Sayings and Proverbs入乡随俗When in Rome, do as the Romans do.良好的开始就是成功的一半。Well begun, half done.A good beginning is half done.一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳。He that has been bitten by a serpent is afraid of a rope.无风不起浪。There is no smoke without fire.一人的错误就是他人的教训。One mans fault is another mans lessons.人去留名。A man dies, his name remains.没有付出就没有收获。No pains, no gains.眼见为实。 Seeing is believing.聪明人一点就通。A word is enough to the wise.众口难调。Everyone has his taste.肉中刺。A thorn in ones flesh.好身体高于财富。Good health is above wealth.不入虎穴，焉得虎子。Nothing ventured, nothing gained.建造空中楼阁。Building castles in the air.人必为其行为自食其果。A man must take consequence of his own deeds.习惯是第二天性。Habit is second nature.熟能生巧。Practice makes perfect.爬得高，跌得重。He who climbs high falls heavily.趁热打铁。Make hay while the shun shines.Strike the iron while it is hot.冰冻三尺非一日之寒。Rome was not built in one day.物以类聚。Birds of a feather flock togethe

A bad custom is like a good cake, better broken than kept.坏习惯像鲜馅饼，分食要比保存好。 A bad workman quarrels with his tools.拙匠常怨工具差(人笨怨刀钝)。 A bargain is a bargain.达成的协议不可撕毁。 A beggar''s purse is bottomless.乞丐的钱袋是无底洞。 All is fish that comes to one''s net.捉到网里都是鱼。 Beauty is but a blossom.美丽只是盛开的花朵。 Beauty, unaccompanied by virtue, is as a flower without perfume.美而无德犹如花之无香。 Be honest rather clever.诚实比聪明更要紧。 Be slow in choosing a friend;slower in changing.选择朋友要审慎，摒弃更要审又慎。 Chains of gold are stronger than chains of iron.金链锁人比铁炼更牢靠。

Wade not in unknown water.不知水的深浅，不可粗心趟水过河。 Walk groundly; talk profoundly; drink roundly; sleep soundly.行路踏实，言谈深刻，饮酒豪爽，睡眠酣畅。 Walls(or Pitchers)have ears.隔墙有耳。 Want of care does us more damage than want of knowledge.粗心比无知更为有害。 War is death's feast.战争是死亡的筵席。 War is the business of barbarians.战争是野蛮人干的事。 War makes thieves, and peace hangs them.战争造成盗贼，和平把他们吊死。 Wash a dog, comb a dog, Still a dog, remains a dog.本性难移。 Waste not, want not.俭以防匮。 Waste of time is the most extravagant and costly of allexpenses.浪费时间是一切花费中最奢侈豪华的费用。

No news is good news.没有消息就是好消息。 Nothing is to be got without pains but poverty.世上唯有贫穷可以不劳而获。 Never say die.永不言败。 No garden without its weeds.没有不长草的园子。 No way is impossible to courage.勇者无惧。 None are so deaf as those who won't hear.充耳不闻。 Obedience is the first duty of a soldier.军人以服从命令为天职。 Offense is the best defense.进攻是最好的防御。 Once bitten, twice shy.一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳。 One boy is a boy, two boys half a boy, three boys noboy.一个和尚挑水喝，两个和尚抬水喝，三个和尚没水喝。

文化生活E v e ry m a n h a s h ish o b by h o r s e．萝卜青菜，各有所爱。测测你的身体缺少什么维生素．一^ 翻黼融匏琶：舌水肿原因：可能缺乏的营养是B 族维生素。福建质量技术监督营养对策：洗米、蒸饭等可造成B 族维生素的大量丢失。长期进食精细米面、长期吃素食，同时又没有其他的补充，很容易造成B 族维生素的缺失。为此，应做到主食粗细搭配、荤素搭配。 如果有吃素的习惯，每El 应补充一定量的复合维生素B 族药物制剂。．I- 圈鳓麟低原因：可能缺乏的营养是维生素A如果不及时纠正，可能进一步发展为夜盲症，并出现角膜干燥、溃疡等。营养对策：增加胡萝卜和猪肝等食物的摄入。 应注意的是，维生素A 是溶解于油脂而不溶解于水的维生素，因此用植物油烹炒胡萝卜比生吃胡萝卜，维生素A 的吸收效率可大为提高。．I- 麒隅陟原因：可能缺乏的营养是核黄素(维生素B 1)和烟酸。营养对策：核黄素(维生素B 1)在不同食物中含量差异很大。动物肝脏、鸡蛋黄、奶类等含量较为丰富。 为此，每周

决心与毅力1.Where there's a will, there's a way. - 中文译文：有志者事竟成。 2.Practice makes perfect. - 中文译文：熟能生巧。 3.No pain, no gain. - 中文译文：不劳则无获。 4.Believe in yourself. - 中文译文：相信自己。 5.Failure is the mother of success. - 中文译文：失败乃成功之母。 学习与教育1.Knowledge is power. - 中文译文：知识就是力量。 2.Never too old to learn. - 中文译文：活到老，学到老。 3.A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. - 中文译文：千里之行始于足下。 4.All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. - 中文译文：只工作不玩耍，聪明孩子也变傻。 5.Easier said than done. - 中文译文：说起来容易做起来难。 时间与珍惜1.Time is money. - 中文译文：时间就是金钱。 2.A stitch in time saves nine. - 中文译文：小洞不补，大洞吃苦。 3.Time and tide wait for no man. - 中文译文：时不我待。 4.Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise. - 中文译文：早睡早起身体好。 5.Lost time is never found again. - 中文译文：光阴一去不复返。 金钱与财富1.Money doesn't grow on trees. - 中文译文：钱不是从天上掉下来的。 2.Borrow money and lose friend. - 中文译文：借钱伤感情。 3.A penny saved is a penny earned. - 中文译文：省一分钱等于赚一分钱。 4.Wealth is nothing without health. - 中文译文：没有健康，财富便毫无意义。 5.The early bird catches the worm. - 中文译文：早起的鸟儿有虫吃。 社交与人际关系1.A friend in need is a friend indeed. - 中文译文：患难见真情。 2.All's well that ends well. - 中文译文：结果好，一切都好。 3.Don't judge a book by its cover. - 中文译文：不要以貌取人。 4.The grass is always greener on the other side. - 中文译文：这山望着那山高。 5.Speak of the devil. - 中文译文：说曹操，曹操到。 生活态度1.Every cloud has a silver lining. - 中文译文：黑暗中总有一线光明。 2.Happiness is not because have much but caring less. - 中文译文：快乐不是因为拥有的多，而是计较的少。 3.Take things as theye. - 中文译文：既来之则安之。 4.All things in their being are good for something. - 中文译文：天生我材必有用。 5.Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst. - 中文译文：抱最好的希望，做最坏的打算。 健康与幸福1.An apple a day keeps the doctor away. - 中文译文：一天一苹果，医生远离我。 2.Good health is over wealth. - 中文译文：健康是最大的财富。 3.Happiness lies first of all in health. - 中文译文：幸福首先在于健康。 4.Laughter is the best medicine. - 中文译文：笑是最好的良药。 5.A sound mind in a sound body. - 中文译文：健全的精神寓于健康的身体。 环境与自然1.God helps those who help themselves. - 中文译文：自助者天助。 2.No pains, no gains. - 中文译文：不劳无获。 3.Practice makes perfect. - 中文译文：熟能生巧。 4.A stitch in time saves nine. - 中文译文：小洞不补，大洞吃苦。 5.Where there's a will, there's a way. - 中文译文：有志者事竟成。 以上谚语和俗语在英语写作中经常被使用，希望这些内容可以帮助你写出更加地道、自然的英语作文。

吃饭先喝汤，强似用药方。 It's better to drink soup before eating than to use medicine. 养病如养虎，治病如抽丝。Curing illness is like raising tigers, curing illness is like drawing silk. 抽烟损健康，少年莫染上。Smoking is harmful to your health, so don't catch youngsters. 千里之行，始于足下。A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. 要捕鱼，先织网；要搭桥，先打桩。 To catch fish, first weave a net; to build a bridge, first pile. 一寸光阴一寸金，寸金难买寸光阴。 An inch of time and an inch of gold make it difficult to buy an inchof time. 常用的铁不锈，常练的人不病。Commonly used iron stainless, often practiced people are not sick. 臭鱼烂虾，传病专家。Stinky fish, rotten shrimp, expert on disease transmission. 一日三大笑，有病也会好。Laugh three times a day and you'll get well if you're ill. 好人光睡成病人，病人光睡成死人。A good man sleeps like a sick man, but a sick man sleeps like a deadman.

Practice makes perfect.熟能生巧。批注：运用了押头韵的写法，p对p;再如：pride and prejudice(傲慢与偏见) God helps those who help themselves.自助者天助。批注：those who也是一种替换people的表示“人”的写法;比如:Those who break thelaw should be brought tojustice.(违法必究) Easier said than done.说起来容易做起来难。批注：该句其实句首省略了形式主语it is. Where there is a will, there is a way.有志者事竟成。批注：where引导地点状语从句;运用了押韵，比如will和way。 A small mistake will trigger huge consequences.失之毫厘，谬之千里。批注：trigger，表示“引发”，可用cause, result in, lead to等替代。 Experience is the mother of wisdom.实践出真知。批注：mother是经典的表示“原因”的比喻，is the mother of也是一个经典句型。比如failure is the mother ofsuccess. All work and no play make Jack a dull boy.只工作不玩耍，聪明孩子也变傻。批注：一种“劳逸结合”的有趣说法。 Beauty without virtue is a rose without fragrance.无德之美犹如没有香味的玫瑰，徒有其表。批注：“金玉其外，败絮其中”的有趣说法，非常形象生动。 More hasty, less speed.欲速则不达。1批注：我们只学过the more, the more(越越)的句型，这句话是前后相反的比较级，只得注意。 Its never too old to learn.活到老，学到老。批注：双重否定表肯定，tooto太怎样以至于不能怎样，前面加never，再否定一次，负负得正。

Behind the mountains there are people to be found.天外有天，山外有山。 An apple a day keeps the doctor away.一日一个苹果，身体健康不求医。 Bad times make a good man.艰难困苦出能人。 Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint on it you can.人生是一幅大画布，你应该努力绘出绚丽多彩的画面。 Theres only one corner of the universe you can be sure of improving, and thats yourown self.这个宇宙中只有一个角落你肯定可以改进，那就是你自己。 A guest should suit the convenience of the host.客随主便。 A young idler, an old beggar.少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。 A mans best friends are his ten fingers.II蓝色海洋书的海洋人最好的朋友是自己的十个手指。 A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit.吃一堑，长一智。 A contented mind is a continual / perpetual feast.知足常乐。