2011年高考英语书面表达之写作常用谚语

　　Actions speak louder than words.

　　事实胜於雄辩。

　　Adversity leads to prosperity.

　　逆境迎向昌盛。

　　A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit.

　　吃一堑，长一智。

　　A friend in need is a friend indeed.

　　患难朋友才是真朋友。

　　A friend is a second self.

　　朋友是另一个我。

　　A friend is best found in adversity.

　　患难见真友。

　　All time is no time when it is past.

　　光阴一去不复返。

　　All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy; all play and no work makes Jack a mere boy.

　　只工作，不玩耍，聪明孩子要变傻；尽玩耍，不学习，聪明孩子没出息。

　　A near friend is better than a far-dwelling kinsman.

　　远亲不如近邻。

　　An idle youth, a needy age.

　　少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。

　　Business before pleasure.

　　事业在先，享乐在後。

　　Diligence is near success.

　　勤奋近乎成功。

　　Diligence is the mother of good luck.

　　刻苦是成功之母。

　　Diligence is the mother of success.

　　勤奋是成功之母。

　　Education has for its object the formation of character.

　　教育的目的在於培养品德。

　　Every brave man is a man of his word.

　　勇敢的人都是信守诺言的人。

　　Every man is the architect of his own fortune.

　　每个人都是他自己命运的建诛师。

　　Every man is the master of his own fortune.

　　每个人都是他自己的命运的主宰。

　　Failure is the mother of success.

　　失败是成功之母。

　　Faith will move mountains.

　　精诚所至，金石为开。

　　Friendship ---- one soul in two bodies.

　　友谊是两人一条心。

　　Grasp all, lose all.

　　贪多必失。

　　He alone is poor who does not possess knowledge.

　　没有知识，才是贫穷。

　　Health is above wealth.

　　健康胜於财富。

　　Health is better than wealth.

　　健康胜於财富。

　　He who does not advance falls backward.

　　不进则退。

　　Honesty is the best policy.

　　诚实是上策。

　　Hope is life and life is hope.

　　希望才有人生，人生要有希望。

　　Idle young, needy old.

　　少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。

　　If you dont aim high you will never hit high.

　　不立大志，难攀高峰。

　　I might say that success is won by three things: first, effort; second, more effort; third, still more effort.

　　成功之道唯三点∶努力、努力、再努力。

　　Improve your time and your time will improve you.

　　珍惜时间，时间才会珍惜你。

　　In doing we learn.

　　行而知。

　　Industry if fortunes right hand, and frugality her left.

　　勤勉是幸福的右手，节俭是幸福的左手。

　　In lifes earnest battle they only prevail, who daily march onward and never say fail.

　　在人生的搏斗中，只有日日前进不甘失败的人，才能获胜。

　　It is dogged does it.

　　天下无难事，只怕有心人。

　　Judge not according to the appearance.

　　不要以貌取人。

　　Labour is often the father of pleasure.

　　勤劳常为快乐之源。

　　Learning without thought is labour lost; thought without learning is perilous.

　　学而不思则罔，思而不学则殆。

　　Like tree, like fruit.

　　有其因必有其果。

　　Manners make the man.

　　礼貌造就人。

　　Never neglect an opportunity for improvement.

　　抓住大好时机，切莫等闲错过。

　　Never too old to learn.

　　学到老，学不了。

　　No great loss without some small gain.

　　塞翁失马，安知非福。

　　No one can call back yesterday.

　　往日不复返。

　　No sooner said than done.

　　言而必行。

　　No sweet without some sweat.

　　不劳则无获。

　　Nothing is difficult to a man who wills.

　　世上无难事，只怕有心人。

　　Nothing is impossible to willing mind .

　　有志者事竟成。

　　Nothing is impossible to the man who will try.

　　天下无难事，只怕不努力。

　　Nothing is really beautiful but truth.

　　只有真理才是真美。

　　No time like the present.

　　只争朝夕。

　　One cannot put back the clock.

　　光阴一去不复返。

　　Overdone is worse than undone.

　　过犹不及。

　　Paddle your own canoe.

　　自立更生，自食其力。

　　Perseverance is vital to success.

　　不屈不挠是成功之本。

　　Second thoughts are best.

　　三思而行，再思可也。

　　Selt-trust is the essence of heroism.

　　自信是英雄的本色。

　　Self-trust is the first secret of success.

　　自信是成功的首要秘诀。

　　Success belongs to the persevering.

　　坚持到底必获胜利。坚持就是胜利。

　　Success grows out of struggles to overcome difficulties.

　　成功来自於克服困难的斗争。

　　The first element of success is the determination to succeed.

　　成功的首要因素是要有成功的决心。

　　The more a man knows, the less he knows he knows.

　　懂得越多，就越知道自己懂得不多。

　　Union is strength.

　　团结就是力量。

　　Virtue is a jewel of great price.

　　美德是无价之宝。

　　Waste of time is the most extravagant and costly of all expenses.

　　浪费时间是一切花费中最奢侈豪华的费用。

　　When there is no hope there can be no endeavour.

　　没有希望就不会努力。

　　Without a friend the world is a wilderness.

　　没有朋友，世界就等於一片荒野。

　　You cannot judge a tree by its bark.

　　人不可貌相。