中高级口译常用谚语（12）

 　　111．读万卷书，行万里路。Read ten thousand books, travel ten thousand miles.

　　112．开卷有益（阅读使人增长知识）。Reading enriches the mind.

　　113．读书总会有所收获（开卷有益）。Reading is always profitable.

　　114．远亲不如近邻。A relative far off is less help than a neighbour close by.

　　115．流水不腐，户枢不蠢。Running water is never stale and a door-hinge never gets worm-eaten

　　116．说是一回事，而做又是另外一回事。Saying is one thing and doing another.

　　117．苦海无边，回头是岸。The sea of bitterness has no bounds, repent¹ and the shore is at hand.

　　118．沉默是金。Silence is golden. A single spark can start a prairie fire.

1 repent   

v.悔悟，悔改，忏悔，后悔

参考例句：

• He has nothing to repent of.他没有什么要懊悔的。
• Remission of sins is promised to those who repent.悔罪者可得到赦免。