一切学问没有速成的,尤其是语言。——傅雷
day 1
Miracles sometimes occur, but one has to work terribly for them.—C. Weizmann, Irish president
奇迹有时会发生,但你必须为之拼命工作。——爱尔兰总统魏兹曼
day 2
Our destiny offers not the cup of despair, but the chalice of opportunity. —Richard Nixon, American president
命运给予我们的不是失望之酒,而是机会之杯。——美国总统尼克松
【英语绕口令】
How many cookies could a good cook cook if a good cook could cook cookies? A good cook could cook as much cookies as a good cook who could cook cookies.
如果一个好厨师会做饼干,那么一个好厨师能做多少饼干?一个好的厨师能做出和一个好厨师一样多的饼干。
day 3
Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet. —Jean Jacques Rousseau, French thinker
耐心是痛苦的,但它的果实是甜蜜的。——法国思想家卢梭
【写作素材】
A bird in the hand is worth than two in the bush.
一鸟在手胜过二鸟在林。
A candle lights others and consumes itself.
烛光照亮了别人,并吞噬了自己。
A fall into a pit, a gain in your wit.
吃一堑,长一智。
All that ends well is well.
结果好,一切都好。
All that glitters is not gold.
发光的不一定都是金子。
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
只工作不玩耍,聪明的孩子也变傻。
A man cannot spin and reel at the same time.
一个人不能同时旋转和旋转。
A miss is as good as a mile.
失之毫厘,差之千里。
An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening.
早晨一个小时抵得上晚上两个小时。
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
滚石不生苔。
Bad news has wings.
坏消息长有翅膀。
Barking dogs seldom bite.
吠犬不咬人。
Better late than never.
迟到总比不到好。
Better to ask the way than go astray.
问路总比迷路好。
Between friends all is common.
朋友间一切都很平常。
Birds of a feather flock together.
物以类聚
Diamond cuts diamond.
钻石切钻石。
Do as the Romans do.
入乡随俗。。
Do as you would be done by.
己所不欲,勿施于人
Everything is good when new, but friends when old.
新的时候一切都好,但朋友老了
Example is better than percept.
身教胜于言教。
Experience is the father of wisdom and memory the mother.
经验是智慧之父,记忆是母亲。
Great hopes make great man.
伟大的希望造就伟大的人物。
Great minds think alike.
英雄所见略同。
Great trees are good for nothing but shade.
大树好乘凉。
He is lifeless that is faultless.
只有死人才是完美的。
He who does not advance loses ground.
不进则退。
If you make yourself an ass, don’t complain if people ride you.
如果你把自己变成了驴,如果别人骑你,不要抱怨。
If you want knowledge, you must toil for it.
如果你想要知识,你必须为之付出努力。
It is hard to please all.
要使所有人都满意是很困难的。
It is never too old to learn.
活到老学到老。
Life is not all roses.
生活并不都是玫瑰。
Like father, like son.
有其父必有其子。
Lost time is never found again.
失去的时间再也找不到了。
Man proposes, God disposes.
谋事在人,成事在天。
Many hands make light work.
人多好办事。
Necessity is the mother of invention.
需要是发明之母。
No one can call back yesterday.
昨天没有人可以回电。
One swallow does not make a summer.
一燕不成夏。
Out of sight, out of mind.
眼不见,心不烦。
Pleasure comes through toil.
快乐来自辛苦。
Rome is not built in a day.
罗马不是一天建成的。
Take things as they come.
听其自然。
The early bird catches the worm.
早起的鸟儿有虫吃。
The grass is greener on the other side.
另一边的草更绿。
To save time is to lengthen life.
节约时间就是延长生命。
Two dogs strive for a bone, and a third runs away with it.
两只狗争着一块骨头,第三只狗跑掉了。
Virtue is fairer far than beauty.
美德远比美貌更美。
Wealth is nothing without health.
没有健康,财富一无所有。
What’s done cannot be undone.
事已定局,无法挽回。
Where there is a will, there is a way.
有志者事竟成。
Where there is life, there is hope.
哪里有生命,哪里就有希望。
You cannot burn the candle at both ends.
蜡烛不能两头点。
day 5
Progress is the activity of today and the assurance of tomorrow. —Emerson, American thinker
进步是今天的活动,是明天的保证。——美国思想家爱默生
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