好的开始，是成功的一半。
2、Teach others by your example.
躬亲示范。
3、We know not what is good until we have lost it.
好东西，失去了才明白。
4、The danger past and God forgotten.
过河拆桥。
5、The darkest place is under the candlestick.
烛台底下最暗。
6、The end justifies the means.
只要目的正当，可以不择手段。
7、Venture a small fish to catch a great one.
吃小亏占大便宜。
8、Unity is strength.
团结就是力量。
9、The fire is the test of gold, adversity of strong man.
烈火验真金，艰难磨意志。
10、The pen is mightier than the sword.
笔能杀人。
11、The pot calls the kettle black.
五十步笑百步。
12、The best man stumbles.
伟人也有犯错时。
13、Too much praise is a burden.
过多夸奖，反成负担。
14、The greatest talkers are always least doers.
语言的巨人总是行动的矮子。
15、To save time is to lengthen life.
节约时间就是延长生命。
16、Two heads are better than one.
一个好汉三个帮。
17、The finest diamond must be cut.
玉不琢，不成器。
18、Time lost cannot be won again.
时光流逝，不可复得。
19、Too much liberty spills all.
自由放任，一事无成。
20、There is no place like home.
金窝银窝不如咱的狗窝。
21、Strike the iron while it is hot.
趁热打铁。
22、Take things as they come.
既来之，则安之。
23、The world is a ladder for some to go up and others to go down.
世界如阶梯，有人上有人下。
24、The devil knows many things because he is old.
老马识途。
25、The water that bears the boat is the same that swallows it up.
水能载舟，亦能覆舟。
26、The end makes all equal.
死亡面前，人人平等。
27、Think twice before you do.
三思而后行。
28、Short accounts make long friends.
好朋友勤算账。
29、Too much familiarity breeds contempt.
过分熟悉会使人互不服气。
30、Troubles never come singly.
福无双至，祸不单行。
31、Things at the worst will mend.
否极泰来。
32、There are two sides to every question.
问题皆有两面。
33、There is no general rule without some exception.
任何法规均有例外。
34、Soon learn, soon forgotten.
学得快，忘得快。
35、Wealth is nothing without health.
失去健康，钱再多也没用。
36、Send a wise man on an errand, and say nothing to him.
智者当差，不用交代。
37、There is no royal road to learning.
书山有路勤为径，学海无涯苦作舟。
38、Two dogs strive for a bone, and a third runs away with it.
鹬蚌相争，渔翁得利。
39、The devil sometimes speaks the truth.
魔鬼有时也会说真话。
40、The eye is bigger than the belly.
贪多嚼不烂。
41、Truth never grows old.
真理永存。
42、Still water run deep.
静水常深。
43、Tomorrow never comes.
我生待明日，万事成蹉跎。
44、The die is cast.
木已成舟。
45、Succebelongs to the persevering.
坚持就是胜利。
46、Two of a trade seldom agree.
同行是冤家。
47、The world is but a little place, after all.
海内存知己，天涯若比邻。
48、There is no medicine against death.
没有长生不老药。
49、Too much knowledge makes the head bald.
学问太多催人老。
50、To know everything is to know nothing.
什么都知道，一如什么都不知道。
51、Time past cannot be called back again.
时间不能倒流。
52、There are spots in the sun.
太阳也有黑点。
53、To err is human.
人非圣贤，孰能无过。
54、The higher up, the greater the fall.
爬得高，摔得惨。
55、Time and tide wait for no man.
时不我待。
56、Time is money.
时间就是金钱。
57、Touch pitch, and you will be defiled.
常在河边走，哪有不湿鞋。
58、The outsider sees the most of the game.
旁观者清。
59、Virtue is fairer far than beauty.
美德远远胜过美貌。
60、The darkest hour is nearest the dawn.
黎明前的黑暗。
61、Time flies.
光阴似箭。
62、The frog in the well knows nothing of the great ocean.
坐井观天。
63、Unpleasant advice is a good medicine.
忠言逆耳利于行。
64、Time tries all.
路遥知马力，日久见人心。
65、Seeing is believing.
眼见为实。
66、The fox knew too much, that's how he lost his tail.
机关算尽太聪明，反误了卿卿性命。
67、Talk of the devil and he will appear.
说曹操，曹操就到。
68、The early bird catches the worm.
早起的鸟儿有虫吃。
69、The best hearts are always the bravest.
无私者无畏。
70、Tit for tat is fair play.
人不犯我，我不犯人；人若犯我，我必犯人。
71、The more wit, the lecourage.
初生牛犊不怕虎。
72、We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.
井干方知水可贵。
73、We shall never have friends if we expect to find them without fault.
欲求完美无缺的朋友必然成为孤家寡人。
74、Two wrongs do not make a right.
别人错了，不等于你对了。
75、Turn over a new leaf.
洗心革面，改过自新。
76、The first step is the only difficulty.
迈出第一步是最艰难的。
77、Water dropping day by day wears the hardest rock away.
滴水穿石。
78、Soon ripe, soon rotten.
熟得快，烂得快。
79、The grais greener on the other side.
这山望着那山高。
80、There is kindneto be found everywhere.
人间处处有温情。
81、The wise man knows he knows nothing, the fool thinks he knows all.
清者自清，浊者自浊。
82、The tongue is not steel, yet it cuts.
人言可畏。
83、Speech is silver, silence is gold.
能言是银，沉默是金。
84、Wash your dirty linen at home.
家丑不可外扬。
85、The style is the man.
字如其人。
86、Talking mends no holes.
空谈无补。
87、The leopard cannot change its spots.
本性难移。
88、Seek the truth from facts.
实事求是。
89、Set a thief to catch a thief.
以贼捉贼。
90、To know oneself is true progress.
人贵有自知之明。
91、The more noble, the more humble.
人越高尚，越谦虚。
92、The farthest way about is the nearest way home.
抄近路反而绕远路。
93、The wolf has a winning game when the shepherds quarrel.
螳螂捕蝉，黄雀在后。
94、Until all is over one's ambition never dies.
不到黄河心不死。
95、Saying is one thing and doing another.
言行不一。
96、The fox preys farthest from home.
兔子不吃窝边草。
97、Walls have ears.
小心隔墙有耳。
98、The cat shuts its eyes when stealing.
掩耳盗铃。
99、There is a skeleton in the cupboard.
家家有本难念的经。
100、Time cures all things.
时间是医治一切创伤的良药。
101、Tall trees catch much wind.
树大招风。
102、Something is better than nothing.
聊胜于无。
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是你吃错药，不是我吃错药，就是要你吃错药，你一定会吃错药。
我们少年时代都做过很多梦，很多温馨的梦。梦里梦见所爱但现实中得不到的东西，和所爱但现实中怯于亲近的人。但每次从梦中醒来时，又要忍受那种得到后又失去的那种怅惘和失落。……而游戏是少年的梦的延续，它保持我们梦想的能力，短暂延缓它的消亡
所有士兵着野战服在操场上集台，我将向他们解释这一罕见的现象。如果下雨的话，就在礼堂里集合，我将为他们放一部有关慧星的影片
弟弟生日那天，姐姐做了一个水果拼盘，她在拼盘里放了许多弟弟爱吃的葡萄，妹妹喜欢的芒果，妈妈喜欢的红苹果，我喜欢的奇异果，当然还有少不了爸爸喜欢的龙珠果。
下雨天，两对情侣。一对：她要回家，他说，宝贝，打车回家，记得小心淋雨，到家给我电话。另一对：她要回家，他说，走，宝贝，我陪你一起淋雨，他把她护在长风衣里，他全身湿透了。不久，第一对情侣就分手了，因为他爱她没爱自己多。
The roots of all goodness lie in the soil of appreciation for goodness.
—— Lama
所有善的根源都在欣赏善的`土壤里。
——喇嘛
一、soil的含义你知道几种？
1.土地，土壤 [U,C]
This is a soil reluctant to the plough.
这土地很难耕作。
2.国家，国土，领土 [U,C]
Parliament would be touchy about bartering British soil for ships.
用英国国土换取舰只，议会感到为难。
3.务农，种地，劳作；农业 [U,C]
They moved to the country to cultivate the soil.
他们搬到乡下去种地。
4.温床，滋生地 [U]
Parts of this town are soil for crime.
这个城市某几个区是犯罪的温床。
1.弄脏；玷污 [T]
Don't soil your clothes when you play outside.
当你在外边玩耍的时候不要弄脏衣服。
2.用青饲料喂（牲口） [T]
3.变脏，被弄脏 [I]
Don't soil the carpet with your muddy shoes.
你带泥的鞋子别把地毯踩脏了。
二、词义辨析：都有“土”意思的词有
earth, clay, dirt, land, dust, soil, mud, ground
这些名词都有“土地，土，泥”之意。
earth多指地表带有水分的泥土，较具体。
clay特指潮湿时发粘，而火烤后变坚硬的泥土。
dirt指地表的干松泥土。
land含义笼统。指与河流、海洋相对的陆地，也指可耕种的土地。
dust特指土壤干燥后，飞扬于空中的细微泥土。
soil特指适宜栽种农作物或生长各种植物的泥土。
mud指湿土，尤指雨后稀泥、污泥。
ground通常指大地的表面，也可指土壤、泥土或场地。
三、含有soil的常见短语
night soil
n.(人的)粪便
soil conservation
n. 土壤保持
bog soil
沼泽土
chernozemic soil
黑钙土
四、一起玩个小游戏吧
We have the most fertile in Europe.
我们拥有欧洲最肥沃的土地。
