Did you know that the Empire State Building is short, when compared with many of the skyscrapers today?

你知道嗎？帝國大廈如果和召集的許多摩天大廈相比其實并不高。

I'm always tired when I come home from work.

當我完成工作回家時，我總是疲倦的。

On the subject of reading, Francis Bacon, who lived at about the same time as shakespeare, wrote these words, Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested. This good advice shows how it is possible to read

“有些書是應當嘗嘗滋味的，有些書是應當吞食下去的，有少數書是應當咀嚼和消化的。”這個忠告很好，它表明可以用不同的方法來閱讀不同類型的書。