Chase after happiness too hard, and it evaporates between your fingers. The trick is to let it creep up on you unawares. I am happiest when I am lost in my own imagination. 过分追求快乐，快乐就会从你的指间溜走。获得快乐的窍门就是让它在你不经意间来到你身边。沉醉在自己想象中时是我最快乐的时候。 I people-watch and try to work out what their story is. And the best place to do this is the daily…
“Some money is too expensive.” “有些金钱的代价太过昂贵。” When I got my first grown-up job after college my dad asked me how much money I’d be willing to embezzle. 大学毕业后，我得到了成年后的第一份工作，我爸问我愿意贪污多少钱。 My dad was an aerospace engineer, one of the most straight-edge ethical men you can imagine. So I told him the truth, “You raised me to be…
New York State attorney general Letitia James has ordered right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones to stop making misleading claims about supposed coronavirus cures sold on his website, InfoWars. 纽约州总检察长Letitia James已要求右翼阴谋论者Alex Jones停止制造关于所谓的冠状病毒治疗药物的误导性言论，这些药物在他的InfoWars网站上出售。 The attorney general’s office “is extremely concerned” about Jones hawking these products on his online show, it said in a cease-and-desist letter dated March…
Starry starry night paint your palette blue and grey look out on a summer’s day with eyes that know the darkness in my soul Shadows on the hills sketch the trees and daffodils catch the breeze and the winter chills in colors on the snowy linen land 繁星点点的夜晚 你的画板上只调制了蓝与灰 用你那双看得见我灵魂污秽的眼睛 在炎夏之日向外望 山坡上的暗影 勾勒出树木与水仙的轮廓 用亚麻布般的苍茫雪地之色 去捕捉阵阵微风与严冬肃杀…
Airline SAS will temporarily halt most of its flights from Monday until conditions for commercial aviation improve, it said, as demand for flights has “more or less disappeared”. 北欧航空公司称，从周一开始将暂停大部分航班，直到商业航空状况好转，因为对航班的需求“差不多快消失了”。 Airlines worldwide are cutting flights and costs amid plunging demand and U.S. travel restrictions on European passengers during the coronavirus outbreak. 在新冠肺炎疫情期间，由于需求量骤减，以及美国对欧洲乘客的旅行限制，全球航空公司都在缩减航班，降低成本。 Europe’s second biggest airline…
With the reported cases of novel coronavirus in France nearing 4,500 with 91 deaths, some of the country’s most famous luxury brands are switching from perfume to hand sanitizer. 随着法国报告的新冠肺炎病例接近4,500，91例死亡，该国一些著名的奢侈品牌从生产香水转向了生产洗手液。 Luxury goods conglomerate LVMH, the parent company of Christian Dior, Guerlain and Givenchy, wants to help French health authorities by manufacturing hand sanitizer and providing…
The UK’s chief science adviser suggested allowing the coronavirus to spread to build immunity. Government ministers said they’ll promote self-isolation instead. 英国首席科学顾问建议让冠状病毒传播来获得群体免疫。部长们说要采取相反的措施，鼓励自我隔离。 The United Kingdom is previewing a new self-isolation plan for all people over 70 to address the spread of the novel coronavirus in the country, following backlash over a proposal to promote immunity…
Once there was a scientist. He wanted to study how monkeys learn. 曾经有一位科学家，他想研究猴子的学习能力。 He put two peanuts into a tall glass bottle. 他把两颗花生米放进了一个高高的玻璃瓶里。 The bottle was completely transparent, one could see the two peanuts clearly from outside. 玻璃瓶是完全透明的，从外面可以很清楚地看到两颗花生。 Then he gave the bottle to a monkey. 然后，他把这个瓶子递给了一只猴子。 The monkey grabed the bottle and shook it…
What is your weirdest date ever? 你最奇葩的约会经历是什么？ 2012. I was a NYU Student. 2012年，我在纽约大学上学。 Met this beautiful girl on campus. She was a sophomore from Chicago, IL. So I asked her out. Well, her sister was visiting her from Chicago that same weekend that we had our date planned. Of course she doesn’t mention anything…
One will make a lot of mistakes in his or her life. 一个人在一生中会犯很多错误。 This rule works for everybody. 这个道理对每个人都适用。 No one can avoid it. 没有人可以避免。 But there are 3 mistakes you should do your best to avoid. 不过，有3中错误，你真的该尽可能去避免。 The first mistake is to constantly complain about things. 第一种错误是“一直在抱怨”。 Almost everybody keeps doing it because it…