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.說(shuō)起來(lái)容易做起來(lái)難。
4. Slow and steady wins the race.穩扎穩打無(wú)往而不勝。
5. A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit.吃一塹,長(cháng)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,謬之千里。
8. It's never too old to learn.活到老,學(xué)到老。
9. All that glitters is not gold.閃光的未必都是金子。
10. Experience is the mother of wisdom.實(shí)踐出真知。
11. All work and no play makes jack a dull boy.只工作不休息,聰明孩子也變傻。
12. Beauty without virtue is a rose without fragrance.無(wú)德之美猶如沒(méi)有香味的玫瑰,徒有其表。
13. More hasty,less speed.欲速則不達。
14. Rome was not built in a day.偉業(yè)非一日之功。
15. Great minds think alike.英雄所見(jiàn)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.事實(shí)勝于雄辯。
19. Call back white and white back.顛倒黑白。
20. well begun,half done.好的開(kāi)始等于成功的一半。
21. It is hard to please all.眾口難調。
22. Ill news travels fast.壞事傳千里。
23. Out of sight,out of mind.眼不見(jiàn),心不念。
24. Beauty will buy no beef.漂亮不能當飯吃。
25. Like and like make good friends.趣味相投。
26. First things first.凡事有輕重緩急。
27. A friend in need is a friend indeed.患難見(jiàn)真情。
28. To live is to learn,to learn is to better live.活著(zhù)為了學(xué)習,學(xué)習為了更好的活著(zhù)。
29. live not to eat,but eat to live.活著(zhù)不是為了吃飯,吃飯為了活著(zhù)。
30. Action speaks louder than words.行動(dòng)勝過(guò)語(yǔ)言。
31. East or west,home is the best.金窩銀窩不如自家草窩。
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.少壯不努力,老大徒傷悲。
34. As the tree,so the fruit.種瓜得瓜,種豆得豆。
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?” 一頭牛和一只狗同時(shí)為一個(gè)農夫工作。
狗驕傲地說(shuō)著(zhù);'我是多么重要啊!白天我在牧場(chǎng)看護家群,晚上我看家。而你呢…..?” “我?我怎么啦?“ 牛反問(wèn)。
“你只會(huì )犁地或是拉扯。”狗不懈地說(shuō)。
“是的。你說(shuō)得沒(méi)有錯,”牛回答道。
“但是如果沒(méi)有我犁地,你看護什么呢?”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." 【中文譯文】 好孩子 小羅伯特向媽媽要兩分錢(qián)。“昨天給你的錢(qián)干什么了?” “我給了一個(gè)可憐的老太婆,”他回答說(shuō)。
“你真是個(gè)好孩子,”媽媽驕傲地說(shuō)。“再給你兩分錢(qián)。
可你為什么對那位老太太那么感興趣呢?” “她是個(gè)賣(mài)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 “對不起,夫人,為您孩子拔牙我要收取20美元。”
“20美元!為什么?不是說(shuō)好只要4美元。” “是的,但是你的孩子大喊大叫,把另外四個(gè)病人嚇跑了。”
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,一只狐貍看到了一只公雞。他想:這是我的早餐。
他朝公雞走來(lái),對他說(shuō):“我知道,你能唱得非常好聽(tīng),你能唱給我聽(tīng)么?”公雞很高興。他閉上眼睛開(kāi)始唱歌。
狐貍看到這些抓住它放到自己的嘴里走了。 在田地里的人們看到了狐貍。
大喊大叫:“看,看!狐貍抓住公雞逃走了。”公雞對狐貍說(shuō):“狐貍先生,你能理解么?人們認為你叼走了公雞。
告訴他們這是你的,不是他們的。” 狐貍張開(kāi)她的嘴說(shuō):“公雞是我的,不是你們的。”
就在那時(shí),公雞逃離了狐貍的嘴巴,跑到了樹(shù)底下。5. Making His Mark “刻舟求劍” 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?楚國有個(gè)人坐船渡江時(shí),他不小心把自己的一把寶劍掉落江中。
他馬上掏出一把小刀,在寶劍落水的船舷上刻上一個(gè)記號。船靠岸后,那楚人立即從船上刻記號的地方跳下水去撈取掉落的寶劍。
他怎么找得到 寶劍呢?船繼續行駛,而寶劍卻不會(huì )再移動(dòng)。像他這樣去找劍,真是太愚蠢可笑了。
6. 狗屋 The Dog' House 英語(yǔ)小故事大道理:It's easy to put off today what can be done tomorrow. 人們總是今天吧今天應做的事拖到明天 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.英語(yǔ)小故事帶翻譯: 冬天時(shí),有一只狗由于寒冷,盡可能地把身子蜷成一團,他下決心一定要為自己建一所房子。可是夏天到來(lái)的時(shí)候,狗伸直了身子躺著(zhù)睡覺(jué),把身體盡可能伸展開(kāi)。
現在 他覺(jué)得為自己建個(gè)適合自己的房子來(lái)住實(shí)在不容易,也沒(méi)有那個(gè)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 。
沒(méi)有很多,我知道的有這么一些,希望能幫到你。
1,The Heel of Achilles 亦作 The Achilles' Heel 唯一弱點(diǎn);薄弱環(huán)節;要害 = deadly / fatal/ mortalThe Heel of Achilles 直譯是"阿基里斯的腳踵",是個(gè)在歐洲廣泛流行的國際性成語(yǔ).阿基里斯是希臘 聯(lián)軍里最英勇善戰的驍將,傳說(shuō)他是希臘密耳彌多涅斯人的國王珀琉斯和海神的女兒西蒂斯所生的兒子. 阿基里斯呱呱墜地以后,母親想使兒子健壯永生,把他放在火里鍛煉,又捏著(zhù)他的腳踵倒浸在冥河(Styx) 圣水里浸泡.因此阿基里斯渾身象鋼筋鐵骨,刀槍不入,只有腳踵部位被母親的手捏住,沒(méi)有沾到冥河圣 水,成為他的唯一要害.在特洛伊戰爭中,太陽(yáng)神阿波羅(Apollo)把阿基里斯的弱點(diǎn)告訴了特洛伊王子帕里 斯,阿基里斯終于被帕里斯誘到城門(mén)口,用暗箭射中他的腳踵,負傷而死.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 "特洛伊的海倫","紅顏禍水".Helen 是希臘的絕世佳人,美艷無(wú)比,嫁給希臘南部邦城斯巴達國王墨涅俄斯(Menelaus)為妻.后來(lái), 特洛伊王子帕里斯奉命出事希臘,在斯巴達國王那里做客,他在愛(ài)與美之神阿芙羅狄蒂的幫助下,趁著(zhù)墨 涅俄斯外出之際,誘走海倫,還帶走了很多財寶此事激起了希臘各部族的公憤,墨涅俄斯發(fā)誓說(shuō),寧死也要奪回海倫,報仇雪恨.為此,在希臘各城 邦英雄的贊助下,調集十萬(wàn)大軍和 1180 條戰船,組成了希臘聯(lián)軍,公推墨涅俄斯的哥哥阿枷門(mén)農(Agame mnon)為聯(lián)軍統帥,浩浩蕩蕩,跨海東征,攻打特洛伊城,企圖用武力奪回海輪.雙方大戰 10 年,死傷無(wú) 數,許多英雄戰死在沙場(chǎng).甚至連奧林匹斯山的眾神也分成 2 個(gè)陣營(yíng),有些支持希臘人,有些幫助特洛伊 人,彼此展開(kāi)了一場(chǎng)持久的惡斗.最后希臘聯(lián)軍采用足智多謀的奧德修斯(Odusseus)的"木馬計",里應外合 才攻陷了特洛伊.希臘人進(jìn)城后,大肆殺戮,帕里斯王子也被殺死,特洛伊的婦女,兒童全部淪為奴隸. 特洛伊城被掠奪一空,燒成了一片灰燼.戰爭結實(shí)后,希臘將士帶著(zhù)大量戰利品回到希臘,墨涅俄斯搶回 了美貌的海倫重返故土.這就是特洛伊戰爭的起因和結局.正是由于海輪,使特洛伊遭到毀滅的悲劇,真 所謂"傾國傾城",由此產(chǎn)生了 Helen of Troy 這個(gè)成語(yǔ).所謂"特洛伊的海倫",實(shí)質(zhì)上是財富和商業(yè)霸權的化身.中國歷史上也有過(guò)"妲己亡商","西施沼吳" 等傳說(shuō),以及唐明皇因寵楊貴妃而招致"安史之亂",吳三桂"沖冠一怒為紅顏"等說(shuō)法.漢語(yǔ)中有個(gè)"傾國傾 城"的成語(yǔ)(語(yǔ)出《漢書(shū)外戚傳》:'一顧傾人城,再顧傾人國'.)這里的"傾"字一語(yǔ)雙光,既可指美艷非 凡,令人傾倒;也可紙傾覆邦國.其含義與 Helen of troy 十分近似.在現代英語(yǔ)中,Helen of Troy 這個(gè)成語(yǔ),除了表示 a beautiful girl or woman; a beauty who ruins he r country 等意義外,還可以用來(lái)表示 a terrible disaster brought by sb or sth you like best 的意思.3,Adam's apple 喉結根據《圣經(jīng)》記載,上帝造人之初,亞當和夏娃無(wú)憂(yōu)無(wú)慮地生活在伊甸園里.園里有一棵樹(shù),結著(zhù)許 多令人垂涎欲滴的果實(shí)——蘋(píng)果.上帝告誡兩人不要偷吃果實(shí),可是他們聽(tīng)信了蛇的讒言而抵擋不住誘惑, 偷吃了禁果.亞當在驚慌失措中將一個(gè)蘋(píng)果核卡在喉嚨里,留下一個(gè)疙瘩.作為懲罰,上帝就讓這個(gè)蘋(píng)果 核永遠留在他的喉嚨里,成為男性的喉結.這個(gè)故事伴隨《圣經(jīng)》代代相傳,家喻戶(hù)曉.后來(lái)人們就用 Ad am's apple 表示"男人的喉結".來(lái)源考試365例句:I find that your Adam's apple isn't apparent. 我發(fā)現你的喉結不明顯.4,Narcissus從前有個(gè)男孩,他的名字叫做"Narcissus"(水仙).身為一名天神的兒子他長(cháng)得十分英俊.有許多愛(ài) 慕著(zhù)他的少女向他示愛(ài)卻都被他拒絕了.在愛(ài)慕著(zhù)他的眾多少女中有位美麗的仙女做做"Echo"(回音),由于 Echo 不能正常得說(shuō)出想說(shuō)的話(huà)而只能不斷得重復別人的言語(yǔ)所以她并不能清楚的告訴 Narcissus 她對他的 愛(ài)意.有天當 Narcissus 和他的幾個(gè)朋友在森林中漫步時(shí)和其他的朋友走失了.他喊到"有人在嗎?"Echo 也 說(shuō)"有人在嗎?"Echo 上前想抱住 Narcissus 卻被 Narcissus 拒絕了 Echo 非常得傷心, 她跑到一個(gè)無(wú)人的山洞, 一直待到她的外形完全消失只剩下她的聲音能被人們所聽(tīng)到.一名女神聽(tīng)說(shuō)了這件事.她非常得憤怒,并用神力使 Narcissus 愛(ài)上了他自己.當 Narcissus 在湖泊的 水邊看到自己的影子時(shí),他頓時(shí)愛(ài)上了水中的人.他一直待在那湖邊,直到漸漸死去,在他死的地方長(cháng)出 許多的野花,這種花被人們取名叫做 Narcissus(水仙花).。
去買(mǎi)一本。我有一本電子書(shū)的PDG的英語(yǔ)詞源,平時(shí)我是用WEBSTER來(lái)查的。/還有這個(gè)摩西英語(yǔ)的網(wǎng)站我非常喜歡。例如preamble 前言、序文、緒論、導言、開(kāi)場(chǎng)白等(星期五) 2010-03-26
amble [] vi.(馬)緩行、從容漫步,n.(馬的)緩行步態(tài)、漫步,如句子:He ambled around the park他在公園里漫步;
funambulist [] n.走鋼絲(或繩索)的雜技演員(或藝人),拉丁詞根fun表示繩子,所以字面意思就是“someone walking on a rope”,呵呵,提心吊膽的懸在半空中,可沒(méi)有多少“fun樂(lè )趣”可言呀;
ambulance [] n.救護車(chē),因為一般都配備有應急醫療設施,所以顧名思義,救護車(chē)就是就是能“行走”的一個(gè)“流動(dòng)醫院”;
noctambulant [] adj.夜間步行的、夢(mèng)游的、夜游的,拉丁詞根noct表示夜晚,實(shí)際來(lái)自希臘詞根nyct,同樣表示夜晚、黑夜、黑暗。在希臘神話(huà)中,黑夜女神叫Nyx(羅馬神話(huà)中叫做Nox),傳說(shuō)她住在沉重的鐵塊也需要九天九夜才能掉到底的冥府最深處,唯一的職責就是當白晝之神Hemera返回時(shí)自己升到地面上,給世界帶來(lái)無(wú)邊的黑夜;
值得說(shuō)的是,preamble首字母大寫(xiě)時(shí)特指美國憲法的前言,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
我們合眾國人民,為建立更完善的聯(lián)邦,樹(shù)立正義,保障國內安寧,提供共同防務(wù),促進(jìn)公共福利,并使我們自己和后代得享自由的幸福,特為美利堅合眾國制定本憲法。
今日名言
Reprove your friend privately, commend him publicly---Solon,ancient Greece statesman and poet.
私下批評朋友,公開(kāi)贊揚朋友---梭倫,古希臘政治家和詩(shī)人。
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