看花灯的英文作文（合集20篇）

寒假生活像一个千变万化的万花筒，丰富多彩，成为我记忆深处一道亮丽的风景线。但在这些风景线中，那次堆雪人的经历无非是最耀眼的了。

冬爷爷驾着雪橇划走了，而在临走之前，它还送给我们一场雪，作为最后的献礼。

晨起，眺望远处，银装素裹，大地披上了一层厚厚的棉袄，树上挂满了水晶灯。

我和妹妹急忙跑到楼下，踩着雪，“咯吱咯吱”好似一曲悠扬悦耳的交响曲。忽然，妹妹突发奇想对我说：“哥哥，不如我们去堆雪人吧！”“好！”我赞同了妹妹的想法。

我们先从楼上找来四个塑料套当手套，先用脚后跟蹬住，一点一点地把雪往出铲。半路“杀”出个环卫工人，他可帮了我们大忙，借给了我们两把铁锹。我把铁锹插进雪中，用力往下铲，往起一举，向雪堆上盖去，而妹妹刚插入雪中，准备举时，结果用力过猛，吃了一个“狗啃泥”。那滑稽的样子，逗得我俩哈哈大笑。

不一会儿，雪聚积够了，我先用铁锹铲平，然后找来两根红领巾，与妹妹不停地打磨着雪人的身子。

身子很快就做好了，雪人的头可大费周折。我们先捏了一个小雪球，然后我给妹妹滚过去，妹妹又给我滚过来，真累人。

“不行，这样太慢了。”妹妹发现了问题。

我想：“雪球滚来滚去太慢了，不如做个桶状的吧，来的快做起来也简单！”我把这个想法告诉了妹妹，她也觉得这个办法可行。

于是我们先找来一个废旧的桶，将雪放进去，压了又压，盖在了身体上。不一会，头也做好了。

我和妹妹捡了一些小石头和松树枝，将两块大小差不多的石子，安在雪人的头上，又拿了一颗较大的石子作为雪人小巧玲珑的鼻子，然后给雪人找来了松树枝当成能说会道的樱桃小嘴。就这样，一个天真无邪的雪人堆好了。

现在，窗外又下起了鹅毛大雪，一片片雪花飘落在我眼前，我又不禁想起了那次堆雪人的情形。

The Lantern Festival (元宵节) is the last day of the Chinese New Year celebration.

This day is for the last moment for setting off fireworks, the last excuse for eating a big feast and the last chance for family getting together before the “年” celebrations are over. (Latern Festival is also a traditional time of celebration for foreigners who live in China).

The Lantern Festival, the 15th of the first month of the lunar calendar, is the first full moon of the year.

Celebrations and traditions on this day date back to the Western Han Dynasty.

Traditions for this festival: as the name indicates, hanging and looking at lanterns is the main tradition.

Lanterns of various shapes and sizes are displayed on trees, or along river banks.

Parents often take their children to Lantern Fairs and sometimes lucky kids even get a mini toy lantern.

Another tradition is guessing lantern riddles. These are riddles that are hung on lanterns for people to shoot down and solve. The riddles are usually short, wise, and sometimes humorous.

The answer to a riddle can be a Chinese character, a famous persons name, a place name or a proverb. This tradition has become a popular game with serious staying power even as social development changes other traditions.

Other than that, the most important thing to do today is to eat sweet dumplings. In northern China, sweet dumplings made of glutinous rice flour are called “元宵” while in southern part they are called “汤圆”.

Typical sweet dumplings are filled with black sesame sauce, sweetened bean paste, or hawthorn. Making “元宵” today is like a game or an activity, so its seldom done without a reason and a group of friends or family present to help out.

征文的英文：

solicit articles

solicit是什么意思：

v. 请求，恳求，乞求；征求；拉客

She was fined for soliciting.

她因拉客而被罚款。I solicit the favor of interview.

本人恳请惠予面试机会。Both the candidates solicited my vote.

两位候选人都向我拉票。They were very solicitous and attentive to detail.

他们非常细心，十分注意细节。Our hero was very solicitous about his descendants.

们的主人公是非常关心他的子孙后代的。articles是什么意思：

n. 文章；论文；条款；物品；冠词

v. 进行控告，提出罪状；签订协议；订约将…收为学徒或见习生

carry an article

刊登一篇文章 It is a serious article.

这是一篇发人深省的文章。A Class III article if it is of the opinion that the article is obscene

如认为该物品为色情物品，可评定为第Ⅲ类物品(grammar)either of the determiners `a/an(the indefinite article)or `the(the definite article)

冠词(不定冠词a/an或定冠词the)The article is too long, it has to be cut.

这篇文章太长了，要删减。

People often say that gold and silver are the most valuable things in the world.But

I dont think so. In my opinion, to read books is more valuable than anything else.

The old saying “To open a book is always helpful” clearly tells us how good it is to read a book.

Books are our friends. They introduce us different kinds of knowledge. They lead us down the road to success.

Books are our teachers. They teach us troth, science, literature, and philosophy of life. Besides, they increase our knowledge, enlarge our experience,strengthen our character and do many other things which we can not do without them.

Books tell us what is good and what is evil. And only books can tell the good from the bad.

Therefore to read more books is the best policy for our young students.

Normally I will be very happy and excited when I get the lucky money. And all of a sudden, the problem comes that how to make full use of them. I think it is highly determined by how much it is. For example, if the number is around 500, it is wise to buy some books that I would like to read to boarden my horizons. When the number reaches 2000, travelling could be a better choice, because what we acquires in an education trip is far more impressive than books and documentary. Lets imagine in a rich family the lucky money can be up to 100000. From my point of view, investment is of great necessity, which is able to resist the currency inflation.

What is the taste of home? Before I lodge in school dormitory, I never think of this question. But, now I know what the taste of home is as I have lived in school for a month. I miss the delicious food cooked by my mother and her endless chatter. My father sits in the middle of the hall watching TV. The fight between my two younger brothers and the ice cream in the refrigerator make me feel warm. All these make a house a family. And it is the taste of home in my mind.

什么是家的味道?在我住校前，我从来没有想过这个问题。但是，如今在我已经住校一个月后我知道什么是家的味道了。我想念我妈妈做的美味食物了，还有她喋喋不休的唠叨声。爸爸坐在客厅中间看电视。两个弟弟的打闹声还有冰箱里的冰淇淋都让我觉得很温暖。所有这些都使得一个房子成为一个家。这些就是我心目中家的味道。

Today is mothers day, the students are preparing exquisite gift for mother. Xiao Ming want to give mom a carnation, can touch the empty pockets, hovering at the entrance to the flower shop...

Xiao Ming think: "I have no money to buy flowers, how to do? Borrow money from classmates? Bad! To grandma? It seems wrong!..." Ideas have been denied. Florists to see a child looking outside, walk past kindly asked xiao Ming: "kid, what do you want to buy flowers?" Xiao Ming nao nao head shyly said: "want to, but no money..." Florists a listen to can not help but laugh, at an early age like flowers! So funny, he asked: "do you want to send to who? Children?" "Today is mothers day, I want to buy a carnation to mother!" Think of mother after receiving the flowers that surprise appearance, xiao Mings little cheeks glow!

Florists heard suddenly paused, a flash, he thought of himself in his hometown of the 80 - year - old mother... Because of busy business, as a son of almost three years didnt go back to see her! Today is mothers day, he did not liuxue86.com even play a phone call! Florists immediately warm in my heart, very sour, he thought of his old mother put up, and she is not as good as a child... He slapped hard head, took xiao Mings hand, said: "kid, uncle to send you a, you go to pick." Xiao Ming shook her head and said: "no, uncle, I cant flowers white to you." Watching children stubborn little face, florists brainwave asked: "so, you help uncle do half an hours work, task is to put the guests to take to them is ok, then use your salary to buy my flower head office?" Xiao Ming cried excitedly, "uncle well, thank you!!" ......

Bright Ming finally holding is about to drip of carnation away happily. Florists looked at xiao Mings back, eyes moist. He walked into the store picking up the receiver to call home, phone call, the phone is 80 - year - old mother. Florists, said: "mom, happy mothers day! I will go back to see you in a couple of days..."

今天是母亲节，同学们都为母亲准备精致的礼物。小明想送给妈妈一枝康乃馨，可摸着空空的口袋，徘徊在花店门口……

小明想：“我没有钱去买花，怎么办?向同学借钱?不好吧!向奶奶要?好像也不妥!……”想法都被否认了。花店老板看到一个孩子在店外张望，就走过去亲切地问小明：“小朋友，你想买花吗?”小明挠挠头羞涩地说：“想，但没钱……”花店老板一听不禁笑了，小小年纪就想送花!于是逗他问：”你想送给谁呢?小朋友?”“今天是母亲节，我想买一枝康乃馨送给妈妈!”想到妈妈收到花后那惊喜的样子，小明的小脸蛋都发光了!

花店老板听了顿时愣住了，一瞬间，他想到自己一个人在家乡的80岁的老母亲……因为忙于生意，作儿子的几乎三年没回去看她了!而今天是母亲节，自己竟然连一个电话都没打!花店老板心里顿时暖暖的，酸酸的，他想起了老母亲的含辛茹苦，而自己还不如一个小孩呢……他狠狠拍了一下脑袋，牵起小明的手说：“小朋友，叔叔送你一枝，你去挑吧。”小明摇摇头说：“不行，叔叔，我不能白要你的花。”看着孩子倔强的小脸，花店老板灵机一动问：“这样吧，你帮叔叔干半个小时的活，任务是把客人要的花拿给他们就可以了，然后用你的工资买我的花总行吧?”小明兴奋地大声说：“好，谢谢叔叔!开始吧!”……

小明终于捧着鲜艳欲滴的康乃馨兴高采烈地走了。花店老板看着小明的背影，眼眶湿润了。他走进花店拿起话筒打家乡电话，电话打通了，接电话的是80岁的老母亲。花店老板说：“妈妈，母亲节快乐!过两天我就要回去看您……

今天是农历正月十五，正是中国的一个传统节日——元宵节。

在南通舅舅家吃过晚饭，我和爸爸妈妈赶回海安一起来到安达步行街广场看花灯。人们从四面八方赶来，只见广场上人山人海，热闹非凡。

我来到广场一看，街上的花灯真不少，有米老鼠灯、老虎灯、小蛇灯、肥牛灯等等，真是五花八门。但是最有特色的是舞龙灯，只见几个人将细棍子插在假龙肚子里，还有一个人把棍子插在一个圆球里，那条假龙很想咬住那个圆球，可是那圆球晃动得太快，所以它总是追不上。你看它那急速翻滚的样子，真像一条活生生的龙呀!最好玩的就要数孔明灯了，哇!我的孔明灯飞向了南方，一闪一闪的就像夜空的星星。我在孔明灯上写上心愿。随着一盏闪闪发光的孔明灯缓缓升空，我的心愿也仿佛被放飞了。我问爸爸为什么这灯取名叫孔明灯呢?爸爸回答说：“孔明灯又叫天灯，相传为三国时诸葛孔明所发明。当年，孔明被司马懿围困于平阳，无法派兵求救，便制作飘浮的纸灯笼，系上求救信息，后来果然脱险，因此，人们就称这种灯为孔明灯。”哦，原来是这样啊!我恍然大悟。随后，心中油然而生对诸葛亮的敬意。

我喜欢元宵节，更加喜欢孔明灯。

[节日习俗优秀作文正月十五看花灯

Our shool， Wuhan Heping Middle School， lies in the center of Wuhan city。 It was just built and has the perfect size。 The school yard is two hundred meters long， one hundred meters wide， and is surrounded by trees。

When you walk throught the front gate， there is a huge garden that greets you with every kind of natural things。 To the left is the school library in which there are more than 100， 000 books。 To the right is the experiment building。 In the very middle of the school yard stands the teaching building that stretches for one hundred and fifty meters。 This teaching building has four floors with the teachers offices at either end of each floor。 Standing on the top of the teaching building， you can see a flower bed。 Behind the teaching building is a large playground on the right side。 The students often do sports here after class。 To the left lies the dining hall which can hold 500 people。 This is our school， a beautiful one。

我们的学校，武汉和平中学，位于武汉市的中央。学校刚刚建立，规模适当。校园长2百米，宽1百米，四面环绕着树木。

当你进入前门时，一个具有各种自然风景的巨大花园在欢迎你。左边是图书馆，馆内藏书10万多册。右边为实验楼。校园的正中央是长150米的教学楼。该楼共四层，两头为教师办公室。站在教学楼楼顶，你能看到楼前有一个花园，楼后右侧是一个大操场，课后同学们经常在这做运动。左边是可容纳500人的食堂。这就是我们的学校，一座美丽的学校。

Our school， Wuhan Heping Middle School， is in the center of Wuhan city。 The school yard is two hundred meters long， one hundred meters wide， and is surrounded by trees。 It is 20， 000 square meters in area。

When you walk into the school yard， you will see a wide road in front of you。 On your left， you will see the school library in which there are more than 100， 000 books。 On your right is the experiment building， Walk ahead，and you will see a beautiful garden in front of you。 When you go through it，there stands the teaching building: It has four floors with the teachers of rices at either end of each floor。 Behind it， there stands the dining-room on the left side。 To the right lies the playground where the students often play football。 This is our school， a beautiful one。

我们的学校，武汉和平中学，位于武汉市的中央，校园长2百米，宽1百米，四面环绕树木。校园占地2万平方米。

当你走进校园时，你会发现你的面前是一条宽阔的道路。左侧有一座图书馆，馆内藏书10万多册，右侧是实验楼。再往前走，是一个美丽的花园。穿过花园是一座教学楼，共四层，两头为教师办公室。在教学楼的后面，左侧是食堂，右侧是一个大操场，学生们经常在这踢球。这就是我们的学校，一座美丽的学校。

[武汉和平中学英文作文

Dear Mary,

I am sorry to trouble you, but nobody would come into my mind to help me

except you.

You know, I had planned this holiday for several years. A t last, my dream

came true. You could imagine how excited I was. My mind was completely occupied

with the holiday. I forgot to collect my laundry. I dont know if you can help

me collect my laundry. I sent the laundry to the Johns. It is the one down the

corner on St. Peters Street. You cant miss it, because the house is painted

green-a big green house. I have got two pairs of trousers, three shirts, one

T-shirt and a blanket. Call a taxi to send you home. I will pay you back when I

am home.

My first stop is London. It is raining. The streets are very clean. How I

wish I could have the chance to see the famous London fog. But someone told me

that was already the history. One can only read things like that about London in

books.

My best wishes to you.

Yours sincerely,

Peter Chen

Last summer holiday, I went to Beijing for a week. The first day when I took off at the capital airport , it gave me the first feeling was cleanand tidy. The people in Beijing were very friendly. T he second day, I visited Beijing city. I went to the WangFujing Ave , I tasted many famous snacksand Beijing Roast Duck, they are very delicious. I also went to the XinDongfang square, it was a very big shopping mall, it took me about half an hour to walk between two doors. I can saw many famous brands: Cucci, Chanel, Rolex, Seiko, even the new Audi cars. It made me really want to stay in Beijing .The third day I visited the Tian’anmen Square, and it’s very beautiful. And the Chang’an Ave is wide ,straight and clean. The forth day, I went to the Forbidden City. It made me felt the emperor ’ s royal mausoleum was very luxury. The fifth day I went to the Summer Palace, I went boating there. The sixth day, I visited the Great Wall, it’s very terrific, this great architectural complex told us how clever the Chinese people are ! T he last day, I visited the Beijing University ----one of the topest universities of China . There are many famous people were graduated t here.

That’s a happy travel. In the future, I want to visit many countries. This is my dream.

Certificate

(80)Lu Zi, No. 2140

This is to certificate that Mr. Zhao Dong holds a diploma issued to him in July, 1980 by Liaoning University (Diploma No. 058) and that we have carefully checked the seal of the university and the signature by President Zhou Yongrong.

Jinan Notary Public Office

Liaoning Province

The People?s Republic of China

Notary: Fang Hongjian

May 2, 2001

I am cheerful, modest, self-confident and good at communicating with others. I study industriously and rigorously. Whenever I come across a problem in study, Im able to consult with an open mind and try my best to get an indepth knowledge. Possessing the honest credible moral character, a sense of teamwork and responsibility for my work, I have strong endurance, willpower and hard-working quality of the work to identify persistent optimism, the courage to face difficulties and challenges.

At the same time, I have taken an active part in all kinds of activities in order to improve my personal qualities. From these experiences, I have not only realized the importance of unity and cooperation, but also learned a lot of social knowledge, and I believe all these will play an important role in my future career.

With the last breath of my soul I’ll be blessing you. 在我灵魂最后的呼吸中我祝福你。

You’re always there for me.当我需要你时你永远在那里。

You know my loneliness is only kept for you, my sweet songs are only sung for you.你可知我百年的孤寂只为你一人守侯，千夜的恋歌只为你一人而唱。

When love is not madness, it is not love.如果爱不疯狂就不是爱了。

When every love comes to the end, if u look back, u will find flowers and sorrows, but it’s always beautiful.不是把对方留在自己身边才叫爱，能放手让所爱的人离开，也是爱的一种。

what a loveiy world it well be with you away.没有了你．这个世界多么寂寞。

We cease loving ourselves if no one loves us.如果没有人爱我们，我们也就不会再爱自己了。

To see a world in a grain of sand. And a heaven in a wild flower.从一粒沙子看到一个世界,从一朵野花看到一个天堂。

this valentine is for the girl who stole my heart.这份情人节礼物，是送给那位偷去我的心的女孩。

There will always be people who’ll hurt you, so you need to continue trusting,just be careful.生活中总会有伤害你的人，所以你仍然需要继续相信别人，只是小心些而已。

一开门，就是一句“新年好，哈—匹—牛—叶（happy new year）！”哇，现在就连普通话都不怎么好的叔叔也有一口“流利”的英语，他说，他这是现买现学，这句话是刚从他儿子那学来的！

“哎，又是过年，过年最没有意思了，就知道在家里看看电视，也没什么好干的！哎……”我想现在的小孩子一定也有和我一样的想法吧。毕竟，现在的过年一点气氛都没有，以前，家家户户都会忙着挂红灯笼，贴“福”字，还有，就是赶着去买团圆八宝饭呢！年初一我们一大早就起床，然后约好了成群结队出去窜门，我们小孩子就在家里玩，然后一起吃团圆饭。可是现在就截然不同了，现在就连什么时候过年，我都会忘了，过年的前一天都在问什么时候过年呢！

早上，我硬是被爸爸妈妈给拖起来，只喝了一杯牛奶，就跑去客厅里来看电视准备打发时间，这时，爸爸妈妈对边看电视边打瞌睡的我说：不用看电视了，我们出去玩！” “有地方玩吗？” “有，你别忘了，现在这里住着的我们都认识，难道还不愁没人玩吗！”爸爸妈妈兴奋地说到。我们先到了最近的一户人家。 一开门， 就是一句“新年好， 哈—匹—牛—叶（happy new year）！”哇，现在就连普通话都不怎么好的叔叔也有一口“流利”的英语，他说，他这是现买现学，这句话是刚从他儿子那学来的！尽管有点不标准，不过在我这个大师的指导下，你别说还真有点长进！由于他们家还没有吃好饭，所以我们一家三口又继续出发了。后来，我们不仅参观他们的新房子，同时也道了新年贺词，啊多么愉快的事呀！挨家挨户都走过了，现在也该歇息歇息了，大人们在阳台上下象棋，瞧，他们还兴奋地说“出将”呢！有的在打麻将，一个个都想趁着这个新年有个好手气！， 有的客人还在看鱼，那些顽皮的鱼儿从假山的石缝里钻来钻去，让客人们忍不住那棍子去逗逗它们。而我们小孩子呢，哈，看电视的看电视，玩电脑的玩电脑，也都很快活！

晚上，我们吃完饭，就趁着这好天气好风景来到阳台上放烟花， “嘭、嘭、嘭！”那一朵朵烟花绽放在我们的头顶上非常漂亮！啊，今天这个年过得还真是有味！

Open the door， is a "good new year， ha — horse — Happy New Year！" Wow， even now， even Mandarin is not very good uncle also has a fluent English， he said， he is buying now， this sentence is just from his son learned。

"Well， its the new year， the new year is the most uninteresting， I know that watching TV at home， there is nothing to do！ Oh。。。 " I think the children now have the same idea as I do。 After all， now the new year a little atmosphere are not before， every family is busy hanging red lanterns， paste "Fu"， there is a hurry to buy Eight Delicacies Rice reunion！ At the beginning of the year we got up early in the morning and went out to the door in groups。 Our children were playing at home， and then we had a reunion dinner together。 But now its very different， and now even when the new year， I will forget， the day before the year of the year are asking when to celebrate the New Year！

In the morning， I was dragged up by my mom and dad。 I only drank a glass of milk and ran to the living room to watch TV and prepare to kill time。 At this time， mom and dad said to me while watching TV， dozing： no need to watch TV， lets go out to play。 "Do you have a place to play？" "Yes， you do not forget， now we live here all know， dont worry about no one to play！" Mom and dad said excitedly。 We went to the nearest family。 Open the door， is a "good new year， ha — horse — Happy New Year！" Wow， even now， even Mandarin is not very good uncle also has a fluent English， he said， he is buying now， this sentence is just from his son learned。 Although it is not standard， but under the guidance of my master， you cant say that you are a little better。 As their family did not have a good meal， the three of our family went on again。 Later， we not only visit their new house， also said the new year， how happy ah ah！ They have gone from door to door， and now its time to rest and rest。 People play chess on the balcony。 Look， they are also excited to say "go out"。 Some are playing mahjong， all want to take advantage of this new year with a good hand！ Some of the guests， watching the fish， those naughty fish from the rockery stones in the turn， let the guests can not help but stick to tease them。 And we children， ha， watching TV watching TV， playing computer and playing computer， are also very happy！

At night， we eat a meal， take advantage of the fine weather and scenery came to the balcony fireworks， "bang， bang， bang！" That blossoming flower blossomed on our head very beautifully！ Ah， this year is really good for this year！

今天是正月十五，我和妈妈早早地来到了灯会上。“哇！这里是光的世界，灯的海洋，美极了！”妈妈没有注意我说话，因为她已经被那些五颜六色、光彩夺目的花灯迷住了。

我的眼睛一下子就瞄上了“十二生肖”这组灯。“子鼠、丑牛、寅虎……”我脱口而出。只见那老黄牛“咚，咚，咚”敲着大鼓，蛇“咣，咣，咣！”的敲起了小锣，动物们手中各执一种乐器，它们真实多才多艺呀！我和妈妈赞不绝口。

令我最投入的还是“刘姥姥进大观园”的一组灯，这组灯真是一绝呀！刘姥姥身穿乡下手工织的粗布衣，带着她那小孙子，正在观看大观园里的美景。那种目不暇接的样子实在可笑！旁边的小亭子里坐着三位如花似玉的美女，头戴凤冠，身穿锦裙，怀抱琵琶，弹奏着优美的乐曲。旁边的树上开着娇艳无比的花朵。

还有那“八仙过海灯”铁拐李、何仙姑、吕洞宾……“啊！妈妈，快看那边！”我一把抓起了妈妈的手，挤进了人群簇拥的一组花灯前面，只见一位高贵、美丽的公主坐在宝座上，下面是一只大白象，驮着这位公主。两边各有一只开屏的孔雀，它那大尾巴上的花纹形象逼真，惟妙惟肖。那美丽的公主还不时地看看这边，瞧瞧那边。像自我陶醉似的。

我觉得接下来的这组灯是我们的骄傲，“神州七号灯”。飞船上的三位宇航员：翟志刚、景海鹏、刘伯明，他们身穿宇航服，威风凛凛。妈妈对我说：“他们真是当今科技的先行者呀！”

还有一组灯是“牛郎织女灯”，牛郎挑着他们的一对儿女，他俩在喜鹊搭成的桥上，互相倾诉着惜别之情。多么逼真，多么感人的画面啊！

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。

dear mr __，

尊敬的__先生:

thank you very much for the interview yesterday。 i learned a great deal

about your pany， its major projects， and its ambitious plans for future

development in shenzhen。

十分感谢您昨日的面试。我了解到许多有关贵公司的状况，它的主要产品以及未来在深圳的宏大发展计划。

i believe i am fully qualified for the work you described。 my e__perience

with __ corporation is directly related to the work you are offering。 also， my

academic background and the training i received as an administrative assistant

provide a strong base for further development。

我自信完全有资格承担您所描述的工作。我在__公司的经验与贵方带给的工作直接相关。而且我的教育背景和所受的行政助理方面的培训，为我带给了进一步发展的坚实基础。

thanks again for the interview。 i look forward to hearing from you

soon。

再次感谢您的面试。期望尽早得到您的消息。

sincerely yours，

__x

小学一年级英语作文：A clever monkey

A little monkey picks up a pumpkin and wants to take it home.But the pumpkin is toobig.The monkey cant take it home.

Suddenly he sees a panda riding a bike towards him. He watches the bike. l have a good idea. I can roll the pumpkin. It likes a wheel.

So he rolls the pumpkin to his home. When his mother sees the big pumpkin, she is surprised and says, How can you carry it home? The little monkey answers proudly, l cant lift it, but l can roll it. His mother smiles and says, What a clever boy!

[一年级英文作文：A clever monkey

At Christmas time, I will always bless my classmates who have walked through fifty difficult steps with me. This year I will use this composition as a special gift to express my deep blessing to him.

The past always keeps me fresh. The student is very tall. He always looks serious, but he always smiles on his face when he helps others. We have always been a very good playing partner. Remember, thats my Christmas day in grade two. Its a bit slippery on the ground under the drizzle. When we took turns shooting, I sprained my feet after landing, but I couldnt even stand up. After he saw it, he put down the ball immediately, gently lifted me up, and slowly helped me into the teaching building. From his eyes, I could see a bit of worry. I knew he was worried about whether I could walk up to the four floor classroom.

There are fifty steps to go up to the four floor classroom, because our speed is very slow, so that we just walked to the two floor, and the bell rang. I asked him to go quickly, but he said, "after I leave, how do you get there? Id like to stay. " Looking at his solemn expression, listening to his firm words and feeling his powerful arm, suddenly a warm current came to his heart, and the pain seemed to ease a lot. With his support, one step and one stop, we strolled fifty steps hard. These fifty steps left me with the love of my classmates. This is the special Christmas gift that I got that year!

I switched to school in XX, but I can never forget the story of that Christmas. This years Christmas is coming. Today is drizzle. Im here to bless him and I together to a good middle school, and hope we can play basketball happily together.

正月十五那天，我们一家吃过晚饭，便走出家门来到了金牛广场。随着观灯的人潮，步入了灯的海洋。

哇！节日的广场可真美丽啊!到处挂满了五颜六色的花灯，有挂在高楼上的彩灯，有悬挂在树上的花灯，还有在地面上活动的花灯。你看，金色的长龙直冲云霄，诉说着中国人的崛起；骄傲的孔雀撑起漂亮的羽毛摇头摆尾，向人们炫耀自己的美丽；

可爱的小兔敲锣打鼓，宣告春天已经来到；惟妙惟肖的十二生肖栩栩如生，令人叫绝。让人看的眼花缭乱，目不暇接。抬头仰望花灯，好像一个美丽的花园开放在空中。

在这七彩的童话世界里，人们不再感到寒冷，心中点燃火一般的热情。大大小小花灯、彩灯把广场．街道打扮得异常美丽，我们完全陶醉了。祝愿祖国更加繁荣，明天更美好！