“For the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: “If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?” And whenever the answer has been “No” for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something.” – Steve Jobs

Modern Love是The New York Times的一个星期天专栏，全是千把字的短文，讲的都是普通人的情感故事，是我每周必读的纽时文章。

我刚进外企时带我的师傅教了我第一课——Never say “I don’t know”

知道万宝路吧（Marlboro）？全世界最出名的香烟品牌，Philip Morris旗下的名牌，有人说这个牌子是一句话的首字母缩写 Men Always Remember Ladies Because of Romance Only（男人只会因为浪漫才记得女人）- Marlboro.

Heaven and Earth proceed in the most admirable way, but they say nothing about them 天地有大美而不言

Welcome to the Journal, our show about money, business, and power.

汉语里 1 和 7 容易被听错，所以在军事和无线电用语中就把 1 说成“幺”，2 说成“两”，7说成“拐”，0说成“洞”。

Are you not happy about life?
Don’t know why, just seldom laugh.

可以借鉴上海人的一个好说法——上海人怕人分不清m和n时就说m，两扇门，n，一扇门，多形象。

你永远叫不醒那些为尊者唱赞歌的人，即便开枪都赶不走。

爵级司令勋章（Knight/Dame Commander，男性简称“KBE”，女性简称“DBE”）

地球大气层（atmospheres of the earth）从低到高分为五个主要分层（5 main layers）

你的英语语法有多好/差？来测试一下。

Witch-hunting is the searching out and deliberate harassment of those (such as political opponents) with unpopular views.