Logan recently recalled a sentence from a book he had read. 罗根最近回想起来的一句他曾在书里读到的话。 Do not use your malice to speculate on the world’s love. 不要用你的恶意去揣测世界的爱心。 He remembered this because he just fired one of his own subordinates. 而他想起这，是因为他刚刚炒掉了一名自己的下属。 The employee was laid off not because of her professional abilities, but because she did not really understand…
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Repetition is really the best way to memorize things faster, but there are still a couple more tips: 重复是最快记忆方法，不过也还有其他一些小窍门： Chunking the information. 将信息组块化。 Repetition 重复。 Set up Triggers/Reminders. 建立一个提醒自己的方法。 Add a unique habit. 养成一个独特的习惯。 Do not watch TV or play video games right afterwards. 在记忆之后不要看电视或者打游戏。 Connect it to other pieces of information you know. 将记忆内容与其他你所知的信息联系起来。…
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Steve Jobs’s former right-hand woman, Joanna Hoffman, who has been in the eye of Silicon Valley long enough to see multiple generations of geniuses exerting their whim over technology—and thus, society—has unleashed a scathing attack on Facebook and its CEO, Mark Zuckerberg. 史蒂夫·乔布斯从前的得力女助手Joanna Hoffman猛烈抨击Facebook及其首席执行官马克·扎克伯格。她在硅谷的核心圈待的时间足够长，看过了几代天才对科技和社会发挥他们的奇思妙想。 For decades Hoffman was one of Steve Jobs’s most trusted confidants.…
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She Asked Dad How He Met Mom. His Response Is The Best Thing You’ll Read Today 女儿问爸爸和妈妈是如何认识的，爸爸的回答精彩绝伦 A high school senior named Sydney is writing an essay about her parents, so she asked Dad how he and Mom fell in love. 一位名叫Sydney的高中生要写一篇关于她父母的文章，所以她问了她爸爸是如何与妈妈相爱的。 Dad texted her the story, and now it’s being shared all over the…
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1.The reason why flames are going upward is that cold air sinks because of gravity which then results to hot air rising. But if there were no gravity, flames would look like this: 1.火苗向上是因为受重力影响冷空气下沉，热空气上升。但如果没有重力，火苗就是这样： 2.Without gravity bacteria gets tougher. A research shows that salmonella can get 3 times stronger in microgravity. Good thing we have…
DetailsMid-Autumn Festival, or Moon Festival 中秋节 (Zhōng Qiū Jié) as it’s known in China, is the 15th day of the 8th month in the lunar calendar. This puts it in September or October on the solar calendar. Mid-Autumn Festival is considered a harvest festival, and some people even compare it to Thanksgiving in American culture.…
DetailsPlanning to travel to Taiwan and need to some inspirations? I can share some ideas! Taiwan (台湾Táiwān), also known as 宝岛bǎodǎo (beautiful island), or Formosa, found in 1544 by Portuguese sailors, has seen a spectacular increase of tourists since a few years now. In 2015, it reached 10 million annual visitors and its growth hasn’t…
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The internet is full of memes and those related to studying Chinese or living in China are not missing. If you happen to learn Mandarin, live in China, or have the chance to do both, you will probably relate to what is coming next. Here are some of the internet funniest Chinese memes. (You can…
DetailsI spent all of my kindergarten, primary, secondary, and high school years in France. When I went to Mainland China and Taiwan for the first time for my two exchange-student years, I had the chance to meet not only a lot of local students but also many foreign students from all over the world. One…
Details“The Art of War” remains on of the world’s most famous military texts, 2,500 years after it was published by Sun Tze (孙子 Sūnzi) an adviser who probably lived during the Spring and Autumn Period (776-471 BCE). However, it is now celebrated by today’s business gurus and even sports coaches as guidance for dealing with…
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