| You should take the advice of your teacher. 你应该听老师的话? |
| Can I use the lift? 我能用电梯吗? |
| I can’t wait. 我不能再等了。 |
| I've never any pity for conceited people because I think they carry their comfort about with them. 我从不怜惜自负的人们,因为我觉得他们无处不能自我安慰。 |
| I’m pressed for time. 我时间紧迫。 |
| Great wits have short memories. 贵人多忘事。 |
| What did you say? 你说什么? |
| Only those who have the patience to do simple things perfectly ever acquire the skill to do difficult things easily. 只有有耐心圆满完成简单工作的人,才能够轻而易举地完成困难的事。 |
| The meeting was scheduled for two hours, but it is now over yet. 会议原定了两个小时,不过现在还没有结束。 |
| 坏事终归要败露。 One's sin will find one out. |
| 挣得多花得恰当的人用不着帐本。 He that gains well and spends well needs no account book. |
| 医生说我应该服用奎宁。 The doctor says that I should take quinine. |
| 言语象蜜蜂,有蜜也有刺。 Words are like bees, they have honey and a sting. |
| 人的全部尊严在于思考的能力。 The whole dignity of man lies in the power of thought. |
| 你的家人怎么样? How is your family? |
| 只有闲人才会感到疲倦。 It's only the idle will be tired. |
| 势利的人要在势利上花许多时间,不会剩许多时间来管你的闲事。 A snob has to spend so much time being a snob that he has little time left to meddle with you. |
| 不满足是一个人或一个民族进步的第一步。 Discontent is the first step in progress of a man or a nation. |
| 我无能为力。 There is nothing I can do. |
| bloom n. 花;兴旺时期;vi. 开花;在青春时期 |
| sentiment n. 情操,思想感情;情绪 |
| cynical a. 冷嘲热讽的,愤世嫉俗的 |
| inevitable a. 不可避免的,照例必有的 |
| multitude n. 大批,大群,众多 |
| poke v./n. 拨;戳 |
| ferry n./v. 渡口,渡船,摆渡 |
| the gist 要旨 |