优秀经典英语成语故事带翻译
成语寓言故事:Genuine and Fake Tripods of the Han Dynasty真假汉鼎
A civilian named Shentu Dun in Luoyang obtained an unearthed tripod of the Han Dynasty from Shenchuan, Chang' an.
洛阳，有一位平民叫申屠敦，他从长安深川得到了一尊出土的汉鼎。
On the tripod, the crisscross designs of clouds and ancient hornless dragons were bright and clear. Lu Sheng, his neighbour on the west, took a
fancy to it instantly. He asked a coppersmith
to cast a tripod in imitation, soaked and dyed it with a strange decoction, dug a pit and buried it underground.
鼎上，云和蝠交错的花纹，灿烂清晰。申屠敦家西边的一位邻居鲁生一见到就十分喜爱，让铜匠模仿着也铸了一尊，用一种奇特的药浸染之后，挖了一个坑，把它埋在地下。
After three years, he dug it out. Owing to the decoction and corrosion of the earth, the copper surface of the tripod changed and looked very much like Shentu Dun's genuine tripod.
过了三年，他把鼎从地下挖出来一看，由于药物和泥土的锈蚀，表面的铜质起了变化，跟申屠敦的真的汉鼎极其相似。
One day, Lu Sheng presented this fake tripod to an influential official, who was so pleased as if he had got a treasure that he invited guests to a banquet to appreciate it together.
一天，鲁生将这尊假汉鼎献给了一位权贵。权贵如获至宝，便大宴宾客，请大家共同
欣赏。
At the time, Shentu Dun was also present. He knew in his heart that Lu Sheng's tripod was a fake. He said:
当时，申屠敦也在座。他心里头最明白，鲁生的那尊是假的，就说:
"I also have a tripod of about the same shape as this one. But I don't
know which one is genuine."
“我也有一尊汉鼎，形状和这尊差不多，但不知哪一尊是真的。”
The influential official asked him to fetch it at once. After he examined
it for a long time, he said:
权贵立即叫他搬过来，左右端详了很久，说：
"This one is not genuine."
“这尊不是真的!”
The guests also chimed in and said one after another:
众宾客也附和着，一个接一个地说:
"It is indeed not genuine."
“的确不是真的!”
Shentu Dun was quite perturbed and argued on just grounds, but the others rallied together to attack him, ridiculed and even insulted him, so he said no more.
申屠敦心中很不平静，据理争辩。众人竟群起而攻之，冷嘲热讽，甚至羞辱，他便不再做声了。
When he returned home, he sighed:
回到家里，申屠敦唉声叹气:
"I didn't know until today the power of authority, which can confound
right with wrong and pass off the fake as the real thing."
“我今天才知道权势的威力，可以颠倒是非，以假乱真。”
成语寓言故事:Dong Keeps Cats东氏养猫
In ancient times, a man surnamed Dong in the State of Wei was interested in nothing but keeping cats.
古代，卫国有个姓东的人，对世界上的万事万物都不感兴趣，唯独爱好养猫。
He kept over 100 cats in his home, which caught and ate all the rats in the house.
东某家里养了一百多只猫，老鼠被捕食得一干二净。
Later, as there were no more rats, the cats were so hungry that they meowed all the time. Dong had to buy meat from the market every day to feed them.
后来，因为猫再也捕食不到老鼠而饿得咪咪直叫。东某只好每天从市场上买肉回来喂
养它们。
Day after day, year after year, the cats multiplied. As they ate meat
every day, they even didn't know there were rats in the world which could be caught and eaten. They meowed whenever they
were hungry, and whenever they meowed, they were fed with meat. After
they ate their fill, they were happy and carefree, lazy and sluggish, and had nothing to do all day.
日复一日，年复一年，猫儿传宗接代，由于天天吃肉，竟然不知道世上还有老鼠可以
捕食。它们饿了就叫，一叫就有肉吃，吃饱之后，一副悠闲快活的样子，终日懒懒散散，
无所事事。
In the south of the city, one house was plagued with rats. The rats ran amuck in swarms. Once it so happened that a rat fell into a jar. The master of the house hastened to Dong's home to
borrow a cat to catch the rat.
城南，有一户人家闹鼠患，老鼠成群结队，到处横行。一次，有一只老鼠忽然掉人瓮中。这家主人急忙跑到东家，借猫捕鼠。
The cat from the Dong family saw the rat in the jar stick up its pointed ears, stare with a pair of pitch-black eyes, shake its red whiskers and squeak. The cat didn't know what a freak the
rat was. It only followed the rat moving around on the mouth of the jar, and dared not get into it.
东家的猫看到瓮中的老鼠，竖着两只尖尖的耳朵，瞪着一双漆黑的眼睛，抖动着红红
的胡须，吱吱吱乱叫。猫以为是什么怪物，只是在瓮口上跟着老鼠转来转去，竟然不敢下去。
The master was furious at this and pushed the cat down into the jar. At
this moment, the cat was panic-stricken and howled loudly at the rat. After a while, the rat eventually found that this
cat had no other tricks, so it bit the cat's foot. The Dong's cat was so frightened that it exerted all its strength and made one jump out of the jar and ran away.
主人看了十分恼火，便一把将猫推了下去。这时候，只见猫惊恐万状，对着老鼠大声
嚎叫。时间一长，老鼠终于发觉这只猫没有什么别的本事，就来咬它的脚。东家的猫急得
使劲儿一跃，便从瓮里逃了出来。
英语哲理句子带翻译 宁愿一个人呆着，也不要跟不合拍的人呆一块。下面是橙子为大 家收集的关于英语哲理句子带翻译，欢迎大家阅读! 1、For man is man and master of his fate. 译文：人就是人，是自己命运的主人。 2、A blessing in disguise. 译文：因祸得福 3、A friend in need is a friend indeed. 译文：患难中的朋友才是真正的朋友。 4、A good beginning makes a good ending. 译文：善始善终 5、A light heart live long. 译文：心情开朗寿命长。不恼不愁，活到白头。 6、A strong man will struggle with the storms of fate. 译文：强者能同命运的风暴抗争。 7、A thousand-li journey is started by taking the first step. 译文：千里之行，始于足下 8、Accept what was and what is, and you’ll have more positive energy to pursue what will be. 译文：接受过去和现在的模样，才会有能量去追寻自己的未来。 1 / 7
9、All roads lead to Roma. 译文：条条大道通罗马 10、All that glitters is not gold. 译文：闪光的东西并非都是金子 11、All things are difficult before they are easy. 译文：凡事必先难后易。 12、Your happy passer-by all knows, my distressed there is no place hides. 译文：你的幸福路人皆知，我的狼狈无处遁形。 13、All things in their being are good for something. 译文：天生我才必有用。 14、Although the sun shine， leave not your cloak at home. 译文：未雨绸缪。 15、An apple a day keeps the doctor away. 译文：日吃苹果一只，身体健康不求医。 16、As you make your bed，so you must lie in it. 译文：自食其果 17、Behind every successful man there's a lot u unsuccessful years. 译文：每个成功者的后面都有很多不成功的岁月. 18、Better be envied than pitied. 2 / 7
经典英语美文欣赏80篇（适用于成人） 英语美文欣赏80篇 01-The Love of Beauty 英语美文欣赏80篇 02-The Happy Door 英语美文欣赏80篇 03-Born to Win 英语美文欣赏80篇 04-Work and Pleasure 英语美文欣赏80篇 05-Mirror,Mirror-What do I See 英语美文欣赏80篇 06-On Motes and Beams 英语美文欣赏80篇 07-An October Sunrise 英语美文欣赏80篇 08-To be or not to be 英语美文欣赏80篇 09-Gettysburg address 英语美文欣赏80篇10-First Inaugural Address
英语美文欣赏80篇11-American black bears 英语美文欣赏80篇 12-Coal-fired power plants 英语美文欣赏80篇 13-Statistics 英语美文欣赏80篇 14-Obtaining Fresh water from icebergs 英语美文欣赏80篇 15-The source of Energy 英语美文欣赏80篇 16-Vision 英语美文欣赏80篇 17-Folk Cultures 英语美文欣赏80篇 18-Bacteria 英语美文欣赏80篇 19-Sleep 英语美文欣赏80篇 20-Cells and Temperature 英语美文欣赏80篇21-Youth 英语美文欣赏80篇 22-Three Days to See 英语美文欣赏80篇 23-Companionship of Books 英语美文欣赏80篇24-If I Rest,I Rust 英语美文欣赏80篇 25-Ambition 英语美文欣赏80篇 26-What I have Lived for 英语美文欣赏80篇 27-When Love Beckons You 英语美文欣赏80篇 28-The Road to Success
一、来自你身体的一封信 Hi! It's your body here! Allow me to reintroduce myself. 嗨，我是你的身体! 允许我再自我介绍一下。 I'm the home that you've always lived in. Surely you remember. We grew up together! 我是你一直住着的“家”。 你肯定记得我， 我们一起长大的。 And I'm writing in this letter cause, I feel neglected in this relationship, very disappointed in what I've been seeing. 我写这封信是因为， 我感觉我在这段关系里被忽视了。 我对我所看到的很失望。 With your ambition to make money you sacrificed my well being, which makes no sense in the least because when I get sick you sacrificed that same money
to recuperate ME. 你有想挣钱的雄心， 却为此牺牲我的健康。 这完全不合理， 因为如果我病了， 你赚的那些钱都要用来给我治病! And what's even more ironic is with all your interest in profit you can't even see the truth that I'm worth over A BILLION DOLLARS. 更讽刺的是， 你利欲熏心， 甚至看不清这个事实： 我才是最宝贵的啊! Don't believe me? Okay I'll prove it. 你不相信? 好吧，我证明给你看。 If someone came to you with a check for One Million and said “Here. All I want in return is your eyesight.”
中国成语英语翻译大全 Where there is a will, there is a way。有志者。事竟成爱屋及乌Love me，love my dog. 百闻不如一见Seeing is believing。比上不足，比下有余"worse off than some, better off than many; to fall short of the best， but be better than the worst 笨鸟先飞 A slow sparrow should make an early start。不眠之夜white night 不以物喜,不以己悲not pleased by external gains，not saddened by personnal losses 不遗余力spare no effort; go all out； do one\'s best 不打不成交”No discord, no concord. 拆东墙补西墙rob Peter to pay Paul 辞旧迎新bid farewell to the old and usher in the new； ring out the old year and ring in the new 大事化小,小事化了try first to make their mistake sound less serious and then to reduce it to nothing at all 大开眼界open one\'s eyes; broaden one\'s horizon; be an eye-opener 国泰民安The country flourishes and people live in peace 过犹不及going too far is as bad as not going far enough; beyond is as wrong as falling short； too much is as bad as too little 功夫不负有心人Everything comes to him who waits。好了伤疤忘了疼once on shore， one prays no more 好事不出门，恶事传千里Good news never goes beyond the gate, while bad news spread far and wide. 和气生财Harmony brings wealth 活到老，学到老One is never too old to
让你妙语连珠的10句经典英文翻译 1.人生短短几十年，不要给自己留下了什么遗憾，想笑就笑，想哭就哭，该爱的时候就去爱，无谓压抑自己。Be sure that you have never had any regrets in your life which only lasts for a few decades. Laugh or cry as you like, and it is meaningless to oppress yourself. 2.于千万人之中，遇见你所遇见的人；于千万年之中，时间的无涯荒野里，没有早一步，也没有晚一步，刚巧赶上了。 Among thousands of people, you meet those you’ve met. Through thousands of years, wi th the boundlessness of time, you happen to meet them, neither earlier nor a bit too late. 3.记住该记住的，忘记该忘记的。改变能改变的，接受不能改变的. Remember what should be remembered, and forget what should be forgotten.Alter what is changeable, and accept what is mutable. 4.能冲刷一切的除了眼泪，就是时间，以时间来推移感情，时间越长，冲突越淡，仿佛不断稀释的茶。Apart from tears, only time could wear everything away. While feeling is being processed by time, conflicts would be reconciled as time goes by, just like a cup of tea that is being continuously diluted. 5.鱼对水说你看不到我的眼泪，因为我在水里.水说我能感觉到你的眼泪，因为你在我心里。 “You couldn’t see my tears cause I am in the water.” Fish said to water.“But I could feel your tears cause you are in me.”Answered water. 6.我们确实活得艰难，一要承受种种外部的压力，更要面对自己内心的困惑。在苦苦挣扎中，如果有人向你投以理解的目光，你会感到一种生命的暖意，或许仅有短暂的一瞥，就足以使我感奋不已。 It‘s true that we have been leading a difficult life, for we need not only to be under various external pressures, but also to be in the face of internal perplexities.You would be affected by the warmth of life if someone gives you an understanding look during your bitter struggle.Even a mere glance would make you moved and inpired. 7.我不去想是否能够成功,既然选择了远方,便只顾风雨兼程；我不去想,身后会不会袭来寒风冷雨,既然目标是地平线,留给世界的只能是背影 I wouldn‘t care success or failure, for I will only struggle ahead as long as I have been destined to the distance. I wouldn‘t care the difficulties around, for what I can leave on the earth is only their view of my back since I have been marching toward the horizontal. 8.后悔是一种耗费精神的情绪.后悔是比损失更大的损失,比错误更大的错误.所以不要后悔。 Penitence is something that enervates our spirit, causing a greater loss than loss itself and making a good words ! 9.快乐要有悲伤作陪，雨过应该就有天晴。如果雨后还是雨，如果忧伤之后还是忧伤．请让我们从容面对这离别之后的离别。微笑地去寻找一个不可能出现的你！ Happiness is accompanied by sorrow, and it would turn sunny after rain as well. If rain remains
关于经典英语美文摘抄 【篇一】关于经典英语美文：美国革命的历史意义 The Historical Significance of American Revolution The ways of history are so intricate and the motivations of human actions so complex that it is always hazardous to attempt to represent events covering a number of years, a multiplicity of persons, and distant localities as the expression of one intellectual or social movement; yet the historical process which culminated in the ascent of Thomas Jefferson to the presidency can be regarded as the outstanding example not only of the birth of a new way of life but of nationalism as a new way of life. The American Revolution represents the link between the seventeenth century, in which modern England became conscious of itself, and the awakening of modern Europe at the end of the eighteenth century. It may seem strange that the march of history should have had to cross the Atlantic Ocean, but only in the North American colonies could a struggle for civic liberty lead also to the foundation of a new nation. Here, in the popular rising against a "tyrannical" government, the fruits were more than the securing of a freer constitution. They included the growth of a nation born in liberty by the will of the people, not from the roots of common descent, a geographic entity, or the ambitions of king or dynasty. With the American nation, for the first time, a nation was born, not in the dim past of history but before the eyes of the whole world. 美国革命的历史意义
优秀英语美文摘抄带翻译 【导语】优美的文字于细微处传达出美感,并浸润着学生的心灵。通过英语美文,学生不仅能够感受语言之美,领悟语言之用,还能产生学习语言的兴趣。以下是由分享优秀英语美文摘抄带翻译，希望可以帮助大家! 【篇一】优秀英语美文摘抄带翻译 We are not born with courage, but neither are we born with fear. Maybe some of our fears are brought on by your own experiences, by what someone has told you, by what you’ve read in the papers. Some fears are valid, like walking alone in a bad part of town at two o’clock in the morning. But once you learn to avoid that situation, you won’t need to live in fear of it. 我们的勇气并不是与生俱来的，我们的恐惧也不是。也许有些恐惧来自你的亲身经历，别人告诉你的故事，或你在报纸上读到的东西。有些恐惧可以理解，例如在凌晨两点独自走在城里不安全的地段。但是一旦你学会避免那种情况，你就不必生活在恐惧之中。 Fears, even the most basic ones, can totally destroy our ambitions. Fear can destroy fortunes. Fear can destroy relationships. Fear, if left unchecked, can destroy our lives. Fear is one of the many enemies lurking inside us.
31句唯美励志英语句子欣赏 1、To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world.对于世界而言，你是一个人；但是对于某个人，你是他的整个世 界。 2、No man or woman is worth your tears, and the one who is, won't make you cry.没有人值得你流泪，值得让你这么做的人不会让你哭泣。 3、Never frown, even when you are sad, because you never know who is falling in love with your smile.纵然伤心，也不要愁眉不展，因为你不知是谁会爱上你的笑容。 4、We met at the wrong time, but separated at the right time. The most urgent is to take the most beautiful scenery; the deepest wound was the most real emotions.我们在错误的时间相遇，在正确的时间却又分开。走的最急的是最美的景色，伤的最深的是最真的感情。 5、Time would heal almost all wounds. If your wounds have not been healed up, please wait for a short while. 时间几乎会愈合所有伤口，如果你的伤口还没有愈合，请给时间一点时间！ 6、There's a difference between "love" and "like". If you like a flower you will pick it, but if you love a flower, you will water it every day. 爱与喜 欢是有区别的。如果你喜欢一朵花，你会摘下它，但你要是爱它，你会 每天灌溉它。 7、No need to have a reason to love you. Anything can be a reason not to love you.喜欢你，不需要理由；不喜欢你，什么都可以成为理由。
关于经典英语美文摘抄 【导语】在英语教学中,开展经典美文教学不仅能提高学生的文学水平,而且能提高学生的语文素养,对培养学生的语言素养和人文素养具有极大益处,更能丰富学生的精神世界,磨炼学生的意志。本文是由小编整理的关于经典英语美文，希望对大家有帮助! 【篇一】关于经典英语美文：美国革命的历史意义 The Historical Significance of American Revolution The ways of history are so intricate and the motivations of human actions so complex that it is always hazardous to attempt to represent events covering a number of years, a multiplicity of persons, and distant localities as the expression of one intellectual or social movement; yet the historical process which culminated in the ascent of Thomas Jefferson to the presidency can be regarded as the outstanding example not only of the birth of a new way of life but of nationalism as a new way of life. The American Revolution represents the link between the seventeenth century, in which modern England became conscious of itself, and the awakening of modern Europe at the end of the eighteenth century. It may seem strange that the march of history should have had to cross the Atlantic Ocean, but only in the North American colonies could a struggle for civic liberty lead also to the foundation of a new nation. Here, in the popular rising against a "tyrannical" government, the fruits were more than the securing of a freer constitution. They included the growth of a nation born in liberty by the will of the people, not from the roots of common descent, a geographic entity, or the ambitions of king or dynasty. With the American nation, for the first time, a nation was born, not in the dim past of history but before the eyes of the whole world.
关于经典英语美文带翻译摘抄 导读：我根据大家的需要整理了一份关于《关于经典英语美文带翻译摘抄》的内容，具体内容：情景美文在思品教学中加以应用,能更有效地实现情感态度价值观目标。我精心收集了关于经典英语美文带翻译，供大家欣赏学习!关于经典英语美文带翻译：勇气The courag... 情景美文在思品教学中加以应用,能更有效地实现情感态度价值观目标。我精心收集了关于经典英语美文带翻译，供大家欣赏学习! 关于经典英语美文带翻译：勇气 The courage of life is often a less dramatic spectacle than the courage of a final moment; but it is no lessa magnificent mixture of triumph and tragedy. A man does what he must in spite of personal consequences，in spite of obstacles and dangers and pressures and that is the basis of all human morality. To be courageous...requires no exceptional qualifications，no magic formula，no special combination of time，place and circumstance.It is an opportunity that sooner or later is presented to us all. Politics merely furnishes one arena which imposes special tests of courage.In whatever arena of life one may meet the challengeof courage，whatever may be the sacrifices he faces if he follows his conscience，the loss of his friends，his fortune，his
1. 比较出真知。Knowledge derives from analogy. 2. 群众的眼睛是雪亮的。The public cannot be fooled. 3. 失道者寡助。Disobey moral principles will lead to isolation. 4. 民以食为天。Food is heaven. 5. 君子爱财，取之有道。Money-making is human, but not without virtue. 6. 想好了，就不要摇摆。Once decided, never waver. 7. 吃不了兜着走。See what you'll get from me! 8. 人之初，性本善。Everybody is basically good-natured. 9. 浪子回头金不换。It is invaluable to turn over a new leaf. 10. 海上生明月天涯共此时。The moon rises from the sea level with her brightness shared by everything on earth. 评注：以上英语翻译是从众多版本中选择的，简洁的同时又准确达意，所以很恰当。
1. Blood is thicker than water. 血浓于水。 2. Caution is the parent of safety. 小心驶得万年船。 3. Courtesy on one side only lasts not long. 来而不往非礼也。 4. Do as you would be done by. 己所不欲，勿施于人。 5. Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise. 早睡早起身体好。（好像翻译不全面。早睡早起使人健康、富有又充满智慧。） 6. Easier said than done. 说得容易，做得难。 7. Eat to live, but not live to eat. 人吃饭是为了活着，但活着不是为了吃饭。 8. Everybody's business is nobody's business. 三个和尚没水喝。（我自己的翻译版本，结合中国文化） 9. First impressions are half the battle. 初次见面，印象最深。（我的版本：良好的第一印象是成功的一半） 10. God helps those who help themselves. 天助自助者。 以上材料来源：译心译意网https://www.doczj.com/doc/3c12043594.html,
经典英语美文欣赏50篇关于爱家的英语美文欣赏 不要太注意家庭的外观及形式，最主要的，是要注重家庭里特有的，充满了爱、温暖与明朗的气氛。了关于爱家的英语美文，欢迎阅读! Home is a warm noun, because it means a place full filled with love and support. Home is not just a place where we live in, but a place where families support each other and show their love to others. When we have something happy, we first want to bring them home and share the happinesswith families. On the contrast, if we get into trouble, home is the first place where we look for support and fort. In short, home is not just a house we live in; moreover, it's our home of spirit. I was panic a while absolute being, stand Be frightenning into inaction simultaneously, stare greatly eyes to looking at father and mother, the in the mind worries very much they will blame me.Just at I daze of time, father said a words:"Unimportant of, ground(from year to year) and peaceful!"
Always will I seek the seed of triumph in every adversity 在困境中寻找成功的希望 1．There is no better school than adversity. Every defeat, every heartbreak, every loss, contains its own seed, its own lesson on how to improve my performance next time. Never again will I contribute to my downfall by refusing to face the truth and learn from my past mistakes. Because I know: gems cannot shine without polish, and I cannot perfect myself without hardship. 2．Now I know that there are no times in life when opportunity, the chance to be and do, gathers so richly about my soul as when it has to suffer cruel adversity. Then everything depends on whether I raise my head or lower it in seeking help. Whenever I am struck down, in the future, by any terrible defeat, I will always inquire of myself, after the first pain has passed how I can turn that adversity into good. What a great opportunity that moment might present… to take the bitter root I am holding and transform it into a fragrant garden of flowers. 3．Always will I seek the seed of triumph in every adversity. 1．逆境是一所最好的学校每一次打击、每一次损失。都蕴含着成功的萌芽。都教会我在下一次有更出色的表现。我再也不会逃避现实，也不会拒绝从以往的错误中获取经验，我不再因此促成自己的失败。因为我我知道，宝玉不经磨砺就不能发光，没有磨练，我也不完善自我。 2．现在我知道，灵魂倍受煎熬的时刻，也正是生命中最多选择与机会的时刻。任何事情的成败取决于我在寻求帮助时是抬起头还是低下头。无论何时，当我被可怕的失败击倒，在最初的阵痛过去之后，我都要想方设法将苦难变成好事。伟大的机遇就在这一刻闪现——这苦涩的根本必将迎来满园芬芳！ 3．我将一直在困境中寻找成功希望。 Hold Fast to Dreams 紧紧抓住梦想 1．We all have dreams. We all want to believe deep down in our souls that we have a special gift, that we can make a difference, that we can touch others in a special way, and that we can make the world a better place. 2．At one time in our lives, we all had a vision for the quality of life that we desire and deserve. Yet, for many of us, those dreams have become so shrouded in the frustrations and routines of daily life that we no longer even make an effort to accomplish them. For far too many, the dream has dissipated and with it, so has the will to shape our destinies. Many have lost that sense of certainty that creates the winner’s edge.
中国成语的英语翻译 1.爱屋及乌 Love me, love my dog. 2.百闻不如一见 Seeing is believing. 3.比上不足比下有余 worse off than some, better off than many; to fall short of the best, but be better than the worst. 4.笨鸟先飞 A slow sparrow should make an early start. 5.不眠之夜 white night 6.不以物喜不以己悲 not pleased by external gains, not saddened by personnal losses 7.不遗余力 spare no effort; go all out; do one's best 8.不打不成交 No discord, no concord. 9.拆东墙补西墙 rob Peter to pay Paul 10.辞旧迎新 bid farewell to the old and usher in the new; ring out the old year and ring in the new 11.大事化小小事化了 try first to make their mistake sound less serious and then to reduce it to nothing at all 12.大开眼界 open one's eyes; broaden one's horizon; be an eye-opener 13.国泰民安 The country flourishes and people live in peace 14.过犹不及 going too far is as bad as not going far enough; beyond is as wrong as falling short; too much is as bad as too little 15.功夫不负有心人 Everything comes to him who waits. 16.好了伤疤忘了疼 once on shore, one prays no more 17.好事不出门恶事传千里 Good news never goes beyond the gate, while bad news spread far and wide. 18.和气生财 Harmony brings wealth. 19.活到老学到老 One is never too old to learn. 20.既往不咎 let bygones be bygones 21.金无足赤人无完人 Gold can't be pure and man can't be perfect. 22.金玉满堂 Treasures fill the home. 23.脚踏实地 be down-to-earth 24.脚踩两只船 sit on the fence 25.君子之交淡如水 the friendship between gentlemen is as pure as crystal; a hedge between keeps friendship green 26.老生常谈陈词滥调cut and dried, cliché 27.礼尚往来 Courtesy calls for reciprocity. 28.留得青山在不怕没柴烧 Where there is life, there is hope. 29.马到成功 achieve immediate victory; win instant success 30.名利双收 gain in both fame and wealth 31.茅塞顿开 be suddenly enlightened
1. leave sb the choice of … or …要么…,要么… ★（选择类经典句）Our cruel and unrelenting enemy leaves us the choice of brave resistance or the most abject submission.敌人冷酷无情/铁石心肠，我们要么顽强抵抗，要么屈膝投降。2 The age of 30s leaves you the choice of marriage or remaining a bachelor.年过三十，要么成婚，要么单身。 2. be the instrument of sth 引来某事物的人或事 ★（使动类经典句）The eyes of all our countrymen are now upon us, and we shall have the blessings and praises, if happily we are the instruments of saving them from the tyranny meditated against them.全国同胞都在关注我们，如果我们有幸能够拯救他们脱离强加于身的暴政/把他们从强加于身的暴政中解救出来，那将得到他们的祝福和赞颂。2 他所建立的组织最终使他垮了台。The organization he had built up eventually became the instrument of his downfall. 2 能够让你幸福，我愿意付出我的一切。If I can be the instrument of your happiness, I will sacrifice all my belongings. 3. it was the memories of 追溯到… ★（回忆类经典句）Perhaps it was the memories of the 1964 Tokyo Olympics and the 1988 Seoul Olympics, which were considered turning points in their nations? development.追溯到1964年东京及1988年汉城举办的奥运会，可能分别被视为日韩两国发展的转折点。 4. on the premise/ground/prerequisite/proposition/hypothesis/presupposition that 基于一个前提… ★（假设类经典句）中国政府在宣布实行和平统一的方针时，是基于一个前提，即当时的台湾当局坚持世界上只有一个中国，台湾是中国的一部分。The Chinese proclaimed/declared to adopt/implement the policy of peaceful reunification on the premise that the then Taiwan authorities maintained that there is only one China in the world and Taiwan is only one part of China. 2 Advice to investors was based on the premise that interest rates would continue to fall.对投资者的建议是以利率会继续下跌为根据的。 5.be bound to 必定…；一定… ★（意愿类经典句）西部大开发一定能成为沟通世界各国和中国的一座桥梁，促进中国和世界经济共同发展，共同繁荣。The Great Western Development is bound to be a bridge between China and the rest