男人的真實(shí)

A man is never more truthful than when he acknowledges himself a liar.?

男人只有在承認(rèn)自己是騙子的時(shí)候才最真實(shí)。

年華易逝

When your friends begin to flatter you on how young you look, it's a sure sign you're getting old.

當(dāng)朋友都開(kāi)始稱贊你很年輕,就是你正在變老的表現(xiàn)。

經(jīng)典

'Classic.' A book which people praise and don't read.

“經(jīng)典”是本書(shū),人人都說(shuō)好,人人都不讀。

世界

Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.

別總抱怨說(shuō)整個(gè)世界都對(duì)不起你,這個(gè)世界不欠你啥,它先來(lái)的。

天氣和氣候

Climate is what we expect, weather is what we get.

氣候是我們期待的東西,天氣是我們得到的東西。

小編:這句可以用來(lái)識(shí)別近義詞。

戒煙

Giving up smoking is the easiest thing in the world. I know because I've done it thousands of times.

戒煙是這個(gè)世界上最容易的事情了,我知道這個(gè)因?yàn)槲腋蛇^(guò)無(wú)數(shù)次了。

孩子

The most interesting information comes from children, for they tell all they know and then stop.

最有趣的消息都是從孩子嘴里說(shuō)出來(lái)的,因?yàn)楹⒆诱f(shuō)出他們知道的一切之后就打住了。

創(chuàng)意

A person with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.

有了一個(gè)新想法的人只是個(gè)怪人,除非這個(gè)想法成功了。

小編:所以,不要再抱怨懷才不遇啦,只有創(chuàng)意和想法是不夠的,還需要把創(chuàng)意和想法成功實(shí)現(xiàn)的行動(dòng)力哦。

貓和謊言

The main difference between a cat and a lie is that a cat only has nine lives.

貓和謊言的主要差別是貓只有九條命。

小編:原來(lái),老外也信這個(gè)~?

沉默是金

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.

保持沉默讓大家以為你是個(gè)傻瓜比開(kāi)口說(shuō)話讓大家確定你是傻瓜要好多了。

極限

Everything has its limit - iron ore cannot be educated into gold.

萬(wàn)物都有極限——鐵礦石不可能打造成黃金。

小編:人也好,東西也好,不能指望不切實(shí)際的突破極限,但還是可以因材施教朝著合適的方向發(fā)展。iron 雖然不能變成gold,打造個(gè)iron man 還是有可能的:)

小說(shuō)與現(xiàn)實(shí)

Truth is stranger than fiction,because fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities;truth isn't.

真實(shí)比小說(shuō)更不可思議,因?yàn)樾≌f(shuō)還得遵從可能性,真實(shí)可不用。

電影《筆下求生》(Stranger than fiction)的片名就是從這句話來(lái)的。