| I'm reading a book. 我在看書。 |
| Man proposes God disposes. 謀事在人,成事在天。 |
| He paused for a reply. 他停下來等著?回答。 |
| Do you speak English? 你會說英語嗎? |
| I have no idea. 我不知道。 |
| They employed him as a consultant. 他們雇用他為顧問。 |
| When I was young I admired clever people. Now that I am old I admire kind people. 少時喜歡聰明人,老來喜歡仁厚人。 |
| She's been quite different since coming back from America.從美國回來之後,她變化很大。 |
| 有得必有失。/得失同喜. As good lost as found. |
| 這是什麽? What's this? |
| 不,我下個月搬到好萊塢去。 "No,I'll move to Hollywood next month." |
| 我正要出門。 I was about to leave. |
| 生與死是至關重要的問題。 To be or not to be: that is the question. |
| 不要為了吃飯活著,而要為了活著吃飯。 Live not to eat, but eat to live. |
| 幽默必須以嚴肅為背景。 Humour must have its background of seriousness. |
| 有時多數只意味著所有的愚人都站在同一邊。 Sometimes a majority simply means that all the fools are on the same side. |
| 見怪不怪,其怪自敗。 Face the fearful with no fears, and its fearfulness dissapears. |
| 你收到瑪麗的來信嗎? Have you heard from Mary? |
| unique a. 惟一的,獨一無二的 |
| learn sth. the hard way 經過艱難困苦而學到 |
| gigantic a. 巨大的,龐大的 |
| charter n./v. 憲章;特許狀;租賃;vt. 特許,發執照 |
| spin vt./vi. 紡紗,編結;編造故事; n./vi. 眩暈 |
| distil v. 蒸餾 |
| put an end to 停止 |
| opt vi. 選擇,挑選 |