| I'm reading a book. 我在看书。 |
| Man proposes God disposes. 谋事在人,成事在天。 |
| He paused for a reply. 他停下来等着?回答。 |
| Do you speak English? 你会说英语吗? |
| I have no idea. 我不知道。 |
| They employed him as a consultant. 他们雇用他为顾问。 |
| When I was young I admired clever people. Now that I am old I admire kind people. 少时喜欢聪明人,老来喜欢仁厚人。 |
| She's been quite different since coming back from America.从美国回来之后,她变化很大。 |
| 有得必有失。/得失同喜. As good lost as found. |
| 这是什么? What's this? |
| 不,我下个月搬到好莱坞去。 "No,I'll move to Hollywood next month." |
| 我正要出门。 I was about to leave. |
| 生与死是至关重要的问题。 To be or not to be: that is the question. |
| 不要为了吃饭活着,而要为了活着吃饭。 Live not to eat, but eat to live. |
| 幽默必须以严肃为背景。 Humour must have its background of seriousness. |
| 有时多数只意味着所有的愚人都站在同一边。 Sometimes a majority simply means that all the fools are on the same side. |
| 见怪不怪,其怪自败。 Face the fearful with no fears, and its fearfulness dissapears. |
| 你收到玛丽的来信吗? Have you heard from Mary? |
| unique a. 惟一的,独一无二的 |
| learn sth. the hard way 经过艰难困苦而学到 |
| gigantic a. 巨大的,庞大的 |
| charter n./v. 宪章;特许状;租赁;vt. 特许,发执照 |
| spin vt./vi. 纺纱,编结;编造故事; n./vi. 眩晕 |
| distil v. 蒸馏 |
| put an end to 停止 |
| opt vi. 选择,挑选 |