文档介绍：高考英语写作基础
常用谚语与实践演练
谚语是洋溢着文化气息的哲理性语言,是智慧的结晶。在写作中,如果考生能够恰当地运用一两句,可增强文章的表现力,提升作文层次,让阅卷老师眼前一亮。现辑录一些写作中常用的谚语,以飨考生,望熟读背诵之。
1. Time is money. 时间就是金钱。
2. Time and tide wait for no man.
时不我待。
3. Time lost cannot be recalled.
光阴一去不复返。
4. Never put off till tomorrow.
今日事,今日毕。
5. An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening. 一日之计在于晨。
6. Knowledge is power. 知识就是力量。
7. Its not the gay coat that makes the gentleman. 君子在德不在衣。
8. Like and like make good friends.
趣味相投/猩猩惜猩猩。
9. Actions speak louder than words.
行动比言语更有说服力。(事实胜于雄辩)
10. East or west,home is the best.
金窝、银窝,不如自家草窝。
11. It is the early bird that catches the worm.
早出的鸟儿吃到虫。(捷足先登)
12. One false step will make a great difference.
失之毫厘,谬之千里。
13. Beauty will buy no beef. 漂亮不能当饭吃。
14. Facts speak plainer than words.
事实胜于雄辩。
15. Better late than never.
/It’s never too late to mend.
迟做总比不做好。/亡羊补牢,犹未晚矣。
16. Honesty is the best policy.
诚实总是上策。
17. Saving is getting.
节约就是获得。
18. Slow and steady wins the race.
稳扎稳打,无往而不胜。
19. First things first。
凡事有轻重缓急。
20. Ill news travels fast. 坏事传千里。
21. All that dogs bark at are not thieves. 勿以貌取人。
’t judge a man by his clothes/looks.
勿以貌相人。
23. One is never too old to learn.
活到老,学到老。
24. It is love that makes the world go round. 爱使世界更美好。
25. Live not to eat,but eat to live.
活着不是为了吃饭,吃饭为了活着。
26. Every man is his own worst enemy.
最大的敌人就是自己。
27. It is no use /good crying over spilt milk.
牛奶打翻了,哭也没用。
28. Where there is a will, there is a way.
有志者,事竟成。
29. Out of sight,out of mind.
眼不见,心不烦。
30. As the tree,so the fruit.
种瓜得瓜,种豆得豆。
31. Hope for the best and prepare for the worst. 抱最好的希望,作最坏的准备。
32. Do nothing by halves.
凡事不可半途而废。
33. To stand still is to move back.
逆水行舟,不进则退。
34. Well begun,half done.
好的开始等于成功的一半。
35. Great minds think alike.
英雄所见略同。
36. If at first you don’t eed, try, try, and try again. 再接再厉,终会成功。
37. He laughs best who laughs last.
谁笑在最后,谁笑得最好。
38. All’s well that ends well.
结果好就是一切好。
39. Haste makes wa