person's unique qualities to their advantages. To show personal att...
Reading Good Books阅读好书Devote some of your leisure, I repeat, to cultivating a love of reading good books. Fortunate indeed are those who contrive to make themselves genuine book-lovers. For book-lovers have some noteworthy advantages over oth...