1. The homework is due two weeks from Monday.
这个作业在二个星期后的星期一交。
在英文中要提到下星期一可以用 next Monday,下下星期一偷懒的话可以说 next next Moday。但是有时候这种说法并不是很明确。例如今天是星期日,那 next Monday 倒底是指明天的那个星期一呢?还是指一星期后的那个星期一呢?所以为了要区别二者间的不同,明天的那个星期一可以说 coming Monday,而一个星期后的星期一则是 one week from Monday。这样子就很明确, 而且也比较灵活。像三个星期后的星期一你总不能说 next next next Moday 吧? 这时用 three weeks from Monday 就没错了。
2. We have to submit the final report by Thursday.
我们必须在星期四前缴交期末报告。
英文里每种时间的单位都要使用不同的介系词,像年是用 in,例如 in 1999,月也是用 in,例如 in July,时间用 at,例如 at 4:55,日的话则是用 on,例如 on July 4,但是有时候也可以用 by 来表示在不迟于那个时间。例如例句 "We have to submit the final report by Thursday" 指的是下星期四前交,但如果说成 "We have to submit the final report on Thursday." 则是指星期四要交。二者意思不尽相同。不过这种区别对当学生的我们似乎没差,反正每次也是要拖到最后一天才会交。
3. Why do we have homework to do every other week?
为什么我们每两个礼拜就有作业要交?
Every other week 就是每隔一周, 如果是每隔一天就是 every other day。所以这里很明显可以看出来中文里的“每隔...”翻成英文就像是 "Every other..." 这种句型。例如你要说我每隔两天就要作一次运动,就可以这么说,"I have to work out every other two days."
4. I don't want to be the last-minute person next time.
我下次不要再临时抱佛脚了。
Last-minute person 专指那种任何事情都要拖到最一分钟才作的人, 当然,根据每个人混的程度之不同, 也有人被形容为 last-second person, 或是 last-hour person. 这些都是用来形容那些喜欢临时抱佛脚的人。不过或许这就是人的天性, 像我而言就是不折不扣的 last-minute person.
5. Give me ten more minutes.
再给我十分钟。
再给我十分钟一般老美会这么说,"Give me another ten minutes" 或是 "Give me ten more minutes." 这个 more 常常会出现在一个数字的后面指再多一点的意思。 例如还需要五块钱就是 five more bucks, 再来一次就是 one more time。
6. How much longer will it take you to get all of this stuff done?
你还要多久才能把事情作完。
"How much longer" 这句话常听老美说, 就是“你还要多久?”的意思。 (特别强调“还”这个字) 注意一下 "How long?" 跟 "How much longer?" 是不太一样的, "How long?' 是一开始的时候问的,"How much longer?" 是作到一半时问的`。 例如有人要去割草, 你就可以问他,"How long does it take?" (需要多久时间?) 但要是经过了一小时他老兄还没割好, 这时候你就可以问他, "How much longer?" (还要多久啊?)
7. Now, we are out of time.
现在,我们时间不够了。
时间不够了最常听老美说的就是 out of time,像是有时候开会,时间快到了,主席就会说,"We are running out of time." (我们时间快用完了。)至于如果是时间已经超过了,我听老美都是用 "We are over time." 像上次我去学一门 Lindy Hop 的舞蹈课程,时间到了老师还不肯放人,结果还是有个同学提醒她,"We are over time."(时间超过了。) 她这才宣布下课。至于如果是时间正好到了,则是 "Time is up." 像每次考试时间到了,助教都会说这一句,"Time is up."
8. It took me a while to figure out how to do this problem.
我花了好一会儿才想出如何作这个问题。
花了多少时间要用 take 或 spend, 但二者所用的主词不同, 动词型式也不同。 Ttake 需要使用虚主词 it, 动词要用 to V,例如我花了五小时作功课就是 "It took me five hours to do the homework." 但如果要用 spend 的话, 则必须用人当主词, 动词要使用 Ving 的型式 (因为 Ving 前省略掉了一个介系词 in。) 例如, "I spent five hours doing my homework." 这二者的句型是截然不同。
9. You can take your time though.
但是你可以慢慢作。
Take your time 是一个很常用的片语,指的就是你可以慢慢来,不用著急。例如我们的校车每次停下来,车门一打开,司机就会说,"Take your time." 他的意思就是叫我们慢慢来,不用太匆忙。
10. Anyway, you got to do your research every single day.
无论如何,你每一天都必须要作研究。
只要学过一二年英文的人大概都知道每天就是 everyday 吧!但是我想一定很多人不知道老美很喜欢用 every single day 来强调不但是“每天”,而且是“每一天”,大家听得出来这个语气上的差别吗?记得有一次我看电视影集 Full House,剧中的小女孩 Michelle 说要养金鱼,她的爸爸就提醒她,"OK, but you got to feed the fish every single day."(好, 但是你每一天都必须要喂鱼。)另外像是有些交通广播电台就会这么说,"We provide you the updated traffic information every single hour."(我们每一个小时都提供你最新的交通讯息。)所以不论 every single day 或是 every single hour 都是一种强调用法, 以加强自己的语气。
时光易逝。
2. Time is money.
一寸光阴一寸金。
3. Time and tide wait for no man.
岁月无情;岁月易逝;岁月不待人。
4. Time tries all.
时间检验一切。
5. Time tries truth.
时间检验真理。
6. Time past cannot be called back again.
光阴一去不复返。
7. All time is no time when it is past.
光阴一去不复返。
8. No one can call back yesterday;Yesterday will not be called again.
昨日不复来。
9. Tomorrow comes never.
切莫依赖明天。
10.One today is worth two tomorrows.
一个今天胜似两个明天。
11.The morning sun never lasts a day.
好景不常;朝阳不能光照全日。
12.Christmas comes but once a year.
圣诞一年只一度。
13.Pleasant hours fly past.
快乐时光去如飞。
14.Happiness takes no account of time.
欢娱不惜时光逝。
15.Time tames the strongest grief.
时间能缓和极度的悲痛。
16.The day is short but the work is much.
工作多,光阴迫。
17.Never deter till tomorrow that which you can do today.
今日事须今日毕,切勿拖延到明天。
18.Have you somewhat to do tomorrow,do it today.
明天如有事,今天就去做。
19.To him that does everything in its proper time,one day is worth three.
事事及时做,一日胜三日。
20.To save time is to lengthen life.
节省时间就是延长生命。
21.Everything has its time and that time must be watched.
万物皆有时,时来不可失。
22.Take time when time cometh,lest time steal away.
时来必须要趁时,不然时去无声息。
23.When an opportunity is neglected,it never comes back to you.
机不可失,时不再来;机会一过,永不再来。
24.Make hay while the sun shines.
晒草要趁太阳好。
25.Strike while the iron is hot.
趁热打铁。
26.Work today,for you know not how much you may be hindered tomrrow.
今朝有事今朝做,明朝可能阻碍多。
27.Punctuality is the soul of business.
守时为立业之要素。
28.Procrastination is the thief of time.
因循拖延是时间的大敌;拖延就是浪费时间。
29.Every tide hath ist ebb.
潮涨必有潮落时。
30.Knowledge is power.
知识就是力量。
31.Wisdom is more to be envied than riches.
知识可羡,胜于财富。
32.Wisdom is better than gold or silver.
知识胜过金银,
33.Wisdom in the mind is better than money in the hand.
胸中有知识,胜于手中有钱。
34.Wisdom is a good purchase though we pay dear for it.
为了求知识,代价虽高也值得。
35.Doubt is the key of knowledge.
怀疑是知识之钥。
36.If you want knowledge,you must toil for it.
若要求知识,须从勤苦得。
37.A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
浅学误人。
38.A handful of common sense is worth a bushel of learning.
少量的常识,当得大量的学问。
39.Knowledge advances by steps and not by leaps.
知识只能循序渐进,不能跃进。
40.Learn wisdom by the follies of others.
从旁人的愚行中学到聪明。
41.It is good to learn at another man’s cost.
前车可鉴。
42.Wisdom is to the mind what health is to the body.
知识之于精神,一如健康之于肉体。
43.Experience is the best teacher.
经验是最好的教师。
44.Experience is the father of wisdom and memory the mother.
1、当我们满怀喜悦和惆怅的成长已经成为一种可以被讲述的故事时,我们发现我们从未遵守过任何一个诺言,但我们真的真心真意相爱过。
When we grow up with happiness and sorrows, a story is coming out. We find that we never abide by any promise, but we really loved each other at one time.
2、我们每个人都生活在各自的过去中,人们会用一分钟的时间去认识一个人,用一小时的时间去喜欢一个人,再用一天的时间去爱上一个人,到最后呢,却要用一辈子的.时间去忘记一个人。
We all live in the past. We take a minute to know someone, one hour to like someone, and one day to love someone, but the whole life to forget someone.
3、人原本就是在星星上出生的,暂时居住在这颗叫做地球的星星上,因此,任何一个人,都是具有星星般美好的心灵,生命尽管有限,依然不断用微笑和爱向他人散发光芒。
People are used to born in the stars. They just temporarily live in the star which is called the earth. Therefore, everyone has a star-like heart. The life is limited, but they still shine with their smiles and love.
4、与其等到别人来爱你,不如自己学着努力多爱自己一些,如果今天的你没有比昨天更喜欢自己,那明天对你来说又有什么意义呢?
It’s better to try hard to love yourself more than to wait someone to love u. if today you don't like yourself more than yesterday, so what's the meaning of tomorrow?
5、女人如果不性感,就要感性;如果没有感性,就要理性;如果没有理性,就要有自知之明;如果连这个都没有了,她只有不幸。
If a woman is not sexy, she needs emotion; if she is not emotional, she needs reason; if she is not reasonable, she has to know herself clearly. coz only she has is misfortune.
6、不是不让你知道我的存在,只是不奢求爱情会降临到我头上,有时候想,我们是不同水域的动物,虽然我很艳羡你那个世界的美丽,但是浅水区的我一走近,就会被深水淹死。
I never let you not to know my existence, but I just never thought that love will fall upon on my head. Sometimes, I just wonder, we are from different waters,although I admire your world, I will be drowned if I get close to you.
7、当你的心真的在痛,眼泪快要流下来的时候,那就赶快抬头看看,这片曾经属于我们的天空;当天依旧是那么的广阔,云依旧那么的潇洒,那就不应该哭,因为我的离去,并没有带走你的世界。
When you feel hurt and your tears are gonna to drop. Please look up and have a look at the sky once belongs to us. If the sky is still vast, clouds are still clear, you shall not cry because my leave doesn't take away the world that belongs to you.
8、我不觉得人的心智成熟是越来越宽容涵盖,什么都可以接受。相反,我觉得那应该是一个逐渐剔除的过程,知道自己最重要的是什么,知道不重要的东西是什么。而后,做一个纯简的人。
I don't think that when people grow up, they will become more broad-minded and can accept everything. Conversely, I think it's a selecting process, knowing what's the most important and what's the least. And then be a simple man.
9、在自己面前,应该一直留有一个地方,独自留在那里。然后去爱。不知道是什么,不知道是谁,不知道如何去爱,也不知道可以爱多久。只是等待一次爱情,也许永远都没有人。可是,这种等待,就是爱情本身。
We shall always save a place for ourselves, only for ourselves. And then begin to love. Have no idea of what it is, who he is, how to love or how long it will be.Just wait for one love. Maybe no one will come out, but this kind of waiting is the love itself.
10、当明天变成了今天成为了昨天,最后成为记忆里不再重要的某一天,我们突然发现自己在不知不觉中已被时间推着向前走,这不是静止火车里,与相邻列车交错时,仿佛自己在前进的错觉,而是我们真实的在成长,在这件事里成了另一个自己。
When tomorrow turns in today, yesterday, and someday that no more important in your memory, we suddenly realize that we r pushed forward by time. This is not atrain in still in which you may feel forward when another train goes by. It is the truth that we've all grown up. And we become different.
11、我一直相信,在这世界上存在着一个地方,一个让现实抓不到你的地方。在那里,梦想离你很近,很近,就像我相信,在城市里来往的人群中,总有一个,会让你记得一辈子。直到你咽下最后一口气。你一眼就认出她。我时常做同一个梦,在梦里,我总是不停地跑,不停地寻找。他们说要到那个地方,要找到那个人,你必须比别人多一点勇气,多一些幸运。你可能会付出冒险的代价。你可能会死在半途上。你敢不敢去?有一个地方,你去了就不想离开,有一种人,你一辈子只会遇见一次。
I always believe that there exists a place where reality cannot find me. There, the dream is very close. Just as I believe that there will always be someone in the crowd that you will remember forever until you die. You can recognize her immediately. I often have the same dream. In the dream, I am running and searching. They say I shall have more courage and more luck to reach that place and find that person. Maybe I have to take a risk, coz maybe I will die in the way of searching. So dare you to go? There is someplace that you once go and would not like to leave and some one that you would only meet once in your whole life.