1. Practice makes perfect.熟能生巧。
2. God helps those who help themselves.天助自助者
3. Easier said than done.说起来容易做起来难。
4. Slow and steady wins the race.稳扎稳打无往而不胜。
5. A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit.吃一堑,长一智。
6. Where there is a will,there is a way.有志者事竟成。
7. One false step will make a great difference.失之毫厘,谬之千里。
8. It's never too old to learn.活到老,学到老。
9. All that glitters is not gold.闪光的未必都是金子。
10. Experience is the mother of wisdom.实践出真知。
11. All work and no play makes jack a dull boy.只工作不休息,聪明孩子也变傻。
12. Beauty without virtue is a rose without fragrance.无德之美犹如没有香味的玫瑰,徒有其表。
13. More hasty,less speed.欲速则不达。
14. Rome was not built in a day.伟业非一日之功。
15. Great minds think alike.英雄所见略同。
16. A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.千里之行始于足下。
17. Look before you leap.三思而后行。
18. Facts speak plainer than words.事实胜于雄辩。
19. Call back white and white back.颠倒黑白。
20. well begun,half done.好的开始等于成功的一半。
21. It is hard to please all.众口难调。
22. Ill news travels fast.坏事传千里。
23. Out of sight,out of mind.眼不见,心不念。
24. Beauty will buy no beef.漂亮不能当饭吃。
25. Like and like make good friends.趣味相投。
26. First things first.凡事有轻重缓急。
27. A friend in need is a friend indeed.患难见真情。
28. To live is to learn,to learn is to better live.活着为了学习,学习为了更好的活着。
29. live not to eat,but eat to live.活着不是为了吃饭,吃饭为了活着。
30. Action speaks louder than words.行动胜过语言。
31. East or west,home is the best.金窝银窝不如自家草窝。
32. It's not the gay coat that makes the gentleman.君子在德不在衣。
33. An idle youth,a needy age.少壮不努力,老大徒伤悲。
34. As the tree,so the fruit.种瓜得瓜,种豆得豆。
35. The older, the wiser.姜是老的辣。
1.The Ox and the Dog An ox and a dog serve for the same farmer.One day the dog arrogantly says: “How grand I am! In the daytime, I watch out for the cattle in the meadows; at night, I guard the house. But you…” “Me? How about me ?” the ox says “You can only plough or draw a cart,” the dog slightly says. “Yes. It's true,” the ox says. “But if I don't plough, what do you guard?” 一头牛和一只狗同时为一个农夫工作。
狗骄傲地说着;'我是多么重要啊!白天我在牧场看护家群,晚上我看家。而你呢…..?” “我?我怎么啦?“ 牛反问。
“你只会犁地或是拉扯。”狗不懈地说。
“是的。你说得没有错,”牛回答道。
“但是如果没有我犁地,你看护什么呢?”2. A Good Boy Little Robert asked his mother for two cents. "What did you do with the money I gave you yesterday?" "I gave it to a poor old woman," he answered. "You're a good boy," said the mother proudly. "Here are two cents more. But why are you so interested in the old woman?" "She is the one who sells the candy." 【中文译文】 好孩子 小罗伯特向妈妈要两分钱。“昨天给你的钱干什么了?” “我给了一个可怜的老太婆,”他回答说。
“你真是个好孩子,”妈妈骄傲地说。“再给你两分钱。
可你为什么对那位老太太那么感兴趣呢?” “她是个卖糖果的。”3.tooth extraction “I'm sorry ,Madam ,but I shall have to charge you twenty dollars for pulling your boy's tooth .” “Twenty d ollars! Why ,I understand you to say that you charged only four dollars for such work!” “Yes,but this youngster yelled so terribly that he scared four other patients out of the office .” 拔牙 “对不起,夫人,为您孩子拔牙我要收取20美元。”
“20美元!为什么?不是说好只要4美元。” “是的,但是你的孩子大喊大叫,把另外四个病人吓跑了。”
4. One morning a fox saw a cock.He thought,"This is my breakfast.'' He came up to the cock and said,"I know you can sing very well.Can you sing for me?''The cock was glad.He closes his eyes and began to sing.The fox saw that and caught him in his mouth and carried him away. The people in the field saw the fox.They cried,"Look,look!The fox is carrying the cock away.'' The cock said to the fox,"Mr Fox,do you understand?The people say you are carrying their cock away.Tell them it is yours.Not theirs.'' The fox opened his mouth and said,"The cock is mine,not yours.''Just then the cock ran away from the fox and fled into the tree. 一天早上,一只狐狸看到了一只公鸡。他想:这是我的早餐。
他朝公鸡走来,对他说:“我知道,你能唱得非常好听,你能唱给我听么?”公鸡很高兴。他闭上眼睛开始唱歌。
狐狸看到这些抓住它放到自己的嘴里走了。 在田地里的人们看到了狐狸。
大喊大叫:“看,看!狐狸抓住公鸡逃走了。”公鸡对狐狸说:“狐狸先生,你能理解么?人们认为你叼走了公鸡。
告诉他们这是你的,不是他们的。” 狐狸张开她的嘴说:“公鸡是我的,不是你们的。”
就在那时,公鸡逃离了狐狸的嘴巴,跑到了树底下。5. Making His Mark “刻舟求剑” A man from the state of Chu was taking a boat across a river when he dropped his sword into the water carelessly. Immediately he made a mark on the side of the boat where the sword dropped, hoping to find it later. When the boat stopped moving, he went into the water to search for his sword at the place where he had marked the boat. As we know, the boat had moved but the sword had not. Isn't this a very foolish way to look for a sword?楚国有个人坐船渡江时,他不小心把自己的一把宝剑掉落江中。
他马上掏出一把小刀,在宝剑落水的船舷上刻上一个记号。船靠岸后,那楚人立即从船上刻记号的地方跳下水去捞取掉落的宝剑。
他怎么找得到 宝剑呢?船继续行驶,而宝剑却不会再移动。像他这样去找剑,真是太愚蠢可笑了。
6. 狗屋 The Dog' House 英语小故事大道理:It's easy to put off today what can be done tomorrow. 人们总是今天吧今天应做的事拖到明天 In the wintertime, a Dog curled up in as small a space as possible on account of the cold, determined to make himself a house. However when the summer returned again, he lay asleep stretched at his full length and appeared to himself to be of a great size. Now he considered that it would be neither an easy nor a necessary work to make himself such a house as would accommodate him.英语小故事带翻译: 冬天时,有一只狗由于寒冷,尽可能地把身子蜷成一团,他下决心一定要为自己建一所房子。可是夏天到来的时候,狗伸直了身子躺着睡觉,把身体尽可能伸展开。
现在 他觉得为自己建个适合自己的房子来住实在不容易,也没有那个必要。7.Sleeping Pills Bob was having trouble getting to sleep at night. He went to see his doctor, who prescribed some extra-strong sleeping pills. Sunday night Bob 。
没有很多,我知道的有这么一些,希望能帮到你。
1,The Heel of Achilles 亦作 The Achilles' Heel 唯一弱点;薄弱环节;要害 = deadly / fatal/ mortalThe Heel of Achilles 直译是"阿基里斯的脚踵",是个在欧洲广泛流行的国际性成语.阿基里斯是希腊 联军里最英勇善战的骁将,传说他是希腊密耳弥多涅斯人的国王珀琉斯和海神的女儿西蒂斯所生的儿子. 阿基里斯呱呱坠地以后,母亲想使儿子健壮永生,把他放在火里锻炼,又捏着他的脚踵倒浸在冥河(Styx) 圣水里浸泡.因此阿基里斯浑身象钢筋铁骨,刀枪不入,只有脚踵部位被母亲的手捏住,没有沾到冥河圣 水,成为他的唯一要害.在特洛伊战争中,太阳神阿波罗(Apollo)把阿基里斯的弱点告诉了特洛伊王子帕里 斯,阿基里斯终于被帕里斯诱到城门口,用暗箭射中他的脚踵,负伤而死.因此, the Achilles' heel,常用以表示 a weak point in something that is otherwise without fault; the weakest spot 等意思.E.g.:His Achilles' heel was his pride--he would get very angry if anyone criticized his work.2,Helen of Troy "特洛伊的海伦","红颜祸水".Helen 是希腊的绝世佳人,美艳无比,嫁给希腊南部邦城斯巴达国王墨涅俄斯(Menelaus)为妻.后来, 特洛伊王子帕里斯奉命出事希腊,在斯巴达国王那里做客,他在爱与美之神阿芙罗狄蒂的帮助下,趁着墨 涅俄斯外出之际,诱走海伦,还带走了很多财宝此事激起了希腊各部族的公愤,墨涅俄斯发誓说,宁死也要夺回海伦,报仇雪恨.为此,在希腊各城 邦英雄的赞助下,调集十万大军和 1180 条战船,组成了希腊联军,公推墨涅俄斯的哥哥阿枷门农(Agame mnon)为联军统帅,浩浩荡荡,跨海东征,攻打特洛伊城,企图用武力夺回海轮.双方大战 10 年,死伤无 数,许多英雄战死在沙场.甚至连奥林匹斯山的众神也分成 2 个阵营,有些支持希腊人,有些帮助特洛伊 人,彼此展开了一场持久的恶斗.最后希腊联军采用足智多谋的奥德修斯(Odusseus)的"木马计",里应外合 才攻陷了特洛伊.希腊人进城后,大肆杀戮,帕里斯王子也被杀死,特洛伊的妇女,儿童全部沦为奴隶. 特洛伊城被掠夺一空,烧成了一片灰烬.战争结实后,希腊将士带着大量战利品回到希腊,墨涅俄斯抢回 了美貌的海伦重返故土.这就是特洛伊战争的起因和结局.正是由于海轮,使特洛伊遭到毁灭的悲剧,真 所谓"倾国倾城",由此产生了 Helen of Troy 这个成语.所谓"特洛伊的海伦",实质上是财富和商业霸权的化身.中国历史上也有过"妲己亡商","西施沼吴" 等传说,以及唐明皇因宠杨贵妃而招致"安史之乱",吴三桂"冲冠一怒为红颜"等说法.汉语中有个"倾国倾 城"的成语(语出《汉书外戚传》:'一顾倾人城,再顾倾人国'.)这里的"倾"字一语双光,既可指美艳非 凡,令人倾倒;也可纸倾覆邦国.其含义与 Helen of troy 十分近似.在现代英语中,Helen of Troy 这个成语,除了表示 a beautiful girl or woman; a beauty who ruins he r country 等意义外,还可以用来表示 a terrible disaster brought by sb or sth you like best 的意思.3,Adam's apple 喉结根据《圣经》记载,上帝造人之初,亚当和夏娃无忧无虑地生活在伊甸园里.园里有一棵树,结着许 多令人垂涎欲滴的果实——苹果.上帝告诫两人不要偷吃果实,可是他们听信了蛇的谗言而抵挡不住诱惑, 偷吃了禁果.亚当在惊慌失措中将一个苹果核卡在喉咙里,留下一个疙瘩.作为惩罚,上帝就让这个苹果 核永远留在他的喉咙里,成为男性的喉结.这个故事伴随《圣经》代代相传,家喻户晓.后来人们就用 Ad am's apple 表示"男人的喉结".来源考试365例句:I find that your Adam's apple isn't apparent. 我发现你的喉结不明显.4,Narcissus从前有个男孩,他的名字叫做"Narcissus"(水仙).身为一名天神的儿子他长得十分英俊.有许多爱 慕着他的少女向他示爱却都被他拒绝了.在爱慕着他的众多少女中有位美丽的仙女做做"Echo"(回音),由于 Echo 不能正常得说出想说的话而只能不断得重复别人的言语所以她并不能清楚的告诉 Narcissus 她对他的 爱意.有天当 Narcissus 和他的几个朋友在森林中漫步时和其他的朋友走失了.他喊到"有人在吗?"Echo 也 说"有人在吗?"Echo 上前想抱住 Narcissus 却被 Narcissus 拒绝了 Echo 非常得伤心, 她跑到一个无人的山洞, 一直待到她的外形完全消失只剩下她的声音能被人们所听到.一名女神听说了这件事.她非常得愤怒,并用神力使 Narcissus 爱上了他自己.当 Narcissus 在湖泊的 水边看到自己的影子时,他顿时爱上了水中的人.他一直待在那湖边,直到渐渐死去,在他死的地方长出 许多的野花,这种花被人们取名叫做 Narcissus(水仙花).。
去买一本。我有一本电子书的PDG的英语词源,平时我是用WEBSTER来查的。/还有这个摩西英语的网站我非常喜欢。例如preamble 前言、序文、绪论、导言、开场白等(星期五) 2010-03-26
amble [] vi.(马)缓行、从容漫步,n.(马的)缓行步态、漫步,如句子:He ambled around the park他在公园里漫步;
funambulist [] n.走钢丝(或绳索)的杂技演员(或艺人),拉丁词根fun表示绳子,所以字面意思就是“someone walking on a rope”,呵呵,提心吊胆的悬在半空中,可没有多少“fun乐趣”可言呀;
ambulance [] n.救护车,因为一般都配备有应急医疗设施,所以顾名思义,救护车就是就是能“行走”的一个“流动医院”;
noctambulant [] adj.夜间步行的、梦游的、夜游的,拉丁词根noct表示夜晚,实际来自希腊词根nyct,同样表示夜晚、黑夜、黑暗。在希腊神话中,黑夜女神叫Nyx(罗马神话中叫做Nox),传说她住在沉重的铁块也需要九天九夜才能掉到底的冥府最深处,唯一的职责就是当白昼之神Hemera返回时自己升到地面上,给世界带来无边的黑夜;
值得说的是,preamble首字母大写时特指美国宪法的前言,全文是:
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence,promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America
我们合众国人民,为建立更完善的联邦,树立正义,保障国内安宁,提供共同防务,促进公共福利,并使我们自己和后代得享自由的幸福,特为美利坚合众国制定本宪法。
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Reprove your friend privately, commend him publicly---Solon,ancient Greece statesman and poet.
私下批评朋友,公开赞扬朋友---梭伦,古希腊政治家和诗人。
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