My dreams are worthless, my plans are dust, my goals are impossible. 我的幻想毫无价值,我的计划渺如尘埃,我的目标不可能达到。 All are of no value unless they are followed by action. 一切的一切毫无意义--除非我...
1. You bet. 你說的沒錯. 為什麼當老美說, You bet. 的時候, 就代表你說的一點也沒錯的意思呢? 因為 bet 是下賭注的意思, 所以 You bet. 就是指, You can bet money on that. (你可以把錢下注在上面), 言下之意...
1. We'd like to express our desire to establish business relationship with you on the basis of quality, mutually benefit and exchange of needed goods . 我们希望在保证质量、互惠互利以及交易彼此需要的货物的基础上和你们建立...
Absolutely! 绝对正确。 Almost! 差不多了。 Amazing! 太神了! Anytime! 随时吩咐。 Awful! 好可怕。 Behave! 放尊重点! Bingo! 中了!搞定! Boring 真无聊! Bravo! 太棒了。 Bull! = Horse! 胡说...
1. Germany won and will be going on to the second round. 德国队赢了,晋级十六强。 2. How was the game last night? 昨晚的比赛怎么样? 3. I thought the score would be at least 2:1, but it ended in a draw. 我本来以为至少能踢个...
相比传统博客,以短、灵、快为特点的微博几乎不需要很高成本,只需三言两语,就可记录下自己某刻的心情、某一瞬的感悟。如今又有个词叫微访,它可不是什么微服私访的简称,而是从微...
That if your vocabulary is limited your chances of success are limited. That one of the easiest and quickest ways to get ahead is by consciously building up your knowledge of words. The the vocabulary of the average person almost stops growing by the...
The fortunate people in the worldthe only reallyfortunate people in the world, in my mind, are those whose work is also their pleasure. The class is not a large one, not nearly so large as it is often represented to be; and authors are perhaps one of...
The contrasting English and American patterns have some remarkable implications, particularly if we assume that man, like other animals, has a built-in need to shut himself off from others from time to time. An English student in one of my seminars t...
1. The best friend a man has in this world may turn against him and become his enemy. His son or daughter whom he has reared with loving care may prove ungrateful. Those who are nearest and dearest to us, those whom we trust with our happiness and ou...
A man may usually be known by the books he reads as well as by the company he keeps; for there is a companionship of books as well as of men; and one should always live in the best company, whether it be of books or of men. A good book may be among t...
Fun seems to be the possession of the English race.Fun is JohnBulll's idea of humour,and there is no intellectualjudgment in fun.Everybody understands it be-cause it is practical.More than that,it unites allclasses and sweetens even political lif...
What is it like to be old in the United States? What will our own lives be like when we are old? Americans find it difficult to think about old age until they are propelled into the midst of it by their own aging and that of relatives and friends. Ag...
About the twelfth year of my age, my father being abroad, my mother reproved me for some misconduct, to which I made an undutiful reply. And The next first-day, as I was with my father returning from meeting, he told me that he understood I had behav...
Man is the only animal that robs his helpless fellow of his country-takes possession of it and drives him out of it or destroys him. Man has done this in all the ages. There is not an acre of ground on the globe that is in possession of its rightful...