 鲜花( 1)  鸡蛋( 0)
|
要想学习地道的英语,就涉及到英语中俚语,谚语的理解。其实,语言都是相通的,如果从汉语中能找到英语俚语,谚语的对应说法,那么,你就觉得英语也没什么了不起的;如果能举一反三,那么你的英语就更上一层楼了。7 w) A( c: K! ]: ?/ G( s0 B/ K$ E
7 R& ^. F2 m+ v$ g1,What are the odds(成败的机会) so long as you are happy.知足者常乐
1 U: ~" |0 i( t/ ?) N' \# m- h fExplanation: what does anything else matter if a person is happy.
- m S& L' A3 K {Example: you complain so much, but you have a good family, parents, health, and money. What’s the odd so long as you’re happy.
/ `! r! p1 _- R* h8 M- @- C5 X7 U5 O5 S0 f3 X2 l
2,anger and haste hinder good counsel.小不忍则乱大谋
9 j+ s# _( d+ O& D5 h/ lExplanation: one cannot act wisely when one is angry or in a hurry.0 d, ?- r+ j3 H& ?
Example: you should calm down before you decide the next move. Anger and haste hinder good counsel.9 Y" D- q6 c- Z
: s- i5 k2 X0 H0 d4 z/ Q
3,every dog has his day .是人皆有出头日3 Q$ ~* {" D+ ~: X( j; n) W8 \( }
Explanation: fortune comes to each in turn
5 F& ?, d$ G/ ]; D1 |+ Y( {Example: they say that every dog has his day; but mine seems a very long time coming.# y' ~. |7 e- o% Z
8 l1 _4 a6 c0 v) B5 D$ @
4,Love is blind.情人眼里出西施 0 ~; {* e& \) @
Explanation: beauty is a matter of individual taste and judgment. This is often used of a person whose judgment is affected by love or infatuation.
( @" v7 c! w- e: `% wExample: they say that love is blind when handsome Tom fell in love with poor Jean.+ N O; [' j7 J9 D' @; M
) g; y9 e7 w2 _ d6 [
5,World is but a little place, after all. 天涯原咫尺,到处可逢君。4 P2 `# Q+ {* r2 ~+ @
Explanation: it is used when a person meets someone he knows or is in someway connected with him in a place where he would never have expected to do so.
, j3 I8 L8 M7 G6 m7 O- LExample: Who would have thought I would bump into an old schoolmate on a trek up Mount Tai. The world is but a little place after all.
) h1 M1 c w( @# E9 S6 L4 M/ b1 l# s! Q9 P! T" X
6, When in Rome, do as the Romans do.入乡随俗5 ~% O" J/ b9 Z) | O' ^% L0 e8 L% k
Explanation: conform to the manners and customs of those amongst whom you live.
4 i4 n( D. P6 B: O7 P4 hExample: I know you have egg and bacon for breakfast at home, but now you are on the Continent you will do as the Romans do and take coffee and rolls.' |1 ~2 S4 [% _+ i+ Q1 x4 q
" O. c( {- K1 E$ L! R ]
Now come on! Have a try.
; g. R7 z1 {- t1,Great minds think alike
\. g1 A, h4 f, e) y2 r* W) Q0 w( o2,Good wine needs no bush, D. o- J/ g7 ?- {2 |* t0 E
3,Give him enough rope and he will hang himself.( C" l" N1 U ^$ m
4,Evil does not always come to injure.
" ~4 j6 l8 d9 N" L; X5,A fool may give a wise man counsel. |
|