我的影子英文诗(优秀20篇)

The cold winter is coming and the weather is getting colder. I also observed the change in winter.

In winter, the leaves falling down, like a butterfly with beautiful dancing light falling, withered grass mother as to the earth covered with a layer of soft and golden altar rugs, only have wintersweet flower defying cold standing on the tree brave facing the cold wind to their training like a mighty soldier standing in the team, keep training hard.

In the cold winter, people also change, people wear thick hats, wear soft gloves, wear long scarves and put on warm. A thick down jacket.

There are too many changes in winter!

To: Mr. John Smith, General Manager

From: George Chen, Accounting Department

Date: January 22, 2003

Subject: Application for annual leave

Dear Mr. Smith，

I would like to apply for an annual leave from January 25th to 31st.

As you may know the Spring Festival is falling on February 1st this year. Its the most important holiday in China and offers the best occasion for family reunion. However, over the past 3 years I missed the reunions due to tight work schedule. Now that I have wrapped up my work for this year, I would like to go back to my hometown to pay filial piety to my parents and help my sole brother prepare his wedding on January 28th.

Its indeed double happiness for my family that I would like to be part of. Coupled with the official holidays for the Spring Festival, I will have two weeks off which will definitely gear me up for better work in the new year. Im looking forward to your kind answer.

Best regards,

George Chen

Nowaday, The number of the traffic accidents has been growing in recent years. In 2004, up to 570,000 road accidents occurred in China, which claimed a total of 109,000 lives. The situation got worse in 2008. Statistics show that merely from January to October saw 566,000 tragedies happen with a higher death rate.

The above aching fact reminds us that it s high time we faced and solves this problem! Though our country owns only 2% of the world cars, it contributes amazingly 22% to the total accidents! Doubtlessly, our country ranks first as the most serious traffic accident rate.

China cannot afford millions of life losses, and we can not let the sorrow slow down our development speed. The government must play the most important role in solve the problem. Strict traffic rules should be made, and more importantly, practiced and followed. According to some other countries experience, high fine may also help. Slow down the speed of cars, as well as our country, there are always something worth your attention.

Dear Mr Pan:

It has been a long time since I wrote the last letter. Nowdays, people write letters less and less, instead, they make a call or send a SMS. However, it is still a good way for us to communicate with each other by sending a letter.

Its my honour to get the chance to write to you. "Approachable" is my first impression of you, because you always keeps smiling. Students may fear the teachers that are serious both in and out of class. Smile makes a teacher popular with his students, you are a teacher of this very kind.

You always arrive at the classroom ahead of any of the students, from which we could imply that you are a diligent man with regular habit. Before the class, you like to talk to us, at this very time, you are more a friend than a teacher. To be honest, I was surprised in the first class when I learned a teacher at your age could speak English in such a fluent way.(I didnt mean you are old, youre young at heart.) Moreover, you know well how to keep your class attractive. Youve got such an active mind that you can keep talking during the whole class without a pause. I always appreciated your ideas and enjoyed listening to you. In your class, I learned not only the writing skills but also the presentation skills as well as much knowledge of other areas. Thanks for your excellent teaching.

Ive got some suggestions for you. It seems that we students have got few chances to participate in discussion during the class time. Most of the time, we are listening. Seldom did we express our own ideas. I suggest that teachers should interact with students more frequently in the class. Besides, Id like to practice writing more, so would you please leave us more assignments?

Happy new year.

With every good wish.

Yours sincerely

Dali Wang

dear vvx,

my name is vvx.im writing to you to introduce my family to you.there are four people in my family.they are my father, my mother, my sister and i. my father is a worker in a factory. my mother is a teacher in a middle school. my sister is a primary school student and she is 8 years old. i’m a middle school student and i’m 14 years old.

look forward to hear from you soon.

yours,

vvx

When cellphone became popular many years ago, parents and school at first

banned students to take cellphone into classroom, but now, even the small child

has owned a cellphone. The use of cellphone cant be banned. For students, they

get used to keeping cellphone at hand, but the overuse of it can be blamed to

their parents. Some parents dont set good examples for their children. When

they are together, they just leave cellphones to kids and let them kill the

time. If they show the beautiful scenery around and teach kids to appreciate the

world. Then cellphone wont take up their time.

“业精于勤荒于嬉，行成于思而毁于随。”勤奋是成功之母，勤奋能创造奇迹。爱因斯坦曾经说过：“在天才和勤奋之间我会毫不迟疑地选择勤奋。”而在我们的生活中处处需要勤奋，只要有了勤奋，没有什么是不可能的。

我的表姐，一个刻苦学习的人。每当我来到她家是，她总会在房间里迎接我，一来到她的房间，我就会看到她的房间整整齐齐，走进一看，就会看见有一个大大的书架，书架上整整齐齐摆放着许多书，而且还分过类。我一进去，表姐就热情的迎接我并问我想干什么？我说：“我知道最近有一个新片上映了，一起看看吧！”表姐帮我打开电视，自己就在一旁看起了书，无论我把电视声音调多么大，表姐都不为所动。表姐看我，看一下电视又看一下她，并知趣的问我：“想出去玩一下吗？”我说：“好啊！我要去购物！”表姐同意了，并陪我去购物。

走到超市门口，表姐说：“你自己去买零食吧！我在外面等你。”我高兴的进了超市。走出超市，一眼就看见她了，我高兴地上前打招呼，可一看，表姐的手上又拿着几张卡片，我立马不高兴了，我走上前，一看，哦！原来是英语单词，我问表姐：“表姐，好不容易放一个周末，为什么还在看书？就不怕成为一个书呆子？”表姐说：“不，其实你可以在做家务时背书，你可以在闲的时候看书……”表姐告诉我了许多看书的小技巧。

从表姐的身上，我总能学到许多东西，表姐教给我的小技巧我永远都不会忘记。

I Like Sunny Days

I really like sunny days. My mood is very good on sunny days because the sun is shining and I can see the beautiful sky. On days when the weather is not good, I would have to stay outside, and it can become boring. However if it is sunny I can enjoy the outdoors. It is good weather for jogging, taking a walk, or riding a bike. It is even better if there is a breeze, because then it is cool so it is more pleasant to be outside. Popsicles and ice creams are very good snacks for warm, sunny days. The coldness helps me cool down and feel good. I like to play games with my friends outside. We like jumping rope, playing volleyball and badminton. If the sun is very bright, sometimes it is hard to see if the sunlight is reflected into my eyes. It would be useful to have sunglasses to block the sunlight. It feels good to sweat because of exercise, because I know I am becoming healthier.

Hello, everyone. I’m very happy to stand here to introduce myself.

大家好，很高心站在这里介绍我自己。

My name is Wang Xiaoming. I’m 14 years old, from Zhen Jiang Zhong Shan Road Primary School. It’s a beautiful school, and I love it very much.

我叫XXX。今年14岁。我来自镇江中山路小学，这是一所美丽的学校，我很喜欢它。

I’m a happy and talented boy. I like to make friends with others, and I get on well with my classmates. Basketball is my favorite sport. I always play basketball in my spare time. Through this game, I get many benefits.

我是一个快乐、聪明的男生。我喜欢交朋友，并且我和班上同学相处的很好。篮球是我最喜欢的运动，我经常在空余时间去打篮球。通过这项游戏，我获得了很多有益的东西。

At school, I study Chinese, Math, English, History, and so on. I like all of them. And I’m doing well in my study. I’m interested in learning English very much. I believe that I will do well in future. I won’t let you down.

在学校，我学了语文、数学、英语、历史等课程。我很喜欢这些可能，并且好好学习它们。我很有兴趣学习英语，并且我相信我能学好它。我不会让你失望的。

Thank you for your listening.

感谢您的聆听。

Union is strength. 团结就是力量。

Until all is over ones ambition never dies. 不到黄河心不死。

Use a book as a bee does flowers. 读书如蜜蜂采花，吸取其中之精华。

Virtue is a jewel of great price. 美德是无价之宝。

Virtue is fairer far than beauty. 美德远比美丽更美好。

Virtue is her (or its) own reward. 为善最乐。

Virtue is the only true nobility. 唯有美德是真正高贵的。

Wash a dog comb a dog Still a dog remains a dog. 本性难移。

Waste not want not. 俭以防匮。

Weak men wait for opportunity but the strong men make it. 若者等待机会，强者创造机会。

You cant eat your cake and have it. 不能既要吃饼，又要把饼保存。

You cant make omelets (or omeletts) without breaking eggs. 有失才有得。

You have no goats and yet you sell kids. 你虽无老山羊，却出卖小山羊。

Zeal without knowledge is fire without light. 有热情而无知识，犹如有火焰而无光芒。

[常见名言警句的英文翻译

Dear Mother,

Hello!

I now apologize to you, last Thursday, I test deduction of nearly 30

points, I think: oh, home will be hit by my mother! If you put it in the bag and

dont take it out, you will be sure to turn it out! Well, play it by ear! Back

home, When I eat bananas, my mother from my schoolbag out of the test roll, a

look, suddenly changed face. I saw that the situation was not good, so I fled to

my room, my mother pursued, also entered my room. Mother shouted: "Come here!!"

I had to obediently past, say that time, the dragon 18 first five has been

pulled out of my ass, suddenly a burst of pain through my whole body. When the

second palm came, My instinct with the hand to block, block, but my mother went

to take a coat hanger, I think: over, mother to hair biao!" Mother like the

arrow from the string rushed over, and then a burst of violence, while playing

cursing: "Play! Play! Play! You play in a day! ..." When my mother played, my

mother also cried, and then, my mother ignored me for a whole day.

Mom, Sorry, I will study hard in the future, no longer put all my mind to

play, no longer let you worry about. I look at the "mom and dad is not my

servant" and "never read for teachers and parents after understand your good

intention, I know, playing on my body, pain in your heart, the main character of

the two books, after come back to poor rural changed a lot, is treated as a

prince before, record is 25th, now he was a modest, sensible child, learning in

the top 11. I want to learn from him. Mom, I wont let you down! Surely not!

Birds of a feather flock together.物以类聚，人以群分。

Blood is thicker than water. 血浓于水。

Blood will have blood.血债血偿。

Books and friends should be few but good.读书如交友，应求少而精。

Business is business.公事公办。

Cheats never prosper.骗人发不了财。

Business is the salt of life.事业是人生的第一需要。

Cannot see the wood for the trees.一叶障目，不见泰山。

Care and diligence bring luck.谨慎和勤奋才能抓住机遇。

Caution is the parent of safety.小心驶得万年船。

Children are what the mothers are.耳濡目染，身教言传。

Choose an author as you choose a friend.择书如择友。

Come what may, heaven won‘t fall.做你的吧，天塌不下来。

Complacency is the enemy of study.学习的敌人是自己的满足。

Confidence in yourself is the first step on the road to success.自信是走向成功的第一步。

Content is better than riches.知足者常乐

Constant dripping wears away a stone.水滴石穿，绳锯木断。

Count one‘s chickens before they are hatched.蛋未孵先数雏。

Courtesy on one side only lasts not long.来而不往非礼也。

Creep before you walk.循序渐进。

Cry for the moon.海底捞月。

Custom is a second nature.习惯是后天养成的。

Custom makes all things easy.有个好习惯，事事皆不难。

Diamond cuts diamond.强中自有强中手。

Do as the Romans do.入乡随俗。

Do as you would be done by.己所不欲，勿施于人。

Doing is better than saying.与其挂在嘴上，不如落实在行动上。

Do it now.机不可失，时不再来Do nothing by halves.凡事不可半途废。

Don‘t claim to know what you don‘t know.不要不懂装懂。

Don‘t have too many irons in the fire.不要揽事过多。

Don‘t make a mountain out of a molehill.不要小题大做。

Don‘t put off till tomorrow what should be done today.今日事，今日毕。

Don‘t put the cart before the horse.不要本末倒置。

Don‘t trouble trouble until trouble troubles you.不要自找麻烦。

Don‘t try to teach your grandmother to suck eggs.不要班门弄斧。

Do well and have well.善有善报。

Each bird love to hear himself sing.孤芳自赏。

Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.早睡早起身体好。

Easier said than done.说得容易，做得难。

Easy come, easy go.来也匆匆，去也匆匆。

Eat to live, but not live to eat.人吃饭是为了活着，但活着不是为了吃饭。

Empty vessels make the greatest sound.实磨无声空磨响满瓶不动半瓶摇。

is good when new, but friends when old.东西是新的好，朋友是老的亲。

Example is better then percept. 说一遍，不如做一遍。

Experience is the father of wisdom and memory the mother.经验是智慧之父，记忆是母亲。

This is a hot and beautiful love story, the heroine Margaret beautiful, clever and kind, although prostitution, but still maintained a pure and noble soul. She was passionate and hopeful to pursue a real love life, and when this hope was disillusioned, she was willing to sacrifice herself to become a man.

A prostitute and a very good young man love each other, and they use all their power to love each other. But they can not save their love, not to want the happiness. Deep will eventually become an indelible status for gully love, how many people love can transcend everything eventually defeated in the match with reality. This book is a realistic fairy tale, with a beautiful vision, a bright hope, but cruel to the social nature of social standards out of apathy.

I sympathize with Margaret, but I admire her more. While Armands depravity in higher education, Margaret, a prostitute, was constantly sublimated. A weakness of social system underlying women are hard to find new ways to change the fate, she had to use the body in exchange for money to maintain and Armand poor love, nobody has the power to accuse her lowly, on the contrary Margaret bones is pure pain ".

In the end she was unable to be with her beloved Armand, a tragic death. But she never regretted for her short life. She fell in love with a person, a person who brightens her life and gives her confidence and hope. With the love of the tea flower girl, although still in the flower pattern years of death, but has already got a persons sincere love. No matter how stumbling on the road of love, she never lost her dignity.

My father is a manager. He likes singing and playing cards. He liakes

drinking tea in his office. He likes watching TV and smoking. He likes making

friends very much. So he has many friends, He`s outstanding and calm. I like his

personality. My mother is a history teacher. She likes drinking juice in her

free time. She likes playing volleyball and badminton. She likes watching tv

,too. And she also likes listening to the music. She always does housework

because she wants to have a beatiful and clean house. She`s economical and

smart. I love my parents.

我的父亲是一位经理。他喜欢唱歌、玩扑克牌。他在他的办公室liakes喝茶。他喜欢看电视和吸烟。他非常喜欢交朋友。所以他有很多朋友,他是优秀的平静。我喜欢他的个性。我的妈妈是一位历史教师。她喜欢在业余时间喝果汁。她喜欢打排球和羽毛球。她喜欢看电视。她也喜欢听音乐。她总是做家务,因为她想要有一个美丽又干净的房子。她的经济和聪明。我爱我的父母。

五（1）班毛信珮

童年，如同繁星点缀的天空，丰富多彩。忆及过往美好的时光，仍趣味无穷！

一天，我走在路上，太阳金光灿灿地洒向大地。小小的我一蹦一跳地在街上跳跃着，阳光把我的影子拉得好长好长。忽然，我发现我跳一下，我的影子也跳下，这下可激起了我的兴趣。我好奇地打量起我的影子，我的影子仿佛也在打量着我。我想：我要是踩一下影子，它会消失吗？于是，我把脚重重地踩在影子上，可影子没有消失，出现的是一个小女孩在踩什么东西。我那小小的好奇心更加奇怪了：为什么影子没有消失了呢？是不是我踩的地方不对呢？我从各个方位踩起了自己的影子，踩的速度也一次比一次快，这真像和一位隐身的人在玩耍一般！可任凭我怎么踩，任凭我踩多久，影子依然没有消失。我累了，停下来，再次仔细打量起了影子，影子也似乎在凝视着我。这时，姐姐来了，她看见我刚才自娱自乐地在踩东西，忙问：“在玩什么呢？这么开心！”

“踩影子呢！”我边说边指着地上的影子。

“哈哈哈！”姐姐听见了我的话就像听见一个天大的笑话一般，仰天大笑，笑得喘不过起来，还一边揉着肚子说：“哎哟，不行……我的肚子……笑痛死了！”我奇怪地看着姐姐，半天摸不着头脑，真不知道为什么姐姐听了我的话，笑得这么开心。

姐姐笑够了，才问我：“你干嘛踩影子呀？”

“让影子消失呀！”

“你傻呀！你踩影子，影子不会消失的，哈哈哈！”姐姐再次哈哈大笑起来。边笑边用手指了一下我的脑袋。

“啊？”我羞愧地摸摸脑袋，掩着脸上的那两朵红云。

姐姐看我害羞了，轻轻地捏了一下我的鼻子说：“好了，好了，我们回家吧。”姐姐牵住了我的小手一起回家。

“好吧。”我每走一步就恋恋不舍地看看自己的影子。

我虽然知道自己的影子是不会被我踩消失的，可好长一段时间，我对踩影子的游戏依旧非常迷恋。

童年时期，虽然有时傻乎乎的，但每天过得无忧无虑、自由自在。时间虽然已慢慢流逝，可记忆中的童年趣事依然就像刚刚发生过一样，记忆犹新。

I opened the "our festival", the first thing I saw is the introduction of the Spring Festival. Spring Festival is one of the oldest festivals in our country. Where does my hometown show the atmosphere of the Spring Festival? Lets look at it.

Before the Spring Festival, I saw on TV that the meals in the hotel were all booked. It shows that everyone is reunited with their family. 10 days before the Spring Festival, I noticed that the traffic in the train was getting bigger and bigger, and I couldnt even buy the tickets. What was the matter? It turns out that all people in other places want to go home and celebrate the Spring Festival. So, the flow of people home is getting higher and bigger.

Before the Spring Festival, I found that there are a lot of people who sell fireworks in the street, arent there? The traditional customs of our country during the Spring Festival! On the night of the Spring Festival, in the sound of thunderous firecrackers, fireworks flashes up and radiates a variety of gleaming rings in the night sky. Some are like chrysanthemums, some are like waterfalls, others are like big trees and golden lights. Some are like small lanterns full of sky. They are really gorgeous. Thousands of spectators are cheering with loud cheers.

After the Spring Festival, the people of our country should have an atmosphere of red and red fire and joy and bustle. You see, small red couplets, firecrackers red, red paper-cut, the old man for children red envelopes, new clothes, children red, paste “ Fu ” the word red, red lanterns and red, Chinese junction is red … … … … the whole country a piece of red.

The Spring Festival is celebrating the festival, more is a good day for thousands of households together, in this new years day, people in happiness and peace with a day every year, countries better every year.

每个人的童年都是丰富多彩充满了欢乐和美好的。在童年中，对种种事物的发现与认识，总能让人兴奋不已，我也毫不例外。通过自己反复实验与独立思考，终于发现影子变化的规律。

我的发现起源于一次数学家庭作业。我正写着作业，碰上了一只“拦路虎”：人离路灯越远，影子是会变长还是变短？我绞尽脑汁也没有想出问题的答案，于是决定要自己去亲自实验一下。

天一点点地黑了下来，太阳光变得越来越暗，最后化作一缕霞光消失在天边，四周伸手不见五指。马路两旁的灯“唰”地亮了起来，在一盏灯下闪过一个人影——那就是我。实验已准备就绪，马上就可以开始了！

首先我站在路灯的正下方，金色的光芒像柔软的细沙一点一点从我头顶撒到脚底，在地上留下了一圈乌黑的又矮又短的印记——影子。然后我向前跨了一步，影子则被一只无形的大手拉长了一大截，颜色也变淡了许多，没有那么黑了。我继续往前走，影子就像一只狗般紧紧地跟着我，并且逐渐变长、变淡。但如果我向后退去，“影子狗”便逐渐变短、变深，似乎在与我做着游戏。

我一下子忘记了要做什么，开心地与“影子狗”玩了起来。来来回回折腾了一个钟头。我跑得气喘吁吁，精疲力尽，坐在路旁的凳子上休息。影子也累了，静静地趴在我身边，一动不动了。我开始抱着头思考起来，为什么会出现这种现象呢？不经意间我抬起头看见了一片小树丛，从不同的角度看，看到的形状都有所不同。顿时我恍然大悟。同理，人离灯越远，所成角度大，挡住的光越多影子就越长；人离灯越近，所成的角度越小，挡住的光越少，影子就越短。我的发现竟是如此简单明了。我就像哥伦布发现新大陆，兴奋地惊叫起来。

这次实验告诉我，在生活中只要我们仔细观察，就能发现各种各样的规律，发现属于自己的“新大陆”。

关于成功的英语作文1：

Different people have different views on success.Some hold that making a great deal of money means success.Others argue that holding an important post in the government means success.Still others believe that having a high academic title at a famous university or a research institute means success. In my opinion,success means brilliant achievement in our work.In other words,no matter what we do,making outstanding contributions to the development of our country and bringing help and happiness to others is success. To achieve success,we should,first of all,have a clear long-term goal in our life.Besides,we should have short term goals in different periods of life.As we know,it is these short term goals that make our long-term goal possible.Second,we should be both perseverant and hardworking.Whatever we do,there are always two possibilities:success and failure.We should never lose heart when we come across difficulties or when we are confronted with failure.Instead,we should learn from our experience,build up our confidence and work even harder and smarter towards our purpose.Third,we should follow the examples of those who are successful and learn from them.Finally,we should try to get along well with our classmates and colleagues.We should care for each other and help each other in our study,our work and our life,because team work is of great importance in the realization of our dream. If we can follow these principles,we will certainly achieve remarkable success in our life. 关于成功的英语作文2：

Every body wants to succeed. But when it comes to the question that which factor leads to success, opportunity or hard-work, different people will offer different answers. Some people think that opportunity is the first factor leading to success. They hold the idea, as a proverb saying, “Man proposes, god disposes”. Because almost all successful people have good luck and have caught their valuable opportunities, they believe that opportunity is a leading conndition of the success. If seizes and makes the best use of opportunity available, one can succeed surely. In summary, to them, chances and lucks play the most important role on the road to success. However, others maintain that “no pains, no gains” .Without exerting oneself, one could never expect to achieve success in no matter what one is doing. As is known to all, there is no royal road to the summit of success. One is likely to succeed only when one has worked with whole-hearted devotion and perseverance. Those who are lazy, sloppy and indifferent to their work, those who never concentrate on work will definitely end in failure. On the whole, as far as they are concerned, hard-working is the decisive factor to success. In my view, both hard work and opportunity eventually matters. They are inseparable from each other, and put together, they make a great success. Hard work is to luck what fish is to water, and can be seen as an interior precondition of success. It lays the corner-stone for building a house while luck serves to cement it, to make the building bricks adherent to one another. They are the twins that contribute to success together. They are the factors from within and without respectively. We must work hard, make efforts and get prepared. When opportunities come, meet and make full use of them. Only in this way can we succeed one day.

I’m writing to ask you to excuse me for not being able to keep our

appointment. I do know that this is very impolite and must have caused you much

trouble.

I do reckon that at present any explanation is pale and futile. However I

do not want you to misunderstand me. On my way to your office, an old lady

suddenly fainted due to heart attack on the bus. I stopped a taxi and sent her

into a nearby hospital. I stayed there until her came, which spoiled our

appointment.

I am aware that our appointment is of importance. I do hope that you would

be kind enough to spare your valuable to meet me.

I am looking forward to hearing from you.

有两则关于同一条英语谚语Blood is thicker than water的译例。其一是“清水不浓血却浓”，其二是“血浓于水”。从字面上看，上述两则译例译得固然不错，似无可厚非。译文读起来很顺，又比较易懂，但读后似有不知所云之感。

这是因为译文的形象没能准确地传达出这条谚语的喻义来。

Longman Dictionary of English Idioms（p.28）上对这条谚语的解释是“The relationship between people of the same family is stronger than other，relationships”因此，这则谚语似可以借用汉语中一句俗语“亲不亲一家人”来译更能表达出“属于同一血缘关系的一家人比别人更亲近一些”的寓意。

语言是文化的表现形式。谚语同文学作品、诗歌一样是语言的精华。英语谚语是富于色彩的语言形式，一般具有生动形象、喻义明显、富于哲理的语言特征。在一定程度上，英语谚语反映了英语民族的文化特点。因此，翻译英语谚语时，仅仅以语言之间词汇的同义性（等价性）为前提，寻求对等的表现是不够的。译者须较多运用汉语的表现手段，力求能再现英语谚语的语言风格和丰富内涵。只有多注意英语谚语字面以外所特有的语言内涵色彩，才能使译文讽喻得当，宜于说理，又不失原来谚语所具有的语言形象。

某些英语谚语和汉语成语、俗语在表现形式和含义方面是一致的或基本一致的。汉译这些英语时，可惜用与其喻义相同或相近的成语或谚语及俗语直接对译。这样不但可以比较好地保持原文的神韵和形式，又使译文易于为读者或听者接受。如：

Pride comes before a fall．骄兵必败。

Amiss is as good as a mile.差之毫厘，失之千里。

Two is company，but three is none.两个和尚抬水吃，三个和尚无水吃。

Walls have ear.隔墙有耳。

Enough is as good as a feast．知足常乐。

有些英语谚语虽然在语言习惯和文化背景方面和其相对的汉语谚语之间存在着某些差异，而且所比喻的事物并不一样，但他们的喻义却相互吻合，而且表达方式也很相似，汉译这些英语谚语时，常常需要“易其形式，存其精神”，即采用形象近似的汉语成语意译。这样可使译文既喻义明显，又含而不露，且可再现原文所具有的语言效果，容易达意。如：

Two can play the game.孤掌难鸣。

Newbroom sweeps clean.新官上任三把火。

Speak of the devil，and he appears.说曹操，曹操到。

The grass is greener on the other side of the hill．这山望着那山高。

Putting the cart before the horse.本末倒置。

有些英语谚语意在言外，语言含蓄，寓意深刻。如果仅从字面意义直译成汉语，而不领会原文的具体含义及其效果，译文势必平淡无味。这样既不能表达意思，又有损于原文的语言形象和丰富内涵。因此，在翻译时，应在汉语中寻找那些与原文喻义相同或效果相似的成语、谚语或俗语来表达，则会使译文形象生动，准确达意。试比较下列各译例。

People who live in glass houses should not throw stones.如译成“住在玻璃房子里的人，不应扔石头”不如译成“己有过，勿正人”或“责人必先责己”。

In fair weather prepare for the foul．如译成“晴天要防阴天”，不如译成“有备无患”或“居安思危”或“未雨绸缪”。

Murder will out．如译成“谋杀终必败露”，不如译成“纸包不住火”。

Fools rush in where angels fear to tread．如译成“愚者敢闯天使不敢去的地方”，不如译成“初生牛犊不怕虎”。

One cannot make an omelette without breaking eggs.如译成“想吃煎蛋卷，就得打鸡蛋”，不如译成工“有得必有失”或甚至可以引申为“不破不立”。

如果所要翻译的谚语喻义清新，形象逼真，按其字面直译其意，就能表达出原文的喻义来，则可直译。这样做既能较完整地保存原文的表达方式，且又可丰富我们自己的语言文化，一举两得，请看下面的译例。

God helps those who help themselves.上帝帮助那些自己帮助自己的人。或“自助者天助之”。

Money is the root of all evil．金钱是万恶之源。

An empty sack cannot stand upright．空袋立不直。

Do as you would be done by. 以你所期望的别人待你的方式待人。

这与另一谚语： Don’t do unto others what you don’t want others do unto you.“己所不欲勿施于人”很相似。

Money talks.钱能通神。

有些英语谚语常常采用对称的修辞手段。使用这一修辞手段的目的在于加强语势，宜于说理，读后有心悦诚眼之感。汉译这些谚语时，应适当注意保持其修辞色彩，以便体现原文的表达方式。如：

You may take a horse to the water， but you can’t make it drink．

如果按字面译成，“你可以把马牵到河边去，但不能叫它饮水”至少是没有充分体现这句谚语本身所具有的强烈对比色彩。从语法分析的观点看，在这个句子里，情态动词may和can虽然都表示“可能”的，但在含义上有所不同。这里may表示“事实上的可能性”，而can则表示“逻辑上的可能性”。并列连词but使前后两个分句意义相反，对比色彩强烈。在这种情况下，译文也必须力求对偶整齐，前后呼应，形成对照。如将此句译作“牵马河边易，逼它饮水难”或“老牛不喝水，不能强按头”会更好些。

总之，即使像谚语这样孤立的语句，翻译时也需尽一番揣摩切磋之功，否则译文就可能与原文“貌合神离”，文不达意。译事艰辛也许正在于此。

Is it good for students to do some housework？ Some people think students need not do any housework。 They think the only thing students need do is to study well。 I don’t think so。 It is good for students to do some housework for three reasons。 Firstly， to do some housework can make you independent。 You can’t depend on others all your life。So you should learn to do some housework now。 Secondly， to do some housework can keep you healthy and strong ， some hard housework can be regarded as a kind of physical exercise。 Finally， to do some housework can share your parents’ work 。They must be happy if you say” Have a rest ， and I will do the housework”So I think it is good for students to do some housework。