读谚语学英语113OK.docx

1、读谚语学英语113OK W-E-A-L-T-H系列 Though there is no such thing as standard English, we can manage to learn the language as natively as possible in a variety of ways. Learning via proverbs is one of the approaches to the mastery of the language.The inspiration came from my beloved and unforgettable middle s

2、chool English teacher Mr. Yinshanlong, to whom I felt very much appreciated and grateful . He taught me “where there is a will, there is a way.” and “perseverance means victory.” in time of difficulty with my English learning. It was Mr. Yins encouragement that inspired me to learn English as well a

3、s possible. Following my teachers example, I have been exploring good ways of learning English all my career life and have created WEALTH THEORY and many good ways to learn English. Teaching the students how to accumulate quotes and famous sayings as well as proverbs is what I have been doing since

4、I graduated from university to be an English teacher. I am doing it better and better over time.The following is just a very small part of those done in 2006.Lets share them. Catherine Monday, 2015-06-07读谚语学英语113 (not all in order of ABC) 广州市113中学 朱开凤 2006-12-181. Attitude is everything.2. Balance i

5、s beauty.3. Confidence is the first step to success.4. Diligence is the mother of success. 5. Efficiency is life. 6. Failure is the mother of success.7. Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration.8. Habit is second nature.9. Imagination is more important than knowledge.10.Joy lies in good health

6、and sound mind as well as noble personality.11. Knowledge is power.12. Lets make the best use of our time to realize our dreams.13. Making contributions to our country is our common goal.14. Never never never give up.15.Practice makes perfect. 熟能生巧。16.God helps those who help themselves. 天助自助者。17.Wh

7、ere there is a will, there is a way. 有志者事竟成。18.One false step will make a great difference. 失之毫厘，谬之千里。19.Slow and steady wins the race. 稳扎稳打无往而不胜。20.Experience is the mother of wisdom. 实践出真知。21.Great minds think alike. 英雄所见略同。22.Facts speak plainer than words. 事实胜于雄辩。23.A bird in the hand is worth t

8、han two in the bush.一鸟在手胜过双鸟在林。 24.A friend in need is a friend indeed.患难见真情。 25.A well begun is half done.良好的开端是成功的一半。 26.A good beginning makes a good ending.善始者善终。27.A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever.一本好书，相伴一生。 28.A man becomes learned by asking questions.不耻下问才能有学问。 2

9、9.An apple a day keeps the doctor away.一天一苹果，不用请医生。 30.A single flower does not make a spring.一花独放不是春，百花齐放春满园。 31.Birds of a feather flock together.物以类聚，人以群分。 32.Care and diligence bring luck.谨慎和勤奋才能抓住机遇。33.Constant dripping wears away a stone.水滴石穿，绳锯木断。34.Early to bed and early to rise makes a man

10、healthy, wealthy and wise.早睡早起身体好。35.Every man has his faults.金无足赤，人无完人。 36.Every man is the architect of his own fortune.自己的命运自己掌握。37.Experience is the father of wisdom and memory the mother.经验是智慧之父，记忆是智慧之母。38.Fire is a good servant but a bad master.火是一把双刃剑。 39.Genius is nothing but labor and dilig

11、ence.天才不过是勤奋而已。40.Good health is over wealth.健康是最大的财富。 41.Good medicine for health tastes bitter to the mouth.良药苦口利于病。 42.Great hopes make great man.伟大的抱负造就伟大的人物。 43.Great minds think alike.英雄所见略同。 44.Happiness takes no account of time.欢乐不觉时光过。 45.Health is better than wealth.健康胜过财富。46.Health is hap

12、piness.健康就是幸福。 47.He is a good friend that speaks well of us behind our backs.背后说好话，才是真朋友。 48.He laughs best who laughs last.谁笑到最后，谁笑得最好。 49.He who does not advance loses ground.逆水行舟，不进则退。 50.He who makes no mistakes makes nothing.想不犯错误，就一事无成。 51.Honesty is the best policy.做人诚信为本。 52.Hope for the be

13、st, but prepare for the worst.抱最好的愿望，做最坏的打算。 53.If you venture nothing, you will have nothing.不入虎穴，焉得虎子。 54.Industry is the parent of success.勤奋是成功之母。55.It is better to die when life is a disgrace.宁为玉碎，不为瓦全。 56.It is never too old to learn.活到老，学到老。 57.It is no use crying over spilt milk.覆水难收。 58.It

14、is the first step that costs troublesome.万事开头难。 59.It is too late to grieve when the chance is past.坐失良机，后悔已迟。 60.Keep good men company and you shall be of the number.近朱者赤，近墨者黑。 61.Kill two birds with one stone.一箭双雕。 62.Knowledge is power.知识就是力量。 63.Knowledge makes humble, ignorance makes proud.博学使人

15、谦逊，无知使人骄傲。 64.Learn and live.活着，为了学习。 65.Learning makes a good man better and ill man worse.好人越学越好，坏人越学越坏。 66.Let bygones be bygones.过去的就让它过去吧。 67.Lost time is never found again.岁月既往，一去不回。 68.Many heads are better than one.三个臭皮匠，赛过诸葛亮。69.Many things grow in the garden that were never sown there.有心栽花

16、花不发，无心插柳柳成荫。 70.Necessity is the mother of invention.需要是发明的动力。71.Never judge from appearances.不可以貌取人。 72.Never say die.永不言败。 73.Never too old to learn, never too late to turn.亡羊补牢，为时未晚。74.No man is born wise or learned.没有生而知之者。75.No news is good news.没有消息就是好消息。76.Nothing in the world is difficult fo

17、r one who sets his mind to it.世上无难事，只怕有心人。 77.Nothing is difficult to the man who will try.世上无难事，只要肯登攀。 78.Nothing seek, nothing find.没有追求就没有收获。 79.Obedience is the first duty of a soldier.军人以服从命令为天职。 80.Observation is the best teacher.观察是最好的老师。81.One hour today is worth two tomorrow.争分夺秒效率高。82.Prai

18、se makes good men better, and bad men worse.好人越夸越好，坏人越夸越糟。83.Prevention is better than cure.预防胜于治疗。 84.Pride goes before, and shame comes after.骄傲使人落后。 85.Reading enriches the mind.开卷有益。86.Reading is to the mind while exercise to the body.读书健脑，运动强身。 87.Respect yourself, or no one else will respect y

19、ou.要人尊敬，必须自重。 88.Rome is not built in a day.冰冻三尺，非一日之寒。89.Seeing is believing.眼见为实。 90.Seek the truth from facts.实事求是。 91.Speech is silver, silence is gold.能言是银，沉默是金。 92.Still water run deep.静水常深。 93.Strike the iron while it is hot.趁热打铁。 94.Success belongs to the persevering.坚持就是胜利。 95.The early bir

20、d catches the worm.早起的鸟儿有虫吃.96.The finest diamond must be cut.玉不琢，不成器。 97.The more noble, the more humble.人越高尚，越谦虚。 98.There is no royal road to learning.书山有路勤为径，学海无涯苦作舟。 99.The world is but a little place, after all.海内存知己，天涯若比邻。 100.Time and tide wait for no man.时不我待。 101.All work and no play makes

21、 jack a dull boy. 只工作不玩耍，聪明孩子也变傻。102.It is never too old to learn. 活到老，学到老。103.All that glitters is not gold. 闪光的未必都是金子。104.A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.千里之行始于足下105.Look before you leap. 三思而后行。Rome was not built in a day. 伟业非一日之功106.Time cures all things.时间是医治一切创伤的良药。 107.

22、Time past cannot be called back again.时间不能倒流。 108.To save time is to lengthen life.节约时间就是延长生命。109.Unity is strength.团结就是力量。 110.Unpleasant advice is a good medicine.忠言逆耳利于行。111.Water dropping day by day wears the hardest rock away.滴水穿石。112.Where there is life, there is hope.留得青山在，不怕没柴烧。 113.Where is there is vision, there is hope.