| It’s been a long time. 好久不见了。 |
| Failure is the mother of success. 失败是成功之母。 |
| How long have you been married? 你们结婚多久了? |
| I want to make a long distance call. 我想打个长途电话。 |
| Are you coming with me? 你跟我一起去吗? |
| The biggest festival in my country is the spring festival. 我国最大的节日是春节。 |
| You are just in time. 你来得正是时候。 |
| No, I don't think so. 不,我想不会。 |
| We are prohibited from smoking on school grounds.我们被禁止在校园内抽烟。 |
| 在家象狮子,出外成老鼠。 A lion at home, a mouse abroad. |
| 人略钜富,亦需邻居。 No one is rich enough to do without a neighbour. |
| 一切由你决定。 It's up to you. |
| 小孩走路先学爬。 Children learn to creep ere they can go. |
| 感恩有三种形式:藏在心里,说在嘴上,见于行动。 Gratitude takes three forms—a feeling in the heart, an expression in words, and giving in return. |
| 两雄相遇,其斗必烈。 When Greek meets Greek,then comes the tug of war. |
| 忘恩负义是一种软弱的表现;明智的人不会忘记别人的恩德。 Ingratitude is a kind of weakness; clever men are not ungrateful. |
| 我祖母比我大40岁。 My grandma is 40 years older than me. |
| 你不觉得太正式了吗? Don't you think it's too formal? |
| 事越做越能做,人越忙越有空。 The more we do, the more we can do; the more busy we are ,the more leisure we have. |
| mercantile a. 贸易的,商业的 |
| perpetual a. 永久的,永恒的 |
| rivet n. 铆钉;vt. 铆接,铆牢;集中(目光或注意力) |
| attendant n. 服务员;仆人 |
| evoke vt. 引起,唤起 |
| contemplate vt. 仔细考虑;注视;打算;预计 |
| hitchhike vi. 免费搭乘他人便车 |
| suspend vt. 吊,悬挂;悬浮;暂停 |