“Friends, Romans, Countrymen lend me your ears” – William Shakespeare

　　“Our priorities are Education, Education, Education” – Tony Blair

　　A Mars a day helps you to work, rest and play – Advertising slogan

　　Stop, look and listen – Public safety announcement

　　“我來了，我看見，我戰(zhàn)勝”——凱撒大帝

　　“朋友、羅馬人、同胞，請聽我說“——丘吉爾

　　“我們的重點是教育、教育、教育“——布萊爾

　　“一天一根瑪氏條，助你工作、休息和玩耍”——廣告詞

　　“一停二看三聽”——公共安全宣傳語

　　A classic example of the rule of three was Winston Churchill’s famous Blood, Sweat and Tears speech. He is widely attributed as saying I can promise you nothing but blood sweat and tears. What he actually said was “I can promise you Blood, Sweat, Toil and Tears”. Because of the rule of three we simply remember it as Blood sweat and tears.

　　有關(guān)“三的法則”享有盛名的就是丘吉爾的“血、汗和淚水”的演說，人們普遍認為他當(dāng)時說的是：我能奉獻的唯有血、汗和淚水，實際上他說了什么呢?“我能奉獻的唯有血、汗、辛勞和淚水”，因為“三的法則”我們僅僅只記住了血、汗和淚水。

　　4. In Presentations “Less is More”

　　在演講中“少即是多”

　　If you have four points to get across – cut one out. They won’t remember it anyway. In presentations less really is more. No one ever complained of a presentation being too short.

　　如果你有四個要點要闡述——那就去掉一個，他們是無論如何也記不下那個的。在演講中“少即是多”，沒有人會因為一場演講太過簡短而抱怨的。