Many years after receiving my graduate degree, I returned to the State University of New York at Binghamton as a faculty member. One day in a crowded elevator, someone remarked on its inefficiency. I said the elevators had not changed in the 20 years since I began there as a student.
When the door finally opened, I felt a compassionate pat on my back, and turned to see an elderly nun smiling at me. "You'll get that degree, dear," she whispered. "Perseverance is a virtue."
美 德
獲取研究生學位多年以後，我回到位於賓翰頓的紐約州立大學當教員。壹天，電梯裏很擁擠，有人抱怨電梯效率太低。我說自我在那裏當學生起，20年來電梯壹直沒有換過。
最後當電梯門打開時，我感到有人在我的背上同情地拍了壹下，回過頭來我看到壹位年長的修女正在朝我微笑。“妳會拿到學位的，親愛的，”她低聲說道：“堅持不懈是壹種美德。”
2. Difference
"I can always tell a graduate class from an undergraduate class," observed the instructor in one of my graduate engineering courses at California State University in Los Angeles. "When I say, 'Good afternoon,' the undergraduates respond, 'Good afternoon." But the graduate students just write it down."
區 別
“研究生班和本科生很容易就能區別開來，”在洛杉磯加利福利亞州立大學給我們研究生上工程學課的老師如此說。“我說‘下午好’，本科生們回答說‘下午好’。研究生們則把我說的話記在筆記本上。”
3.Too Long
The travel editor of a newspaper called, saying she was finally using an article I had written several years earlier. She wanted to be sure the tour information was still correct. "I also wanted to make certain," she sheepishly confessed, "that you're still alive. Whenever the writer has died, I know I've held a story too long."
太久
壹家報紙的旅行版編輯打開電話，說她終於決定要采用壹篇我幾年前寫的文章。她想確定那旅遊信息是否還可靠。“我還想確定，”她怯怯地坦白道：“您是否還健在。每次發現作者已經不在人世了，我才知道我將文章壓得太久了。”
4.Charge for Bread and Butter
Some years ago, my dad, an attorney, took me to a fancy restaurant in Now York City. When the bill arrived, there was a $1.50 charge for bread and butter. Dad paid the bill, including the charge for bread and butter. However, the next day, he sent a letter to the resturant stating that the charge was uncalled for. Enclosed in the same envelope was a bill for $500 in legal services.
Someone from the restaurant called immediately and asked, "What is this $500 bill for? We never ordered any legal services."
Dad replied, "I never ordered any bread and butter."
The $1.50 was returned without delay.
面包和黃油費
幾年前，我當律師的爸爸帶我去紐約的壹家高檔餐館。帳單上來時，上面有1.5美元的面包和黃油費。爸爸付了帳，連同面包和黃油的收費壹齊付了。但是第二天，他給餐館寄了壹封信，說那項收費是沒有道理的。隨信還寄上了壹張500美元的法律服務機構的收費單。
餐館馬上打來電話，問道：“這500美元的收費單是怎麽回事？我們從來沒有要什麽法律機構的服務。”
爸爸答道，“我也從來沒有要什麽面包和黃油。”
那1.5美元立即就寄了回來。
5. Sleeping Pills
Bob was having trouble getting to sleep at night. He went to see his doctor, who prescribed some extra-strong sleeping pills.
Sunday night Bob took the pills, slept well and was awake before he heard the alarm. He took his time getting to the office, strolled in and said to his boss: "I didn't have a bit of trouble getting up this morning."
"That's fine," roared the boss, "but where were you Monday and Tuesday?"
安眠藥
鮑勃晚上失眠。他去看醫生，醫生給他開了壹些強力安眠藥。
星期天晚上鮑勃吃了藥，睡得很好，在鬧鐘響之前就醒了過來。他到了辦公室，遛達進去，對老板說：“我今天早上起床壹點麻煩都沒有。”
“好啊!”老板吼道，“那妳星期壹和星期二到哪兒去了？”
英文諺語大全
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Each bird loves to hear himself sing. 鳥兒都愛聽自己唱歌。
Each day brings its own bread. 天無絕人之路。
Each man is the architect of his own fate. 命運掌握在自己手中。
Eagles catch no flies. 大人物不計較小事情。
Eagles fly alone, but sheep flock together. 鷹單飛，羊群集。
Early mistakes are the seeds of future trouble. 早期的錯誤可以釀成日後的麻煩。
Early sow, early mow. 播種早的收獲早。
Early start makes easy stages. 早開始是成功的保證。
Early to bed and early to rise make a man healthy, wealthy and wise. 早睡早起，令人健康、富有而且聰明。
Early wed, early dead. 早婚早夭。
Easier said than done. 說話容易做事難。
East or west, home is best. 在家千日好，出門時時難。
Easy come, easy go. 易得易失。
Eat at pleasure, drink with measure. 隨意吃飯，適度飲酒。
Eat one's cake and have it. 又要馬兒好，又要馬兒不吃草。
Eat to live, but not live to eat. 吃飯是為了生存，但生存不是為了吃飯。
Eat to please thyself, but dress to please others. 吃是使自己受用，穿是使別人受用。
Education begins a gentleman, conversation completes him. 人的教養始於教育，成於社交。
Education has for its object the formation of character. 教育的目的在於培養品德。
Elbow grease gives the best polish. 只要功夫深，鐵杵磨成針。
Empty vessels make the greatest sound. 空桶響聲大。
Enough is as good as a feast. 知足常樂。
Envy assails the noblest, the winds howl around the highest peak. 高位遭人妒，高峰招風吹。
Equivocation is first cousin to a lie. 支支吾吾，其言必詐。
Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow; he who would search for pearls must dive below. 錯誤像稻草，漂浮在水面。欲覓珍珠者，須往水下潛。
Even Homer sometimes nods. 人非聖賢，孰能無過。
Even the walls have ears. 隔墻有耳。
Every advantage has its disadvantage. 有利必有弊。
Every bean has its black. 人人有其缺點。
Every bird likes its own nest. 人愛其家。
Everybody's business is nobody's business. 人人都管，大家不管。
Every brave man is a man of his word. 勇敢的人都是信守諾言的人。
Every bullet has its billet. 無風不起浪。
Every cloud has a silver lining. 山窮水盡疑無路，柳暗花明又壹村。
Every cock crows on its own dunghill. 夜郎自大。
Every cook praises his own broth. 自吹自擂。
Every country has its customs. 鄉有鄉俗。
Every couple is not a pair. 同床異夢，貌合神離。
Every day is not Sunday. 好景不常在，好花不常開。
Every day of thy life is a leaf in thy history. 生命中的壹天就是妳歷史上的壹頁。
Every dog has his day. 凡人都有得意之日。
Every dog has his day, and every man his hour. 人人都有得意的日子。
Every dog is a lion at home. 夜郎自大。
Every dog is valiant at his won door. 狗在家門前條條都兇悍。
Every door may be shut but death's door. 除了死門外，每門都可關。
Every extremity is a fault. 萬事過分都差誤。
Every fool can find faults that wise man cannot remedy. 蠢人也能找出聰明人無法彌補的岔子來的。
Every heart has its own sorrow. 人人都有傷心處。
Every horse thinks his sack heaviest. 每疋馬認為自己馱的袋子重。
Every Jack has his Jill. 有情人終成眷屬。
Every little makes a mickle. 積少成多。
Every lover sees a thousand graces in the beloved object. 情人眼裏出西施。
Every man has a fool in his sleeve. 聰明壹世，糊塗壹時。
Every man has his faults. 人孰無過。
Every man has his hobby-horse. 人各有所好。
Every man has his liking. 人各有所好。
Every man has his weak side. 人人都有自己的弱點。
Every man is best know to himself. 自己最了解自己。
Every man has the defects of his qualities. 壹個人的好品質上也有不足之處。
Every man is the architect of his own fortune. 每個人都是他自己命運的建誅師。
Every man is the master of his own fortune. 每個人都是他自己的命運的主宰。
Every man is the son of his own works. 種瓜得瓜，種豆得豆。
Every man thinks his own geese swans. 每個人都以為自己的東西了不起。
Every medal has its reverse. 事物都有它的反面。
Every mother's child is handsome. 老王賣瓜，自賣自誇。
Everyone is dissatisfied with his own fortune. 人對自己的命運總不感滿足。
Every one's faults are not written in their foreheads. 知人知面不知心。
Every pleasure has a pain. 樂中必有苦。
Every potter praises his own pot. 老王賣瓜，自賣自誇。
Every salesman boasts of his own wares. 老王賣瓜，自賣自誇。
Every shoe fits not every foot. 不能以己度人。
Everything comes to him who waits. 安心等待必有好處。
Everything has its seed. 無風不起浪。
Everything has its time and that time must be watched. 任何事情都有好的時機，不要隨意放過。
Everything hath an end. 任何事物都有它的結果。
Everything is good in its season. 萬物逢時皆美好。
Everything is good when new, but friend when old. 東西新的好，朋友老的好。
Everything is nice in your garden. 老王賣瓜，自賣自誇。
Everything must have a beginning. 凡是都有起源。
Everything new is fine. 新事物總是美好的。
Every tide hath its ebb. 興盛之日必有衰退之時。
Every tree is known by its own fruit. 觀其言行，知其為人。
Every why has a wherefore. 事出有因。
Evil comes to us by ells and goes away by inches. 罪惡來時，尺進寸退。
Evil communications corrupt good manners. 交往惡劣，有損風度。
Evil gotten, evil spent. 悖入悖出。
Example is better than precept. 言教不如身教。
Exchange is no robbery. 公平交易並非強行奪取。
Exercise, temperance, fresh air, and needful rest are the best of all physicians. 鍛鏈、節制、新鮮空氣和必要的休息是最好的醫生。
Experience is a school from which one can never graduate. 經驗無止境。
Experience is the best teacher. 經驗是良師。
Experience is the father of wisdom and memory the mother. 經驗是知識之父，記憶是知識之母。
Experience is the mother of wisdom. 智慧來自經驗。
Experience keeps a dear school, but fools learn in no other. 吃虧學乖代價高，笨漢非此學不好。
Experience keeps no school, she teaches her pupils singly. 親身經驗，才是經驗。
Experience must be bought. 若要得經驗，必須化代價。
Experience teaches. 經驗給人教訓。
Experience without learning is better than learning without experience. 有經驗而無學問，勝於有學問而無經驗。
Extremes are dangerous. 物極必反。
Extremes meet. 否極泰來。
Eye for eye and tooth for tooth. 以牙還牙，以眼還眼。