美国口语俚语精华版

 　　[英文]：You don't get to choose how you're going to die, or when. You can only decide how you're going to live now.

　　[中文]：你不能选择怎样死,或什么时候死.你只能决定现在怎样生活.

　　[英文]：Mean men admire wealth; great men, glory.

　　[中文]：庸人爱财富,伟人爱荣誉.

　　[英文]：It's great to be great, but it's greater to be human.

　　[中文]：成为伟人是美好的,做一个真正的人更美好.---W.Rogers 罗杰斯(美国幽默家)

　　[英文]：The fame of great men ought to be judged always by the means they used to acquire it.

　　[中文]：判断伟人的名誉应该以他们如何得到它来衡量.

　　---La Rochefoucauld 拉罗什富科

　　[英文]：A little body does often harbor a great soul.

　　[中文]：伟大的心灵常寓于矮小的身躯之中.

　　[英文]：Great men are rarely isolated¹ mountain peaks; they are the summits of ranges.

　　[中文]：伟人很少是突兀的山峰;他们是众山中的最高峰.

　　----T.W.Higginson 希金森

　　[英文]：There is a great man who makes every man feel small. But the real great man is the man who makes every man feel great.

　　[中文]：有一个伟大人物使所有的人都感动渺小.但是真正伟大的人却使所有的人感到伟大.----G.K.Chesterton 切斯特顿

　　[英文]：A great man is always willing to be little.

　　[中文]：伟大的人物总是愿意当小人物的.----R.W.Emerson 爱默生

　　[英文]：Men are afraid of becoming famous, just as pigs afraid of fattening². /Fame portends³ trouble for men just as fattening does for pigs. /A famed person and a fattened⁴ pig are alike in danger.

　　[中文]：人怕出名猪怕壮.----中国谚语

　　[英文]：The secret of success is constancy of purpose.

　　[中文]：成功的秘诀是目标坚定.

　　[英文]：Sow nothing, reap nothing.

　　[中文]：春不播,秋不收. /无功不能受禄.

　　[英文]：The wealth of the mind is the only wealth.

　　[中文]：精神的财富是唯一的财富.

　　[英文]：Death is the only pure, beautiful conclusion of a great passion.

　　[中文]：死是伟大的激情的唯一纯洁,美丽的终结.

　　---D.H.Lawrence 劳伦斯

　　[英文]：Death is the privilege of human nature, and life without it were not our taking.

　　[中文]：死亡是人类天然的特权,没有死的生非人类所能有.---Nicholas Rowe 尼克拉斯.罗(英国戏剧家)

　　[英文]：I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.

　　[中文]：我唯一遣憾的是我只有一次生命可以献给祖国.---Nathan Hale 内森.黑尔

　　[英文]："Though death befalls all men alike. It may be weightier than Mount Tai or lighter⁵ than a feather.” To die for the people is weightier than Mount Tai.

　　[中文]："人固有一死,或重于泰山,或轻于鸿毛."为人民利益而死,就比泰山还重.---Mao Zedong 毛泽东

　　[英文]：The crash of the whole solar and stellar systems could only kill you once.

　　[中文]：即使整个太阳系和星系崩溃,你也只死一次.

　　---T.Carlyle 卡莱尔

　　[英文]：All theory, dear friend, is grey; but the precious tree of life is green.

　　[中文]：亲爱的朋友,所有的理论都是灰色的;而宝贵的生活之树却是绿色----Goethe 歌德

　　[英文]：Carve your name on hearts and not on marbles.

　　[中文]：把你的姓名刻在人们的心上,而不是刻在大理石上.---J.Addison 艾迪生

　　[英文]：It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives.

　　[中文]：一个人如何死是无关紧要的,重要的是如何生.

　　---S.Johnson 约翰逊

　　[英文]：Many people's tombstones should read:” Died at 30, buried at 60."

　　[中文]：许多人的墓碑上应该刻上:"三十而死,六旬而葬."---N.M.Butler 巴特勒

　　[英文]：A man can die but once.

　　[中文]：人无二死.

　　[英文]：He lives long that lives well.

　　[中文]：活得好等于活得久.

　　[英文]：We prefer to die a hero, rather than live a slave.

　　[中文]：宁为英雄而死,不为奴隶生.

　　[英文]：We grow neither better nor worse as we grow old but more and more like ourselves.

　　[中文]：随着年龄的增长,我们并不变好也不变坏,而是变得更像我们自己.----M.L.Becker 贝克尔

　　[英文]：Better a glorious death than a shameful⁶ life.

　　[中文]：宁求光荣死,不可耻辱生.

　　[英文]：Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood.

　　[中文]：生活中没有可怕的东西,只有需要理解的东西.---Marie Curie 居里夫人

　　[英文]：Chiefly the mold of a man's fortune is in his own hands.

　　[中文]：一个人的命运主要由他自己塑造.-----[意]F.Petrarch彼特拉克

　　[英文]：Interests are anchors, and I believe they will bring peace and even happiness in the end.

　　[中文]：兴趣是锚,我相信它最终会带来和平,甚至幸福.-----A.C.Benson 本森

1 isolated   

adj.与世隔绝的

参考例句：

• His bad behaviour was just an isolated incident. 他的不良行为只是个别事件。
• Patients with the disease should be isolated. 这种病的患者应予以隔离。

2 fattening   

adj.（食物）要使人发胖的v.喂肥( fatten的现在分词 )；养肥（牲畜）；使（钱）增多；使（公司）升值

参考例句：

• The doctor has advised him to keep off fattening food. 医生已建议他不要吃致肥食物。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• We substitute margarine for cream because cream is fattening. 我们用人造黄油代替奶油，因为奶油会使人发胖。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 portends   

v.预示( portend的第三人称单数 )；预兆；给…以警告；预告

参考例句：

• Fame portends trouble for men just as fattening does for pigs. 人怕出名猪怕壮。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• It portends we are in danger. 这预示我们陷入危险。 来自互联网

4 fattened   

v.喂肥( fatten的过去式和过去分词 )；养肥（牲畜）；使（钱）增多；使（公司）升值

参考例句：

• The piglets are taken from the sow to be fattened for market. 这些小猪被从母猪身边带走，好育肥上市。
• Those corrupt officials fattened themselves by drinking the people's life-blood. 那些贪官污吏用民脂民膏养肥了自己。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

5 lighter   

n.打火机，点火器；驳船；v.用驳船运送；light的比较级

参考例句：

• The portrait was touched up so as to make it lighter.这张画经过润色，色调明朗了一些。
• The lighter works off the car battery.引燃器利用汽车蓄电池打火。

6 shameful   

adj.可耻的，不道德的

参考例句：

• It is very shameful of him to show off.他向人炫耀自己，真不害臊。
• We must expose this shameful activity to the newspapers.我们一定要向报社揭露这一无耻行径。