The Chinese calendar contains cycles of twelve years. A different animal represents each year. The first year of the cycle is the year of the rat. After that comes the year of the ox, the year of the tiger, the rabbit, the dragon, the snake

With the Year of the Snake practically upon us, and with the solar New Year fast fading into distant memory, I have been ruminating（反刍，沉思） over the habit that so many people have of making new year resolutions ... and then breaking t

The Lord of the Rings, Author: J. R. R. Tolkien # of sold copies: 150 million First edition: 1954 Although this series has become even more famous after being filmed, it's fair to say that the tale of Middle Earth is an ingenious work of

否定一切也就承认了一切He who commences many things finishes but few.黎明前最黑暗The darkest hour is that before the dawn真正的爱情之路从来不会是平坦的The course of true love never did run smooth .虚度

虎落平阳被犬欺Even hares pull a lion by the beard when he is dead.智者千虑,必有一失Even Homer sometimes nods.生死有命Every bullet has its billet.天无绝人之路Every cloud has a silver lining.鸡犬升天Eve