Now, the VOASpecial English programWORDS AND THEIR STORIES.Last week, I toldabout the number one.Today, I will tell aboutexpressions using other numbers.Some problemsare difficult to solve.But there are a lot ofnumber expressions that can help.For example, if weput two and two together,we might come upwith the right answer.We know that two headsare better than one.It is always better to workwith another personto solve a problem.Sometimes there areno two ways about it.Some problems haveonly one solution.You cannot be oftwo minds over this.But with any luck,we could solve the problemin two shakes of a lamb's tail.We could have our answersquickly and easily.Sometimes we can killtwo birds with one stone.That is, we can completetwo goals withonly one effort or action.But we must remember thattwo wrongs don't make a right.If someone does somethingbad to you, you should notdo the same to him.If you are going outwith your girlfriend, or boyfriend,you do not want another friendto go along on your date.You can just say to your friend:two's company, three's a crowd.When I was a young child in school,I had to learn the three R's.These important skillsare reading, writing and arithmetic.These three words do notall start with the letter "R."But they have the sound of "R."My teachers used to givethree cheers when I did well in math.They gave praise and approvalfor a job well done.Some of my friends were confusedand did not understandtheir schoolwork.They were at sixes and sevens.In fact, they did not careif they finished high school.They saw little differencebetween the two choices.Six of one, half a dozen the other– that was their position.But they were really happywhen they completed their studiesand graduated from high school.They were in seventh heaven.They were on cloud nine.Nine times out of ten, studentswho do well in school find good jobs.Some work in an officedoing the same things every dayat nine-to-five jobs.You do not have todress to the nines,or wear your best clothes,for this kind of work.Last year, one of my friendsapplied for a better jobat her office.I did not think she would get it.I thought she had a hundredto one shot at the job.Other people at her officethought her chanceswere a million to one.One reason was thatshe had been caught catchingforty winks at the office.She slept at her deskfor short periods during the day.But her supervisor appointedher to the new jobat the eleventh hour-- at the very last minute.I guess her lucky number came up.(MUSIC)This VOA Special English program,WORDS AND THEIR STORIES,was written by Jill Moss.