文档介绍：Study Skills
Unit 5
Good manners
English Sayings
★ A cat has nine lives.
★ A barking dog never bites.
★ to be born with a silver spoon in one’s mouth
★ to shed crocodile tears
★ You cannot teach old dogs new tricks.
吉人自有天相
会叫的狗不咬人
老狗变不出新把戏
生在富贵人家
猫哭耗子假慈悲
★ Even a worm will turn.
★ Bad workman often blame their tools.
★ There is no rose without thorn.
★ He who laughs at crooked men should need walk very straight.
★ One swallow does not make a summer.
狗急跳墙
拙劣的工人常抱怨其工具
没有十全十美的人
要笑别人驼背,自己就要挺起胸膛走路
一燕不成夏
★ Like father, like son.
★ The apple of the eye.
★ Eye for eye, tooth for tooth.
★ Between the devil and the deep sea.
★ a fly in the ointment(药膏) .
★ a dog in the manger(动物的等)食槽.
有其父必有其子
掌上明珠
以眼还眼,以牙还牙
进退维谷
美中不足
狗占马槽
★ a wolf in sheep’s clothing
★ look before you leap.
★ Once bitten, twice shy.
★ Don’t teach your grandmother to suck eggs.
★ Constant dripping wears away a stone.
披着羊皮的狼
三思而后行
一朝被蛇咬,十年怕井绳
不要班门弄斧
水滴石穿
What English sayings do you know?
Look at the following sayings and
learn it.
Actions speak louder than words.
行动胜于语言。(坐而言不如起而行)。
2. Advice when most needed is least heeded.
忠言逆耳。
3. After a es a calm.
否极泰來。
4. All good e to an end.
花无百日红(天下無不散之筵席)
5. All roads lead to Rome.
条条大道通罗马。
6. All that glitters is not gold.
闪耀者未必都是金(不可僅以貌取人)。
7. All’s well that ends well.
善终为善(善有善報)。
8. Art is long, life is short.
人生苦短,而学术无穷(生也有涯,而知也無涯)。
9. As you sow, so shall you reap.
种瓜得瓜,种豆得豆。
10. Bad news travels fast.
恶事传千里。
11. A bad penny es back.
恶有恶报。
12. Barking dogs seldom bite. 吠叫的狗不咬人。
13. Beauty is but skin deep.
美色只是一层皮。
14. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
情人眼里出西施。
15. Beggars must not be choosers.
饥者不得择食。
16. The best fish swims near the bottom.
好鱼游溪底。
What other English sayings do you know? Can you translate them into English in your own words?
Think about it!
Using English sayings
A saying is a short wise statement that usually gives advice or expresses some truth about life.
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