| Manners are quite different from country to country.各國的禮儀各不相同。 |
| Short accounts make long friends. 好朋友勤算賬。 |
| I'm sick. 我病了。 |
| He plays violin just for enjoyment. 他拉小提琴只是為了自娛自樂。 |
| I have nothing to offer but blood toil tears and sweat. 我所能奉獻的沒有其它,只有熱血、辛勞、眼淚與汗水。 |
| They have to work hard to support their family.他們必須努力工作來支持他們的家。 |
| When is the most convenient time for you? 什麽時候對你來說最方便? |
| Do you think people are a company's greatest wealth? 你認為人是公司最大的財富嗎? |
| 我剛好趕上。 I was just on time. |
| 沒有,我在聽收音機。 "No,I'm listening to the radio." |
| 有時吃虧就是最大的便宜。 Sometimes the best gain is to lose. |
| 失敗乃成功之母。 Failure is the mother of success. |
| 生活沒有目標就象航海沒有羅盤。 Living without an aim is like sailing without a compass. |
| 什麽匠人出什麽活兒。 As is the workman so is the work. |
| 妻子不絮煩,丈夫樂無邊。 Husbands are in heaven whose wives scold not. |
| 有過失是人之常情。能原宥別人,才是超越常人。 To err is human. To forgive ,divine. |
| 你最喜歡什麽音樂? What's your favorite music? |
| 請自己用。 Help yourself,please. |
| distinguish v. 區別,識別;使顯赫 |
| quaint a. 古雅的;離奇的 |
| spiritual a. 精神的,心靈的;神聖的,超自然的 |
| unlikely a. 未必的,不大可能的 |
| chaste a. 有道德的;善良的;貞潔的;簡樸的 |
| gist n. 要領 |
| optimism n. 樂觀,樂觀主義 |
| legislate vi. 立法 |