| He is not laughed at that laughs at himself first. 自嘲者不会让人见笑。 |
| Do you have any plans for the long weekend? 你有办法打发这个漫长的周末吗? |
| She is under the weather.她心情不好! |
| I hate you! 我讨厌你! |
| What's the point of going to college? 上大学有何用? |
| There is no royal road to learning. 书山有路勤为径,学海无涯苦作舟。 |
| I'm getting a new computer for birthday present. 我得到一台电脑作生日礼物。 |
| Looking back on it, I think I shouldn't have given up the contest so easily. |
| 一分预防胜过十分治疗。 An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. |
| 我边吃早饭边看报纸。 I read the newspaper over breakfast. |
| 如果明天不下雨,我们就去野餐。 "If it doesn't rain tomorrow,we'll have a picnic." |
| 对农民来说,时间就是粮食。 Time is grain for peasants. |
| 不用麻烦了。 Don't bother. |
| 生活有百分之十在于你如何塑造它,有百分之九十在于你如何对待它。 Life is ten percent what you make it and ninety percent how you take it. |
| 你会拿这事怎么办? What will you do about it? |
| 自信和自力更生是坚强的柱石。 Self-confidence and self-reliance are the mainstays of a strong character. |
| 诚实代价高,换来即是宝。 Honesty may be dear bought, but can never be an ill pennyworth. |
| 我每次闭门不纳现实,它都从窗口进来。 Every time I close the door on reality, it comes in through the window. |
| discern vt. 看出,察觉出;辨出,认出 |
| twist vt. 捻,搓;扭转;盘旋;n. 搓,扭拧;怪癖 |
| sophisticated adj. [人]老于世故的,老练的,精 通的;[物]精密的,尖端的,复杂的;高雅的,有教养的 |
| ominous a. 不祥的,不吉利的 |
| Catholic n. 天主教教徒 |
| gaudy a. 绚丽的,品味低而炫耀的 |
| prototype n. 原型 |
| lame a. 跛的,瘸的;不能说服人的;vt. 使跛 |