How can you do business with the americans? You'll need to improve your English first.
你怎么能与美国人做生意?你得先提高自己的英文水平。
We tried in vain to make him change his mind.
我们试图使他改变他的主意,但白费力气。
For his lifentime's work in studying the communication of animals, including honey bees, Professor Karl von Frisch was given a Nobel Prize in 1973, which he shared with two other scientists. He died in 1982.