专八写作补充讲义.docx

1、专八写作补充讲义八级写作讲稿（范一亭编著）八级写作实用谚语、警句选萃Actions speak louder than words.事实胜于雄辩。After rain comes fair weather.雨过天晴。否极泰来。All good things must come to an end.天下没有不散的宴席。好景无常。Alis well that ends well.结果好就是一切好。All that glitters is not gold.发亮的东西不一定都是金子。All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.只工作不玩耍，聪明孩子也变傻。A

2、s a man sows, so he shall reap.种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。善有善报，恶有恶报。Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. 情人眼里出西施。Better late than never.迟做总比不做好。Better to light one little candle than to curse the darkness.与其诅咒黑暗不如点上蜡烛。Birds of a feather flock together.鸟以群分，物以类聚。Bitter pills may have wholesome effects.良药苦口。Blood is

3、thicker than water.血浓于水。Brevity is the soul of wit.言贵简洁。By their fruits shall ye know them.看树看果实，看人看作为。The child is father of (或to) the man.三岁看到老。The darkest hour is nearest the dawn.黎服之前最黑暗。接近成功时最艰苦。Dont kill the goose that laid the golden eggs.切莫杀鸡取卵。Dont put all your eggs in one basket.莫把一切希望寄托在一

4、件事情上。勿孤注一掷。Drops of water outwear the stone.滴水穿石。Early bird catches the worm.早出的鸟儿吃到虫。Easier said than done.说来容易做时难。The end justifies (或 sanctifies) the means.只要目的正当，可以不择手段。Every bean has its black.凡人各有其短处。Every little makes.积少成多。聚沙成塔。集腋成裘。Every man has his price.人各有其价。Everyone to whom much is given

5、, of him will much be required.凡得到多者，须多多付出。Every why has a (或 its) wherefore.凡事均有因。Example is better than precept.身教重于言教。Experience is the mother of wisdom.经验乃智慧之母。Facts are facts.事实不容否认。Fine words butter no parsnips.花言巧语是不中用的。A friend in need is a friend indeed.患难朋友才是真朋友。From the sublime to the rid

6、iculous is but a step.多走一步真理就变谬误。God helps those who help themselves.自助者天助。Goodhealth is above wealth.健康比财富更重要。Good wine needs no bush.酒好客自来。Grasp all, lose all.贪多必失。Great talkers are little doers.多言者必少行。Habit is second nature.习惯成自然。Haste makes waste.欲速则不达。He laughs best who laughs last.谁笑在最后，谁笑得最好。

7、He that will thrive must rise at five.勤奋才能事业兴旺。Homer sometimes nods.智者千虑，必有一失。Honesty is the best policy.诚实总是上策。If a thing is worth doing, its worth well.凡值得一做的都值得做好。If at first you dont succeed; try, try, tryagain.如果开始不成功，那就一试二试再试。If the mountain wont come to Mohammed, Mohammed must go to the mount

8、ain.事不迁就人，人就得迁就事。In unity there is strength.团结就是力量。It is more blessed to give than to receive.施比受更有福。Its never too late to mend.亡羊补牢，未为晚也。Jack of all trades and master of none.什么都会做，样样均稀松。Justice has long arms.天网恢恢，疏而不漏。A leopard cant change its spots.本性难改。Like attracts (或 draws) like.同声相应，同气相求。A li

9、ttle learning (或 knowledge) is a dangerous thing.一知半解是危险的。Live and learn.活到老，学到老。Look before you leap.三思而后行。Make hay while the sun shines.勿失良机。Man proposes, God disposes.谋事在人，成事在天。Money is the root of all evil.金钱乃万恶之源。Money talks.有钱能使鬼推磨。More haste, less speed.欲速则不达。Necessity is the mother of invent

10、ion.需要是发明之母。Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.今日事，今日毕。None so blind as he who will not see.不愿正视事实的人才是真正的瞎子。Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.有志者事竟成。Nothing seek, nothing find.没有追求就没有成就。One cannot put back the clock.历史的车轮不能倒转。One mans meat is another mans poison.兴趣爱好因人而异。One s

11、wallow does not make a summer.一燕不成夏。Patience is a plaster for all sores.忍耐可治万千痛。The pen is mightier than the sword.笔伐胜过刀枪。People who live in glass houses shouldntthrow stones.人要有自知之明。Practice makes perfect.熟能生巧。Practise what you preach.躬行己说，身体力行。Pride goes before a fall.骄者必败。The proof of the pudding

12、 is in the eating.实践是最好的检验。Seeing is believing.眼见为实。Spare the rod and spoil the child.孩子不打不成器。The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.有健全的身体才有健全的心智。A straw shows which way the wind blows.草动知风向。Strike while the iron is hot.趁热打铁。There is no royal road to learning.做学问无捷径可走。Those who cannot remembe

13、r the past are condemned to repeat it.忘记过去必定会重蹈覆辙。Time is the best healer.时间能治愈一切创伤。To err is human;to forgive, divine.犯错人皆难免，宽恕则属超凡。The tree is known by its fruit.观其行而知其人。Two heads are better than one.两人智慧胜一人。United we stand, divided we fall.团结则存，分裂则亡。Waste not, want not.不浪费，不愁缺。We know not what is

14、 good until we have lost it.拥有之时不爱惜，失去以后空叹息。Well begun is half done.开始得好就等于成功了一半。Well fed, well bred.吃得饱，懂礼貌。Where theres a will, theres a way.有志者事竟成。With time and patience the leaf of the mulberry becomes satin.只要工夫深，铁杵磨成针。Wit once bought is worth twice taught.付出代价长一智，胜过别人教两次。三、范文例文库包括课外例文和范老师长篇范文（

15、囊括重要前沿句型和长句的风格示范，应熟练背诵后学会写长句的感觉。）。请同学们务必熟练掌握和应用。A SketchPortrait of English Learners【范老师长篇】As things stand, today, most of people, English learners or not, it is interesting to see, propose that the competence in such a foreign language as English should be a best advantage for the young generation

16、in academy, social life and future career. Actually, it is true that foreign language mastery has played a crucial role in the social-economic exchanges and international cooperation or competition, but a good majority of learners have to moan and groan for great difficulties that language study may

17、 occasion(=materialize), although they also profess that pleasure and happiness have never stopped short of visiting them from time to time. As far as the whole study progression for a foreign language can be divided into three stages: learning motivations, study methods and attitudes towards diffic

18、ulties for the end, here a sketch of English learners can be drawn with specific analyses and comments.In the first place, to learn a foreign language means the variety of sources for it differing from individual to individual, which may count on three variants: as Bacon put it, “Studies serve for d

19、elight, for ornament and for ability.” If so, the first kind of English learners, according to this benchmark, can be imagined as positive on his or her own initiative, or just for fun or pleasure. He only enjoys learning alone by practicing watching English channels on TV or attending English opera

20、s, or merely saying “See you” or “Take care” to his intimate friends who should also delight in speaking the language as a personal love. This group of learners, in the main, are used to taking an English novel from the shelf to read casually and happily under the shadow of romantic sunset. So learn

21、ing English is no more than a labor of love for them. However, some other learners are likely to give anybody he meets with the hint that he is a master of a foreign language, or at the very least a super-fan for English, in that he is inured to seemingly spontaneous utterances of “OK” or “Terrific”

22、 as an old-timer in this field or whatever they may believe expressive, but actually he has unconsciously as show-offs lapsed into sensationalism. Yet, anyhow, their courage and enthusiasm may deserve affirmation and encouragement to some extent although English name is a must for them and little su

23、ccess in this language proficiency has been really achieved by them. Nevertheless, the most assiduous worker in learning English might be the third group, who seems to boast more ambitions, time and energy. Compared with them, the former two groups may speak out more inappropriate sentences or emplo

24、y more unidiomatic usages or collocations while the ability-oriented students concentrate more on the application of the language into his career. So they are ready to practice it as the work commands. Language aptitude test certificates are not rare in their curriculum vitae and, generally, they mu

25、st have spent lots of time on English conversations, not without his highly motivated goals for seeking a great lucrative profession, for which English is not the end like the first group, but just a necessary means or an indispensable ticket to individual success, yet unfortunately divesting himsel

26、f of a trace of life vigor and amusement in human language communication because, when this individual fails to secure a word, scowling and frowning may be his long-standing facial expressions.For a second, to learn a foreign language, people may take up multitudinous strategies to make great effort

27、s on study, among which the traditional four approaches of listening, speaking, reading and writing should hold sway. When a group of students would like to give priority to reading and writing for the Standard Written English, others may depend upon audio and oral practice. The former, more often t

28、han not, are too much convinced of the conventional way of learning languages by intensive reading, esp. reading between lines, or such extensive reading methods as skimming and scanning. Fast reading has even become a kind of learning technique for this group of students and even experts. And the m

29、ost important is that these learners believe firmly reading as the best input to stimulate speaking and writing, and listening also merely is played down as a supplementary help for reading. In contrast, the latter put more emphasis on hands-on practice in both English conversations and dialogues an

30、d speeches. In that sense, it is not uncommon to witness many students of this belief walking while listening to English music and popular songs, watching motion pictures in English, listening to radio channels such as VOA or BBC, or fishing for foreigners as a language partner at a college English

31、corner. Some of them have virtually achieved a lot for in the past the Chinese linguistics community seem to have been more and more aware of its reasonableness in achieving success in learning the language. Around us still comes another group of English learners who seem to be much more proficient

32、at study for they focus wisely on the perfect marriage of the four skills and try to combine them with cross-cultural perspectives during the study. They accentuate the nature of language as the implication of shades in meaning of words and of culture as the demonstration of nuances in each language. So they take a lot of nerve, for example, to centre on the same novel or essay when they listen, speak, read and write, and try to make sure that, not only does the