“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

　　“我来了，我看见，我战胜”——凯撒大帝

　　“朋友、罗马人、同胞，请听我说“——丘吉尔

　　“我们的重点是教育、教育、教育“——布莱尔

　　“一天一根玛氏条，助你工作、休息和玩耍”——广告词

　　“一停二看三听”——公共安全宣传语

　　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.

　　有关“三的法则”享有盛名的就是丘吉尔的“血、汗和泪水”的演说，人们普遍认为他当时说的是：我能奉献的唯有血、汗和泪水，实际上他说了什么呢?“我能奉献的唯有血、汗、辛劳和泪水”，因为“三的法则”我们仅仅只记住了血、汗和泪水。

　　4. In Presentations “Less is More”

　　在演讲中“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.

　　如果你有四个要点要阐述——那就去掉一个，他们是无论如何也记不下那个的。在演讲中“少即是多”，没有人会因为一场演讲太过简短而抱怨的。