上当一回头，再多就可耻。
If you make yourself an ass, don't complain if people ride you.
人善被人欺，马善被人骑。
If your ears glow, someone is talking of you.
耳朵发烧，有人念叨。
If you run after two hares, you will catch neither.
脚踏两条船，必定落空。
If you sell the cow, you sell her milk too.
杀鸡取卵。
If you venture nothing, you will have nothing.
不入虎穴，焉得虎子。
If you want knowledge, you must toil for it.
要想求知，就得吃苦。
Industry is the parent of success.
勤奋是成功之母。
It is better to die when life is a disgrace.
宁为玉碎，不为瓦全。
It is easier to get money than to keep it.
挣钱容易攒钱难。
It is easy to be wise after the event.
事后诸葛亮好当。
It is easy to open a shop but hard to keep it always open.
创业容易守业难。
Learn not and know not.
不学无术。
Learn to walk before you run.
先学走，再学跑。
Let bygones be bygones.
过去的就让它过去吧。
Let sleeping dogs lie.
别惹麻烦。
Let the cat out of the bag.
泄漏天机。
Lies can never changes fact.
谎言终究是谎言。
Lies have short legs.
谎言站不长。
Life is but a span.
人生苦短。
Life is half spent before we know what it is.
人过半生，方知天命。
Life is not all roses.
人生并不是康庄大道。
Life without a friend is death.
没有朋友，虽生犹死。
It is hard to please all.
众口难调。
It is never too old to learn.
活到老，学到老。
It is no use crying over spilt milk.
覆水难收。
It is the first step that costs troublesome.
万事开头难。
It is the unforeseen that always happens.
天有不测风云，人有旦夕祸福。
It is too late to grieve when the chance is past.
坐失良机，后悔已迟。
It never rains but it pours.
不鸣则已，一鸣惊人。
It takes three generations to make a gentleman.
十年树木，百年树人。
Jack of all trades and master of none.
门门精通，样样稀松。
He who makes no mistakes makes nothing.
想不犯错误，就一事无成。
He who risks nothing gains nothing.
收获与风险并存。
History repeats itself.
历史往往重演。
Honesty is the best policy.
做人诚信为本。
Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst.
抱最好的愿望，做最坏的打算。
I cannot be your friend and your flatterer too.
朋友不能阿谀奉承。
If a man deceives me once, shame on him, if he deceives me twice, shame on me.
Judge not from appearances.
人不可貌相，海不可斗量。
Justice has long arms.
天网恢恢，疏而不漏。
Keep good men company and you shall be of the number.
近朱者赤，近墨者黑。
Kill two birds with one stone.
一箭双雕。
Kings go mad, and the people suffer for it.
君王发狂，百姓遭殃。
Kings have long arms.
普天之下，莫非王土。
Knowledge is power.
知识就是力量。
Knowledge makes humble, ignorance makes proud.
博学使人谦逊，无知使人骄傲。
Learn and live.
活着，为了学习。
Learning makes a good man better and ill man worse.
好人越学越好，坏人越学越坏。
基本介绍
内容简介
《改变人生的英语
作者简介
蔡小雨，本科毕业于山东大学管理学院。求学于欧洲，英国格拉斯哥大学商学院，国际会计与金融管理专业，会计学硕士，获优等奖学金。
序言
本书选录的英语名言或摘自文学作品，或来源于演讲语录，其中蕴含的人生哲理与历史典故，可以被用作英语写作中引经据典的素材，为文章增添亮点;更为英语学习者们了解英语国家的文化背景、开阔视野打开了一扇窗户。
此外，在英语学习中，名人名言常被用作是权威性的例句，它们所使用的词汇、语法以及修辞都值得去推敲与领会，例如英语中的一词多义，指代、比喻手法及韵律的使用等等。
英语名言的翻译工作并非易事，许多句子都要经过仔细揣摩后，在不修改原意的基础上，对译文做出适当的润色、修饰，以便于读者的理解。
当然，汉语译文并非本书重点，而是供读者在理解原文有困难时的参考。
希望读者们能够脱离译文，以适合英语语境的思考方式理解原文;更希望广大读者能够给出比书中更恰当的翻译方式。
最后，本书对名言出处都做了尽量详实生动的注释，以期能够帮助读者们理解每句名言的背景，同时增进对异国的历史文化、文学艺术等方面的了解和对英语学习的兴趣。
Lesson 9 About Achievements 关于工作成就
Key sentences (重点句子)
135. Would you talk about your merits?
你能谈谈你的工作业绩吗？
l36. Now please tell me something about your achievements in your work unit.
现在请你谈谈你在工作单位的业绩
137. Yes, sir. When I was the sa1es manager of Beijing Friendship Store,
I succeeded in raising yearly sales volume by 25% at profit margins of from 5O% to 80 %.
可以，先生。我在北京友谊商店做经理是，成功地把年销售量提高了25%，把利润度从50%提高到80%。
138. Being an electrical engineer. I improved our assemble line of the electric fans.
As a result, the annual output has been greatly increased.
作为机电工程师，我改进了电风扇的装配线。结果，我们的年产量大大地提高了。
139. I have been working as an editor for nearly three years. I have edited twenty-one scientific and technical books --- nearly five million words in term of Chinese characters.
我当编辑3年来，已经编辑了21本科技图书---如果用中文来计算就是近500万字。
140．Have you received any honors or rewards?
你得到过什么荣誉和奖励吗?
141 I got the title of “Advanced Worker” in 1992 and 1994
我于1992和1994年获得了先进工作者称号。
142．Two of my books respectively won the first-class reward and the
second-class reward of national excellent books．
我的两本书分别荣获全国优秀图书一等奖和二等奖。
143． I got a third-class prize for my scientific research from Hubei Provincial Government last year．
我去年获得了湖北省政府颁发的科研三等奖。
IM．Do yon have any publications?
你有没有发表过作品？
145．I have got two articles in English published in China Daily．
我有两篇英语文章发表在《中国日报》上。
Dialogue A
（I=Interviewer 主试人 A=Applicant 受试人）
I：Would you talk about your merits？
A： I have been working as an editor for nearly three years. I have edited twenty-one scientific and technical books -- ready five million words in terms of Chinese characters．
I：That''s fine。Have you got any theses published in English？
A： Yes，sir．I have got two articles in English published in China Daily in 1993．
Dialogue B
I：Now please tell me something about your achievements In your work unit．
A: All right， madam． When l was the sales manager of Beijing friendship store， I succeeded in raising yearly sales volume by 25％．
I： Have you receive any honors?
A：Yes．I was chosen as one of "The Big Ten Prominent Youths " of Beijing in 1996．
I：Do you have any publications?
A： Yes. I wrote a thesis entitled "on Interpersonal Relations in the socialist Market Economy" and was carried in People''s daily in 1994.
Notes 注释
1. I have got two articles in English published in China Daily in 1993.
我有两篇英文文章发表在<<中国日报》上。
China Daily为英文版<<中国日报》
2．I was chosen as one of "The Big Ten Prominent Youths" of Beijing in 1996．
我1996年被评为“北京市十大杰出青年”。
Words and Expressions
achievement n．成就，成绩
merit n．价值，功劳
volume n．容量，大量
profit margin 利润幅度
assembly line n. 装配线
annual output 年生产量
editor n．编辑
Chinese character 中文汉字
reward n．奖励
publication n．出版，出版物
thesis n．论题，论文，复数为
entitle v. 给题名
interpersonal a．人际的，个人的
prominent a．杰出的．优秀的
