Adversity reveals genius; fortune conceals it. (Horace, ancient Roman poet)
苦難顯才華，好運隱天資。(古羅馬詩人 賀拉斯)
Almost any situation---good or bad ---is affected by the attitude we bring to. (Lucius Annaus Seneca, Ancient Roman philosopher)
差不多任何壹種處境——無論是好是壞——都受到我們對待處境的態度的影響。(古羅馬哲學家 西尼加 L A)
Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it. (Hellen Keller, American writer)
雖然世界多苦難，但是苦難總是能戰勝的(美國作家 海倫·凱勒)
Rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation. (John Kennedy, American president)
從希望中得到歡樂，在苦難中保持堅韌。(美國總統 肯尼迪 J)
Sweet are the uses of adversity.(William Shakspeare,British Playwriter)
苦盡甘來。(英國劇作家 莎士比亞 W)
I know only that what is moral is what you feel good after and what is immoral is what you feel bad after. (Ernest Hemingway, USA writer)
我只知道所謂道德是指妳事後覺得好的東西，所謂不道德是指妳事後覺得不好的東西。(美國作家 海明威.E.)
Morality is the herd instinct in the individual. (German Philosopher)
道德是個人心目中的群居本能。(德國哲學家 尼采.F.)
Rich gifts wax poor when givers prove unkind. (william shakewspeare British dramalist)
如果送禮的人不是出於真心，再貴重的禮物也會失去它的價值。(英國劇作家 莎 士比亞. W)
nothing in the world is impossible if you set your mind to do it 有誌者事竟成
never put off till tomorrow what you can do today
今日事,今日畢
the early bird catches the worm 早到的鳥兒有蟲吃
it's better than never 有總比沒有好
Pain past is pleasure.
過去的痛苦即快樂。
All things are difficult before they are easy.
凡事必先難後易。
Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.
心之所願，無事不成。
Where there is life, there is hope.
有生命必有希望。
I feel strongly that I can make it.
我堅信我壹定能成功。
Better to light one candle than to curse the darkness.
與其詛咒黑暗，不如燃起蠟燭。
The shortest answer is doing.
最簡短的回答就是行動。
Four short words sum up what has lifted most successful individuals above the crowd: a little bit more.
成功的秘訣就是四個簡單的字：多壹點點。
Great minds think alike.英雄所見略同
One picture is worth a thousand wards.百聞不如壹見
Nothing ventured,nothing gained.不入虎穴，焉得虎子。
Life is full of ups and dowms.生活充滿起伏。
It's no use crying over spilt milk./What's done cannot be undone.覆水難收
The grass is greener on the other side of the fence.隔岸風景好；鄰家芳草綠。
Hunger is the best sauce.饑餓是最好的調味品
Better late than never.遲做總比不做好。
God helps those who help themselves.天助自助者。
Love me,love my dog.愛屋及烏
He bites off more than he can chew.貪多嚼不爛
To teach a fish how to swim.孔子面前賣文章。
Rome wasn't built in a day.偉業非壹業建成。
Well begun,half done.好的開始是成功的壹半
Every cloud has a silver lining.否極泰來
Look before you leap.三思而後行。
Birds of a feather flock together.物以類聚
A little knowledge is dangerous.壹知半解最危險
Clothes make the man.人要衣裝，佛要金裝
A good medicine tastes bitter.良藥苦口
History repeats itself.歷史會重演
Strike while the iron is hot.趁熱打鐵
The suptreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved -----------------------Victor Hugo
人生最大的幸福是堅信有人愛我們------維克多 雨果
Cultured and fine manners are everywhere a passport to regard -----------------Johnson
得體的，高尚的舉止常常是通行無阻得護照-----約翰遜What you love on the swings you get back on the roundabouts
失之東隅收之桑榆
Happiness does not drop from the sky ,it's to be created by our hands幸福不是從天上掉下來的，而要用雙手來創造
No man lives without jostling and being jostled ,in all ways he has to elbow himself through the world giving and receiving offence ----------------Thomas Carlyle
沒有人在生活中能與別人碰撞，他不得不以各種方式奮力擠過人群，冒犯別人的同時也忍受著別人的冒犯 ----------------托馬斯 卡萊爾
Thought is the seed of action -----------------Emerson思想是行動的種子
笑話:
Good Boy
Little Robert asked his mother for two cents. "What did you do with the money I gave you yesterday?"
"I gave it to a poor old woman," he answered.
"You're a good boy," said the mother proudly. "Here are two cents more. But why are you so interested in the old woman?"
"She is the one who sells the candy."
好孩子
小羅伯特向媽媽要兩分錢。
“昨天給妳的錢幹什麽了？”
“我給了壹個可憐的老太婆，”他回答說。 “妳真是個好孩子，”媽媽驕傲地說。“再給妳兩分錢。可妳為什麽對那位老太太那麽感興趣呢？”
“她是個賣糖果的。”
Nest and Hair
My sister, a primary school teacher, was informed by one of her pupils that a bird had built its nest in the tree outside the classroom.
"What kind of bird?" my sister asked.
"I didn't see the bird, ma' am, only the nest," replied the child.
"Then, can you give us a description of the nest?" my sister encouraged her .
"Well, ma'am, it just resembles your hair. "
Notes:
(1) inform v.告訴
(2) nest n.窩；巢
(3) description n.描述
(4) encourage v.鼓勵
(5) resemble v. 相似；類似
18.鳥窩與頭發
我姐姐是壹位小學老師。壹次壹個學生告訴她說壹只鳥兒在教室外 的樹上壘了個窩。
“是什麽鳥呢？”我姐姐問她。
“我沒看到鳥兒，老師，只看到鳥窩。”那孩子回答說。
“那麽，妳能給我們描述壹下這個鳥巢嗎？”我姐姐鼓勵她道。
“哦，老師，就像妳的頭發壹樣。”
I've Just Bitten My Tongue
"Are we poisonous?" the young snake asked his mother.
"Yes, dear," she replied - "Why do you ask?"
"Cause I've just bitten my tongue! "
Notes:
(1) poisonous adj.有毒的
(2) Cause I've just bitten my tongue 因為我剛咬了自己的舌頭。 句中 Cause 是 Because 的縮略形式。
我剛咬破自己的舌頭
“我們有毒嗎？”壹個年幼的蛇問它的母親。
“是的，親愛的，”她回答說，“妳問這個幹什麽？”
“因為我剛剛咬破自己的舌頭。”
A Woman Who Fell
It was rush hour and I was dashing to a train in New York City's Grand Central Terminal - As I neared the gate, a plump, middle-aged woman sprinted up from behind, lost her footing on the smooth marble floor and slid onto her back. Her momentum carried her close to my shoes. Before I could help her, however, she had scrambled up. Gaining her composure, she winked at me and said, "Do you always have beautiful women failing at your feet?"
摔倒的女人
上下班高峰期，我匆匆奔向紐約豪華中心站去趕壹趟火車。接近門口，壹位肥胖的中年婦女從後面沖過來，沒想到在平滑的大理石地面上失了腳，仰面滑倒了。她的慣性使她接近了我的腳。我正準備扶她，她卻自己爬了起來。她鎮定了壹下，對我擠了壹下眉，說道：“總是有漂亮女人拜倒在妳腳下嗎？”
英語笑話（壹）
Q: What's the difference between a monkey and a flea?
A: A monkey can have fleas, but a flea can't have monkeys.
猴子會和跳蚤有什麽不同呢？妳可能會直接的想到它們倆是壹大壹小。但除此之外呢，那就是猴子身上可以長跳蚤，而跳蚤身上卻不能有猴子。這個答案很有意思吧？
Q: How can you most irritate a farmer?
A: By treading on his corn?
如果妳踩了農夫的玉米或是谷物，他肯定會生氣的；而如果妳踩了農夫腳底的雞眼，他會更生氣。Corn既可以表示“玉米/谷物”，也有“雞眼”的意思。
Q: Which is the strongest creature in the world?
A: The snail. It carries its house on its back.
因為snail（蝸牛）的後背上總是背著壹所房子，所以說蝸牛是世界上最強壯的生物是不足為奇的。妳說呢？
Q: What do people do in a clock factory?
A: They make faces all day.
壹看到make faces這個短語，妳可千萬別以為是在鐘表廠工作的人整天都做鬼臉呀！因為除了這個意思以外，它還可以從字面上解釋為制造鐘面。
Q: How do you stop a sleepwalker from walking in his sleep?
A: Keep him awake.
怎樣才能不讓夢遊者（sleepwalker）夢遊（walk in his sleep）呢？最簡單的方法就是不讓他睡覺。雖然這不是治療方法，但如果讓夢遊者醒著呢，他的確就不會去夢遊了。
英語笑話（二）
He is really somebody
-- My uncle has 1000 men under him.
-- He is really somebody. What does he do?
-- A maintenance man in a cemetery.
他真是壹個大人物
-- 我叔叔下面有1000個人。
-- 他真是壹個大人物。幹什麽的？
-- 墓地守墓人。
英語笑話（三）
Not long after an old Chinese woman came back to China from her visit to her daughter in the States, she went to a city bank to deposit the US dollars her daughter gave her. At the bank counter, the clerk checked each note carefully to see if the money was real. It made the old lady out of patience.
At last she could not hold any more, uttering. "Trust me, Sir, and trust the money. They are real US dollars. They are directly from America."
它們是從美國直接帶來的
壹位中國老婦人在美國看望女兒回來不久，到壹家市銀行存女兒送給她的美元。在銀行櫃臺，銀行職員認真檢查了每壹張鈔票，看是否有假。
這種做法讓老婦人很不耐煩，最後實在忍耐不住說：“相信我，先生，也請妳相信這些鈔票。這都是真正的美元，它們是從美國直接帶來的。”
英語笑話（四）my little dog can't read
Mrs. Brown: Oh, my dear, I have lost my precious little dog!
Mrs. Smith: But you must put an advertisement in the papers!
Mrs. Brown: It's no use, my little dog can't read.
我的狗不識字
布朗夫人：哦，
親愛的，我把珍愛的小狗給丟了！
史密斯夫人：可是妳該在報紙上登廣告啊！
布朗夫人：沒有用的，我的小狗不認識字。”
英語笑話（五）Bring me the winner
-- Waiter, this lobster has only one claw.
-- I'm sorry, sir. It must have been in a fight.
-- Well, bring me the winner then.
給我那個打贏的吧
-- 服務員，
這個龍蝦只有壹只爪。
-- 對不起，先生，這只肯定打過架了。
-- 哦， 那給我那個打贏的吧。
英語笑話（六）The mean man's party.
The notorious cheap skate finally decided to have a party. Explaining to a friend how to find his apartment, he said, "Come up to 5M and ring the doorbell with your elbow. When the door open, push with your foot."
"Why use my elbow and foot?"
"Well, gosh," was the reply, "You're not coming empty-hangded, are you?"
吝嗇鬼請客
壹個出了名的吝嗇鬼終於決定要請壹次客了。他在向壹個朋友解釋怎麽找到他家時說：“妳上到五樓，找中間那個門，然後用妳的胳膊肘按門鈴。門開了之後，再用妳的腳把門推開。”
“為什麽要用我的肘和腳呢？”
“妳的雙手得拿禮物啊。天哪，妳總不會空著手來吧？”吝嗇鬼回答。