Quote of the week (May. 4, 2010)

Míngcì hé róngyù, jiù xiàng tiānshàng de yún, bùnéng tǎng jìnqù, tǎng jìnqù jiù diē xiàlái le.
名次     和   荣誉,就   像     天   上      的   云, 不能    躺    进去,躺    进去 就  跌 下来了。

Rank and honor are just like the clouds in the sky. You’ll fall down if you lie on them.
             —From “俞敏洪 (Yú Mǐnhóng) Yu Minhong.” The founder and CEO of the New Oriental Education Group.

生词 (shēngcí) Vocabulary:

荣誉 (róngyù): n honor

名次 (míngcì): n rank



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