在写日记时,若能正确使用一、二句英语谚语、格言或名人名言,会使文章更生动。
常用的谚语、格言或名言有:
* A fault confessed is half redressed.(认错是改正的一半。)
* A friend in need is a friend indeed.(艰难识朋友,患难见真情。)
* A good anvil does not fear the hammer.(好砧不怕锤打。)
* A good beginning makes a good ending.(善始出善终。)
* A growing youth has a wolf in his belly.(初生之犊不畏虎。)
* A high building,a low foundation.(万丈高楼平地起。)
* A lame traveller should set out early.(笨鸟先飞。)
* A liar is not believed when he speaks the truth.(说谎者讲老实话别人也不信。)
* A little pot is soon hot.(量小易怒。)
* All are not friends that speak us fair.(说殷勤话的人不都是朋友。)
* All are not thieves that dogs bark at.(狗吠的不都是小偷。)
* All covet,all lose.(言多必失)
* All is well that ends well.(结果好才算好。)
* All that glitters is not gold.(闪闪发光物,未必尽黄金。)
* All roads lead to Rome.(殊途同归。)
* A man is known by the company he keeps.(察其友而识其人。)
* A man is never too old to learn./Live and learn.(活到老,学到老。)
* A rolling stone gathers no moss.(见异思迁事必败。)
* An idle brain is the devil's workshop.(不思则殆。)
* As a man sows,so shall he reap./As you sow,you will mow.(种瓜得瓜,种豆得豆。)
* As is the workman so is the work.(什么匠出什么活。)
* A small leak will sink a GREat ship.(小漏沉大船。)
* As the tree,so the fruit.(什么树结什么果。)
* A stitch in time saves nine.(一针及时省九针。)
* A tree is known by its fruit.(观其行而知其人。)
* A watched pot never boils.(欲速则不达。)
* A year's plan starts with spring.(一年之计在于春。)
* Be in satiable in learning and tireless in teaching.(学而不厌,诲人不倦。)
* Better a glorious death than a shameful life.(光荣牺牲,胜过忍辱偷生。)
* Better late than never.(迟做总比不做好。)
* Better to do well than to say well.(说得好不如做得好。)
* Birds of a feather flock together.(物以类聚,人以群分。)
* Build castles in the air.(白日作梦。)
* Business before pleasure.(先工作后玩乐。)
* Call a spade a spade.(直言不讳。)
* Choose an author as you choose a friend.(择书如择友。)
* Constant dripping wears away a stone.(滴水穿石。)
* Diligence is the mother of a good success.(勤勉是成功之母。)
* Every minute counts.(分秒必争。)
* Facts speak louder than words.(事实胜于雄辩。)
* Failure is the mother of success.(失败乃成功之母。)
* False friends are worse than open enemies.(虚伪的朋友比公开的敌人更坏。)
* Fear always springs from ignorance.(恐惧源于无知。)
* Fine words butter no parsnips.(花言巧语不济事。)
* Genius is nothing but labour and diligence.(天才出于勤奋。)
* Good counsel closes no harm.(忠言无害。)
* He is not fit to command others that can not command himself.(不能正己,焉能正人。)
* He that runs fastest gets the ring.(捷足先登。)
* He that will thrive must rise.(五更起床,百事兴旺。)
* He who does not work,neither shall he eat.(不劳动者不得食。)
* Honesty is the best policy.(诚实才是上策。)
* If you wish good advice,consult an old man.(若要听忠言,求救老人前。)
* In doing we learn.(经一事,长一智。)
* It is never too late to mend .(亡羊补牢,未为晚矣。)
* It is no use crying over spilt milk.(覆水难收。)
* It is the first step that costs.(万事开头难。)
* Kill two birds with one stone.(一箭双雕。)
* Knowledge is power.(知识就是力量。)
* Knowledge without practice makes but half an artist.(没有实践的知识,只能造就半个艺术家。)
* Learn and live.(学习才能真正地生活。)
* Learn,learn and learn again.(学习,学习,再学习。)
* Learn to walk before you run.(循序渐进。)
* Learn wisdom by the follies of others.(从别人的愚行学到智慧。)
* Least talk most work.(少说话,多做事。)
* Let another's shipwreck by your sea-mark.(前车可鉴。)
* Let by gones be by gones.(既往不咎。)
* Let sleeping dogs lie.(莫惹事生非。)
* Life is compared to a voyage.(人生好比是一次航行。)
* Life would be too smooth if it had no rubs in it.(生活若无波折险阻,就会过于平淡无奇。)
* Life is but a hard and tortuous journey.(人生无坦途。)
* Life is a horse,and either you ride it or it rides you.人生像一匹马,你不驾驭它,它便驾驭你。)
* Little knowledge is a dangerous thing.(一知半解是危险的。)
* Little strokes fell GREat oaks.(蚂蚁啃骨头。)
* Look before you leap.(三思而后行。)
* Lost time is never found again.(光阴一去不复返。)
* Many a little makes a mickle.(积少成多/聚沙成塔,集腋成裘。)
* Necessity is the mother of invention.(需要是发明之母。)
* Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.(今日事今日毕。)
* No man is born wise.(没有生来就聪明的人。)
* No pains,no gains.(不劳无获。)
* No rose without a thorn.(没有无刺的玫瑰。)
* Nothing in the world is difficult for one who sets his mind to it.(世上无难事,只怕有心人。)
* Nothing ventured,nothing gained.(不入虎穴,焉得虎子。)
* No man can do two things at once.(一心不可二用。)
* No pain without sweet.(没有苦中苦,哪来甜上甜。)
* No sooner said than done.(说到做到。)
* One eye-witness is better than ten ear-witnesses.(百闻不如一见。)
* One hour today is worth two tomorrow.(今天一小时抵得明天两小时。)
* One man no man.(个人是渺小的。)
* One tree does not make a forest.(独木不成林。)
* One false stop will make a GREat difference.(失之毫厘,谬以千里。)
* Pardon all but themselves.(严以律己,宽以待人。)
* Poverty breeds strive.(穷则思变。)
* Practice makes perfect.(熟能生巧。)
* Prevention is better than cure.(防病重于治病。)
* Pride goes before a fall.(骄必败。)
* Reading enriches the mind.(开卷有益。)
* Reading is to the mind what exercise to the body.(阅读之于精神,犹如锻炼之于身体。)
* Reading without thinking makes me muddled.Thinking without reading makes me flighty .(学而不思则罔;思而不学则殆。)
* Saying and doing are two things.(说与做是两回事。)
* Say well is good but do well is better.(说得好固然好,做得好才更好。)
* Second thoughts are best.(三思而后行。)
* Seeing is believing.(眼见为实。)
* Standers-by see more than gamesters.(旁观者清,当事者迷。)
* Strike while the iron is hot.(趁热打铁。)
* Time and tide wait for no man.(岁月不等人/时不待我。)
* The more haste,the less speed.(忙中必有错/欲速则不达。)
* Time is money.(一寸光阴一寸金。)
* Two heads are better than one.(三个臭皮匠,顶个诸葛亮。)
* Time means life,time means speed,time means strength.(时间就是生命,时间就是速度,时间就是力量。)
* Time is often said to be money,but it is more—it is life.(人们常说时间就是金钱,但不如说———时间就是生命。)
* Unity is strength.(团结就是力量。)
* Well begun is half done.(良好的开端是成功的一半。)
* What we do willingly is easy.(愿做者不难。)
* Where there is a will,there is a way.(有志者,事竟成。)
* Who chatters to you will chatter of you.(今日听其论人,明日就会论你。)
* Wise men learn more from fools than fools from wise man.(聪明人向愚者学习得多,愚者向聪明人学得少。)
* Wit bought is better than wit taught.(亲身体验胜于旁人教导。)
* With time and patience the leaf of the mulberry becomes satin.(只要功夫深,铁杵磨成针。)
* You can not judge a tree by its bark.(人不可貌相。)
* Every thing ought to be beautiful in a human being:face,and dress,and soul,and ideas.—Chekhov(人的一切——面貌、衣着、心灵和思想,都应该是美好的。——契诃夫)
* Other men live to eat,while I eat to live.—Socrates(别人为食而生存,我为生存而食。——苏格拉底)
* Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile.—A.Ein stein(只有为别人而活,生命才有价值。——爱因斯坦)
* Life is measured by thought and action,not by time.—J.Lubbock(衡量生命的尺度是思想和行为,而不是时间。——卢伯克)
* All human wisdom is summed up in two words—wait and hope.— Alexandre Dumas Père(人类所有的智慧可以归结为两个词——等待和希望。——大仲马)
* Fierce-browed,I coolly defy a thousand pointing fingers;head bowed,like a willing ox I serve the children.—Lu X un(横眉冷对千夫指,俯首甘为孺子牛。——鲁迅)
* Everyone must die;let me but leave a loyal heart shining in the pages of history .—Wen Tianxiang(人生自古谁无死,留取丹心照汗青。——文天祥)
* “Though death befalls all men alike,it may be weightier than Mount Tai or lighter than a feather.”To die for the people is weightier than Mount Tai.—Mao Zedong(“人固有一死,或重于泰山,或轻于鸿毛。”为人民利益而死,就比泰山还重。——毛泽东)
* All for one,one for all.—Dumas Père(人人为我,我为人人。——大仲马)
* Genius is one per cent in spiration and ninety-nine per cent perspiration.— T .A.Edison(天才是百分之一的天赋加上百分之九十九的勤奋。———爱迪生)
* It is to books that I owe everything that is good in me.—Gorky(我身上所有优秀的品质都要归功于书籍。———高尔基)
* Be slow in choosing a friend,slower in changing.—Fran klin(选择朋友要慢,换朋友更要慢。———富兰克林)
* Who says that the heart of an inch-long plant can requite the radiance of full spring.—Meng Jiao(谁言寸草心,报得三春晖。———孟郊)
* The world is a book,and those who do not travel read only a page.— St.Augustine(世界是一本书,没有旅行过的人只读了一页。——圣·奥古斯丁)