Nothing is impossible to a willing heart./Where there is a will there is a way.有志者,事竟成。 Lost years are worse than lost dollars.一寸光阴一寸金,寸金难买寸光阴。 One minute on the stage needs ten years practice off stage.台上一分钟,台下十年功。 The longest journey begins with the first step.千里之行,始于足下。 Every little helps.积少成多。 Pride hurts,modesty benefits.满招损,谦受益。 Nothing is to be got without pain but poverty.世上唯有贫穷可以不劳而获。 Rome was not built in a day.伟业非一日之功/冰冻三尺非一日之寒。 God helps those who help themselves.自助者天助。 More haste,less speed.欲速则不达。

Practice makes perfect.熟能生巧。 It is never too old to learn.活到老，学到老。 Reading is to the mind while exercise to the body.读书健脑，运动强身。 A man becomes learned by asking questions.不耻下问才能有学问。 Learn and live.活着，为了学习。 Knowledge starts with practice.实践出真知。 Complacency is the enemy of study.学习的敌人是自己的满足。 Knowledge makes humble; ignorance makes proud.知识使人谦虚，无知使人傲慢。 Knowledge advances by steps and not by leaps.知识只能循序渐进，不能跃进。 A man can do no more than he can.凡事都应量力而行。

Practice makes perfect.熟能生巧。 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。 Where there is a will, there is a way.有志者事竟成。 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。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。

Money doesn't grow on trees.钱不是从天上掉下来的。 I know that my future is not just a dream.我知道我的未来不是梦。 To convert defeat into victory.反败为胜。 Youth means limitless possibilities.年轻就是无限的可能。 Leave behind a clean world for future generations.留给下一代一个清洁的地球。 You can do it too! 你也做得到! Get to another summit in your career.开创职业生涯的另一个高峰。 Pursue breakthroughs in your life.追求自我的突破。 Never say die.永不放弃。 Knowledge is power.知识就是力量。

A good beginning makes a good ending.善始者善终.A good book is a good friend.好书如好友.A good book is the best of friends,the same today and forever.一本好书,相伴毕生.A good conscience is a soft pillow.不做亏心事,不怕鬼叫门.A good fame is better than a good face.美名胜过美貌.A good husband makes a good wife.夫善则妻贤.A good medicine tastes bitter. lives.猫有九条命.A cat may look at a king.人人公平.A close mouth catches no flies.病从口入.A constant guest is never welcome.常客令人厌.Actions speak louder than words.事实胜于雄辩.Adversity leads to prosperity.穷则思变.Adversity makes a man wise,not rich.逆境出人才.A fair death honors the whole life.死得其所,流芳百世.A faithful friend is hard to find.

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。

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。

In a strong relationship, you should love your panion more than you need them. If you perceive yourself in a negative manner then success is next to impossible. At the end of the day, let there be no excuses, no explanations, no regrets. There is no such thing as philosophy-free science;there is only science whose philosophical baggage is taken on board without examination. Happiness is not the absence of problems;it`s the ability to deal with them. In essence, your eyes don`t show you what you see they show you what you believe. As long as we persevere and endure, we can get anything we want. There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root. Every single time you help somebody stand up you are helping humanity rise. The right thing to do and the hard thing to do are usually the same thing.

Time flies.时光易逝 Time is money.一寸光阴一寸金。 Time and tide wait for no man.岁月无情；岁月易逝；岁月不待人。 Time tries all.时间检验一切。 Time tries truth.时间检验真理。 Time past cannot be called back again.光阴一去不复返。 All time is no time when it is past.光阴一去不复返。 No one can call back yesterday.Yesterday will not be called again.昨日不复来。 Tomorrow comes never.切莫依赖明天。 One today is worth two tomorrows.一个今天胜似两个明天。

The best fish swim near the bottom.好鱼常在水底游。 Theres as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it.海里的好鱼多的是。 It is a silly fish that is caught twice with the same bait.智者不上两次当。 If water is noisy, there are no fish in it.咆哮的水中无鱼。 Great hopes make great man.远大的希望，造就伟大的人物。 Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.早睡早起，富裕、聪明、身体好。 All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.只工作，不玩耍，聪明孩子也变傻。 Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.今天能做的事绝不要拖到明天。 Industry is fortune's right hand, and frugality her left.勤勉是幸运的右手，节约是幸运的左手。 A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.双鸟在林不如一鸟在手。

外专委今天,为大家精选了20句经典谚语并做了些许点评,请背下来,并加以理解,能在你的口语和写作中活用出来。 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 the law 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。 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。

A friend in need is a friend indeed.患难见真情。 A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit.吃一堑，长一智。 Unpleasant advice is a good medicine.忠言逆耳利于行。 Actions speak louder than words.事实胜于雄辩。 The early bird catches the worm.早起的鸟儿有虫吃。 A young idler, an old beggar.少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。 Far from eye, far from heart.眼不见，心不烦。 Whats done cannot be undone.覆水难收。 Put the cart before the horse.本末倒置。 Waste not, want not.检则不匮。