上当一回头,再多就可耻。
If you make yourself an ass, don't complain if people ride you.
人善被人欺,马善被人骑。
If your ears glow, someone is talking of you.
耳朵发烧,有人念叨。
If you run after two hares, you will catch neither.
脚踏两条船,必定落空。
If you sell the cow, you sell her milk too.
杀鸡取卵。
If you venture nothing, you will have nothing.
不入虎穴,焉得虎子。
If you want knowledge, you must toil for it.
要想求知,就得吃苦。
Industry is the parent of success.
勤奋是成功之母。
It is better to die when life is a disgrace.
宁为玉碎,不为瓦全。
It is easier to get money than to keep it.
挣钱容易攒钱难。
It is easy to be wise after the event.
事后诸葛亮好当。
It is easy to open a shop but hard to keep it always open.
创业容易守业难。
Learn not and know not.
不学无术。
Learn to walk before you run.
先学走,再学跑。
Let bygones be bygones.
过去的就让它过去吧。
Let sleeping dogs lie.
别惹麻烦。
Let the cat out of the bag.
泄漏天机。
Lies can never changes fact.
谎言终究是谎言。
Lies have short legs.
谎言站不长。
Life is but a span.
人生苦短。
Life is half spent before we know what it is.
人过半生,方知天命。
Life is not all roses.
人生并不是康庄大道。
Life without a friend is death.
没有朋友,虽生犹死。
It is hard to please all.
众口难调。
It is never too old to learn.
活到老,学到老。
It is no use crying over spilt milk.
覆水难收。
It is the first step that costs troublesome.
万事开头难。
It is the unforeseen that always happens.
天有不测风云,人有旦夕祸福。
It is too late to grieve when the chance is past.
坐失良机,后悔已迟。
It never rains but it pours.
不鸣则已,一鸣惊人。
It takes three generations to make a gentleman.
十年树木,百年树人。
Jack of all trades and master of none.
门门精通,样样稀松。
He who makes no mistakes makes nothing.
想不犯错误,就一事无成。
He who risks nothing gains nothing.
收获与风险并存。
History repeats itself.
历史往往重演。
Honesty is the best policy.
做人诚信为本。
Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst.
抱最好的愿望,做最坏的打算。
I cannot be your friend and your flatterer too.
朋友不能阿谀奉承。
If a man deceives me once, shame on him, if he deceives me twice, shame on me.
Judge not from appearances.
人不可貌相,海不可斗量。
Justice has long arms.
天网恢恢,疏而不漏。
Keep good men company and you shall be of the number.
近朱者赤,近墨者黑。
Kill two birds with one stone.
一箭双雕。
Kings go mad, and the people suffer for it.
君王发狂,百姓遭殃。
Kings have long arms.
普天之下,莫非王土。
Knowledge is power.
知识就是力量。
Knowledge makes humble, ignorance makes proud.
博学使人谦逊,无知使人骄傲。
Learn and live.
活着,为了学习。
Learning makes a good man better and ill man worse.
好人越学越好,坏人越学越坏。
基本介绍
内容简介
《改变人生的英语
作者简介
蔡小雨,本科毕业于山东大学管理学院。求学于欧洲,英国格拉斯哥大学商学院,国际会计与金融管理专业,会计学硕士,获优等奖学金。
序言
本书选录的英语名言或摘自文学作品,或来源于演讲语录,其中蕴含的人生哲理与历史典故,可以被用作英语写作中引经据典的素材,为文章增添亮点;更为英语学习者们了解英语国家的文化背景、开阔视野打开了一扇窗户。
此外,在英语学习中,名人名言常被用作是权威性的例句,它们所使用的词汇、语法以及修辞都值得去推敲与领会,例如英语中的一词多义,指代、比喻手法及韵律的使用等等。
英语名言的翻译工作并非易事,许多句子都要经过仔细揣摩后,在不修改原意的基础上,对译文做出适当的润色、修饰,以便于读者的理解。
当然,汉语译文并非本书重点,而是供读者在理解原文有困难时的参考。
希望读者们能够脱离译文,以适合英语语境的思考方式理解原文;更希望广大读者能够给出比书中更恰当的翻译方式。
最后,本书对名言出处都做了尽量详实生动的注释,以期能够帮助读者们理解每句名言的背景,同时增进对异国的历史文化、文学艺术等方面的了解和对英语学习的兴趣。
英语好词摘抄
1.No pains,nogains.一份耕耘,一分收获.
2.Never say die!It isa piece of cake.永远不要气馁,这很简单.
3.Where there is a will,there is a way .有志者,事竟成.
4.A young idler,an old begger.少壮不努力老大徒伤悲.
5.A good beginning ishaif done.良好的开端是成功的一半.
6.A good beginning makes a good ending.善始者善终.
7.All roads iead to Rome.条条大路通罗马.
8.A man cannot spin andreei at the sane time一心不能二用..
9.An hour in themorning is worth too in the evening.一日之计在于晨.
10.A year’s pian starts with spring.一年之计在于春.
11.Better late than never.不怕慢,就怕站.
12.Creep befor you walk.循序渐进
13.Easier said than done.说得容易,做的难.
14.Kill two bird with one stone.一箭双雕
15.Let sieeping dog slie.别惹麻烦
16.Love me ,love my dog.爱屋及鸟
17.It’s never to late to mend过而能改,善莫大焉,亡羊补牢,犹未晚也.
18.Time flies.光阴似箭
19.Think twice before you do.三思而后行
20.You never know whatyou can till you try.是驴是马,拉出来溜溜
21.Far from eye ,far form beart.眼不见,心不烦.
22.Tow heads are betterthan one.三个臭皮匠,顶个诸葛亮.
23.Constant droppingwears the stone.滴水穿石
24.Actions speak louderthan words.事实大于雄辩
25.A friend in need in afriend in deed.患难见真情
26.All that glitters isnot gold.闪光的不一定都是金子
27.All things aredifficuit before they are easy.凡事总是有难而易.
28.A miss is as good asa mile .失之毫厘差之千里
29.A word spoken is pastrecalling.一言既出驷马难追
30.Birds of a feather flock together.物以类聚,人以群分.
31.Confidence in yourself is thefirst step on the road to success.自信是走向成功的第一步
32.Do nothing by halves .凡事不可半途而废
33.Don’t claim to knowwhat you don’t know.不要不懂装懂
34.Content is betterthan riches.知者常乐
35.Do well and havewell.善有善报
36.Don’t put off tilltomorrow what should be done today.今日事今日毕
37.Eat to live,butlivenot to eat.人吃饭是为了活着,但是活着不是为了吃饭.
38.Even Howeversometimes nods .智者千虑必有一失
39.Fool’s haste is nospeed .欲速则不达
40.He knows most whospeaks least.大智若愚
41.Industry is the parent ofsuccess.勤奋是成功之母
42.No cross ,no crown.不经历风雨怎能见彩虹
43.No man is wise at alltime .聪明一世糊涂一时
44.No sweet withoutsweat.前苦后甜
45.No smoke without fire.无风不起浪
46.Nothing brave nothinghave.不入虎穴焉得虎子
47.Nothing in the worldis difficult for one who sets his mind to it.世上无难事只怕有心人
48.One boy is a boy ,two boys are half a boy,three boys are on boy.一个和尚抬水喝,两个和尚挑水喝,三个和尚没水喝.
49.One false move maylost the game .一着不慎,满盘皆输.
50.One good turndeserves another.行善积德
51.Out of sight ,out of mind.眼不见,心为静.
52.Pieasure comes through toil.苦尽甘来
53.Pracitice make perfact.熟能生巧
54.Pride goes befor ,and shame comes after.骄傲使人落后
55.Promise is debt.一诺千金
56.Rome is not built in a day冰冻三尺非一日之寒 .
57.Seeing is believing.眼见为实
58.Seek the truch from facts 实事求是.
59.Speech is silver.silence is gold.能言是银,沉默是金
60.Strike the iron whilt it’s hot.趁热打铁
61.Success belongs to the persevering .坚持就是胜利
62.The finest diamond must be cut .玉不琢不成器
63.The frog in the well knows nothing of the greatocean.坐井观天
64.There is no royal road to learning.书山有路勤为径,学海无涯苦作舟
65.The world is but a little place ,after all.海内存知己天涯若比邻
66.Things at the worst will mend .否极泰来
67.Unity isstrength.团结就是力量
英语好句好段摘抄
1、Life is a sail trip full of chances and challenges.人生的航行充满了机遇与挑战。
2、Life is a lane but it is a rotative course.生命是单行道,但是一个循环的过程。
3、A man has choice to begin love, but not to end it. ----Bohn 一个人开始去爱上谁的时候,他可以有所选择,但当他要结束爱情的时候,他可没有选择了。
4、A happy family life is a wonderful asset for any one.快乐的家庭生活对每个人都是很大的一笔财富。
5、Without music, life is a journey through a desert.没有音乐,生命就如荒漠之旅。
6、Life is a line segment, the intersection after the separation.人生就是线段,交集后分离。
7、Life is a maze and love is a riddle.生活是座迷宫,爱情是个谜。
8、Life is a mystery to solve not a problem to resolve.生命是一个等待你去理解的神秘事物,而不是等待你去解决的问题。
9、Where love fails, we espy all faults. ---Ray 在爱情丧失的地方,我们就察见所有的缺点了。
10、When work is a pleasure, life is a joy!当工作是一种乐趣时,生活才是一种享受。
11、The kiss of life is a love poem.吻是恋爱生活上的一首诗。
12、Life is a school and we are here to learn.生活是一所学校,我们都在这里学习。
13、Life is a path winding in the mountain, bumpy and zigzagging.生活是蜿蜒在山中的小径,坎坷不平。
14、Life is a never - ending road, I walk, walk, keep walking.人生是一条没有尽头的路,我走着,走着,不断地走着。
15、The home is where the heart is. The heart is where you are.心在哪里,家就在哪里。你在哪里,我的心就在哪里。
16、The course of true love never did run smooth. ---Shakespeare 真诚的爱情永不是走一条平坦的道路的。
17、Senile idiots: What we call life is a - and - ten - cent store romance. 我们所谓的`人生只是一篇廉价物品商店里听来的传奇故事。
18、Point to Ponder: Life is a test and a trust.思考重点:人生是考验,也是受托。
19、Peel a fig for your friend, a peach for your enemy.给朋友剥个无花果,给坏蛋抛只大坏桃。
20、One love expels another. ---Lyly 一个爱情驱除另一个爱情。
21、Life is a journey to experience to learn and to enjoy.生活是不断经历、学习和享受的旅程。
22、Never explain: our friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe it anyway.永远不要解释:你的朋友不需要它,而你的敌人无论如何都不会相信它。
23、My life is a straight line, turning only for you.我的人生是一条直线, 转弯只是为了你。
24、Love me little, love me long. ----John Heywood 爱不贵亲密,而贵长久。
25、Love me, love my dog. ----St. Bernard 爱屋及乌。
26、Make it your friend and ally, not your enemy.和它交朋友、结为盟友,而不是成为敌人。
27、Life is a tragedy full of joy.人生是一场充满快乐的悲剧。
28、Life is a verb not a noun.生命是个动词,不是名词。
29、Love can turn the cottage into a golden palace. 爱情可化陋室为宫殿。
30、Marry in haste, and repent at leisure. ----Ray 草率成婚,后悔莫及。
31、Maybe our life is a cup of water.也许生活本来就是一杯水。
32、Life is a vulgar flare amid the cool radiance.生命只是惨淡的星光里的平凡的一闪。
33、Life is a whistle-stop between eternities.人生只是永恒中的一刹那而已。
34、life to learn to enjoy: enjoy working happy laughter, enjoy friends, enjoy the warmth of family, enjoy the joy to create, enjoy the sweet fruit. 生活中要学会享受:享受工作的欢快,享受朋友的笑声,享受家人的温馨,享受创造的快慰,享受果实的甜美。
35、Love and a cough cannot be hid. 爱情与咳嗽不能隐匿。
36、Love and friendship make a home to its name. A sweet home is the ritght place for hearts to have a good rest.屋若有爱长驻,有友情为贵宾,就是真正的家,甜蜜的家。因为在那,心灵可以得到休息。
37、Love asks faith, and faith asks firmness. ----Herber 爱情要求忠诚,而忠诚则要求坚定。
38、Love begets love. ---Herrick 爱产生爱。
39、Life is a test and this world a place of trial.人生是一种考验,而这个世界就是考场。
40、life is a song, sing the life rhythm and melody; Life is a road, extend the footprint of the life and hope; Life is a cup of wine, full of life and mellow sorrow; Life is a mass of linen, interweaving the trouble with life and happy; Life is a picture, and describes the life experience of red, green, blue; Life is a fire, burning vision of life and to dream. 生活是一首歌,吟唱着人生的节奏和旋律;生活是一条路,延伸着人生的足迹和希望;生活是一杯酒,饱含着人生的清醇与忧愁;生活是一团麻,交织着人生的烦恼与快乐;生活是一幅画,描绘着人生经历的红绿蓝;生活是一团火,燃烧着人生的憧憬和梦想。
41、Life is a short journey from birth to death. 从生到死,生命是个简短的旅程。
42、Life is a series of hellos and goodbyes!人生就是一连串的你好、再见!
43、Whom we love best to them we can say least. ----Ray 对我们最爱的人,我们能说的话最少。
44、With the friends there are always laughs and shared happy moments, the friends are like the small drops of water of the morning dew, where the heart is it and freshens up.总是能与朋友一齐笑和分享快乐时光的朋友,就像心里面一小滴清晨的露水,可以使人精神饱满。
45、Love cannot be compelled. ----Chaucer 爱情不能被强迫。
46、Love laughs at locksmiths. ----Colman 爱情嘲笑锁匠。
47、Love makes the world go round. ----Dickens 爱能使世界转动。
48、Life is a journey that is meant to be experienced in full.生活是一次旅行,人们应该完整地体验它。
49、Life is a interwoven by struggles between Love and Fear.人的一生就是在爱与恐惧之间挣扎时交织出的画面。
50、Life is a gift we and everyday.生活是一份我们每日都收到的礼物。
51、Life is a flower, and love is the honey of the flower.人生是花,而爱便是花的蜜。
52、Life is a flower of which love is the honey.人生是花朵,爱情如蜜甜。
53、Faults are thick where love is thin. ----Howell 嘲情义淡,样样不顺眼。
54、For if dreams go. Life is a barren field. Frozen with snow. 如果梦想消失了, 生活就变成了积满冰雪的不毛之地。
55、Good self-esteem is necessary for good relationships.自尊才会有好人缘。
56、Life is a continuous course of death and revival.生命是连续不断的死亡与复活。
57、Life is a do - it - yourself project. Be ambitious and just do it.人生是一个自助的工程, 要雄心壮志并努力去做。
58、Life is a dream of a little less inconstant.人生是一场稍稍不那么无常的梦而已。
59、Life is a festival only to the wise.生活只是聪明人的喜庆日。
60、have a heart of spring, ecstatic to in full bloom; Again the sea, the mind can open; Good, play to have womb agile; The eyes have god, the look line to sharp; Arm strength, make moves to the punch; With rhythm, steps are to light. 心里有春天,心花才能怒放;胸中有大海,胸怀才能开阔;腹中有良策,处事才能利落;眼睛有炯神,目光才能敏锐;臂膀有力量,出手才有重拳;脚步有节奏,步履才能轻盈。
61、Home is where I can shut the door and be by myself.家就是一个我能关起门来独处的地方。
62、I know someone in the world is waiting for me, although I`ve no idea of who he is. But I feel happy every day for this. 我知道这世上有人在等我,但我不知道我在等谁,为了这个,我每天都非常快乐。
63、I love you not for who you are, but for who I am before you 我爱你不是因为你是谁,而是我在你面前可以是谁。
64、Life is a bridge of sighs across the flood of tears.生活是跨越泪河的叹息之桥。
65、Life is a battle from cradle to grave .人生是从摇篮到坟墓的一场搏斗。
66、life four DaLe: youth, entrepreneurial success, family and harmonious, the neighborhood. Life four big and sad: disease, swayed by lost, repeat it, nothing at all. 人生四大乐:青春活力,创业有成,家庭和顺,邻里和谐。人生四大悲:病魔缠身,患得患失,重蹈覆辙,一事无成。
67、In a sense, life is a succession of meeting with many individuals.在某种意义上,生命是与许多人接触的延续。
68、if you want to go famous, then we have slowly sleep; If you want to go long wisdom, then we have slowly proud. If you want to slow down the aging, then you will have to hurry up learning; If you want to slow down, so you must hurry out step. 如果你想快点成名,那么就得慢点睡觉;如果你想快点长智,那么就得慢点骄傲。如果你想慢点老化,那么你就得快点学习;如果你想慢点淘汰,那么就得快点迈步。
69、If life is a Series, what season are you in right now?如果生命是一个连续剧, 你现在是哪一个阶段呢?
70、If life is a quilt, then love should be a thread.假如生活就像一床被子, 那么爱就是其中的线。
71、Life is a chain of moments of enjoyments; not only about survival. 生活是一串快乐时光,我们不仅仅是为了生存而生存。
72、Life is a chess game while happiness is devotion.人生就是一盘棋,而幸福就是投入。
73、Every day of thy life is a leaf in thy history.生命中的一天就是你历史上的一页。
74、dont part with your illusions. when they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live.不要放弃你的幻想。当幻想没有了以后,你还可以生存,但是你虽生犹死。
75、Don`t waste your time on a man/woman,who isn`t willing to waste their time on you.不要为那些不愿在你身上花费时间的人而浪费你的时间。
76、Don`t listen to what other say about you, lead you own life.不要听别人怎么说你,走自己的路。
77、Because life is a kind of freehand brushwork, casual like.因为人生就是一种写意,随意就好。
78、Life is a process of survival, with all the process of competition.人生的生存过程, 也是一个充满各种竞争的过程。
79、Life is a pure flame and an invisible sun within us.生命是一束纯净的火焰,我们依靠自己内心看不见的太阳而生存。
80、Life is a road impassability one - way traffic, you can turn.生活不是单行线,此路不通,你可以转弯。
81、Without respect, love cannot go far. ----A. Dumas 倘不互相尊敬,爱亦难久持。
82、Any field of life is a cloth woven with countless separate loops.生命的任何领域都是由数不清的独立的回路编织而成的。
83、not afraid, afraid he far short; Slow, afraid often stood; Are not afraid of poverty, afraid loc lazy; Not afraid, afraid his opponent fierce fibrillation. 不怕路远,就怕志短;不怕缓慢,就怕常站;不怕贫穷,就怕惰懒;不怕对手悍,就怕自己颤。
84、addition and subtraction: knowledge to increase life, trouble will decline; Friendship will increase, resentment to decrease; A heart to heart to decrease, increasing; Increasing confidence to promise to decrease,; ) to increase quantity to jealousy, diminishing. Steps to increase to decrease, alcohol and tobacco. 生活加减法:知识要递增,烦恼要递减;友情要递增,怨恨要递减;善心要递增,灰心要递减;自信要递增,失信要递减;肚量要递增,妒量要递减。脚步要递增,烟酒要递减。