历年专八作文（共5篇）
篇1：历年专八作文
What emerges into our sights is a familiar yet far-reaching picture that there are a wide range of reality shows in front of a middle-aged man who, half lying on the sofa, is swinging a remote device in his hand with a confused face, wondering which one is the best to choose.
The meaning revealed by the picture is that reality shows have hit into our common cultural market. On the one hand, not only does this sort of consumer culture drives the improvement of cultural industry, but also it exerts a strong influence on our daily life, such as being informed of local customs and folklore from place to place, relieving the pressure derived from our working class’ regular work and so on. On the other hand, it is the wide spread of this form of entertainment that makes it difficult to present the real, cultural contents but only stays in the half-hearted nature. What’s worse, what the increasing imitative behaviors brings about, to a new high, is the national over-consumption.
As for me, the type of reality shows is a special product of the economic and social development that produces more benefits but less adverse impact. However, it is imperative for us, common people, to take a rational yet responsible attitude to the life we lead, especially the kind of activity we are obsessed with.
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篇2：历年专八作文
Do It, but with Love and Sincerity
The year witness target=_blank class=infotextkey>witnessed the birth and boom of an activity online and offline both at home and abroad: the ice bucket challenge. Originally designed to attract public attention to the disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), the practice has aroused a heated debate during its development. There exist opposing views on this matter. Proponents, represented by the ALS Association, claim that it is beneficial and praiseworthy, for it substantially increased donations for sufferers of the disease. Opponents, however, argue that it wastes water, does harm to one’s body and risks becoming a form of entertainment or commercial advertisement.
Personally, I deem that both sides have an element of truth in their arguments and the issue should not be addressed in a simple and crude way.
On the one hand, no one can deny the fact that the practice has benefited patients of ALS. Many people have not only donated money but also begun to learn about the disease and pay more attention to it.
On the other hand, however, the activity does seem to have deviated from its original purpose. As we have heeded, quite a number of the attendants got involved to attract eyeballs to themselves, rather than the disease. Most remain ignorant about the disease though bombarded by pictures of celebrities soaked in iced water that went viral online.
In the final analysis, I should say that the activity is a two-edged sword. But we should not give up eating for fear of being choked. The best policy, as I see it, is to take measures to avoid the harm done by it. For instance, a campaign should be launched at the same time to provide people with more knowledge about the disease, and encourage them to help those in need with love and integrity. Besides, the activity can well take a different form in drought-stricken regions.
例文二:
Problems Created by the opulatton Explosion
This sudden increase in the population of the developing countries has come at a difficult time. Even if their population had not grown so fast they would have been facing a desperate struggle to bring the standard of living of their people up to the point at which there was enough food, housing, education, medical care and employment for everyone to have a reasonable life.The poor countries are having to run faster and faster in their economic activity in order to stay in the same place, and the gap in wealth between rich and poor countries grows wider every year.
The most pressing problem created by the rapid increase in population is a shortage of food. More mouths have to be fed every year and yet a high proportion of the existing population are not getting enough of the right kind of food. Over the past two years the total amount of food has decreased, and of course the total amount of food per person has decreased even more sharply.
More and more of the babies born in developing countries have been surviving infancy, and now nearly half the people living in those countries are under the age of 15. The adults have to work harder than ever to provide for the needs of the children,who cannot contribute to the economy until they are older. There is a shortage of schools and teachers, and there are not enough hospitals, doctors and nurses. Farming land is becoming scarce,so country people are moving to the towns and cities in the hope of finding a better standard of living. But the cities have not been able to provide housing, and the newcomers live in crowded slums.Finally, there are too few jobs, and unemployment leads to further poverty.
例文三：
In a frantic society where efficiency is put great emphasis on, maybe it is high time we should take a breath and think about the bad consequences brought about by the head-spinning life. In the following excerpts, the author presents his opinion on the slow lifestyle versus the fast one. Read the excerpts carefully and write your response in about 300 words, in which you should:1.summarize briefly the author’s opinion;2. give your comment. Marks will be awarded for content relevance, content sufficiency, organization and language quality. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marks.
Fast-free Living What Americans would do if they were serious about stopping to smell the flowers? Is the American lifestyle slowing down, in a response to national trauma and the onset of war? Judging from commentaries by cultural analysts and newspaper columnists, the answer is yes.
A Boston Globe editorial looked back on a hard year: “But it brought growth, too, and a deeper understanding of just how fragile life is, and how what we often take for granted―the kiss goodbye in the morning, the chat with a friend, the Saturday soccer game―is what matters most.” An observation from The Washington Post: “People seem to walk more slowly. They are off their brisk, self-important stride... Motorists are driving better. They lay off their horns. They don’t jump lights.” From The Dallas Morning News: “Americans are experiencing a sort of ‘cocooning of the heart’, cultural experts say. They’re using this time to reconnect with their families and friends.”
If Americans really were beginning to slow down, the contemporary simplicity movement would not be adding another meeting or two a month to our schedules. The antidote to a frenetic work life wouldn’t be something called “power leisure”.
The celebration of the new slowness may not reflect reality, but it surely does reflect some degree of yearning. Yet there may be a few bold steps we should take to get us on the path to fast-free living.
Backpacks. The task of slowing the country down must begin with efforts aimed at prevention. It should begin early, as an inspection of any schoolchild’s backpack will reveal. These encumbrances typically have a capacity of one and a half cubic feet and hold loads of forty pounds. The contents, unpacked and spread out like a GI’s battle kit, represent hyper-achievement in microcosm. A simple yet revolutionary reform would be to decree that the capacity of school backpacks be reduced by two thirds.
Drive-thru windows. The whole point of these amenities is speed, and without intervention drive-thru service will only get faster. According to The Futurist, McDonald’s will soon introduce e-mail billing at some of its drive-thru facilities in southern California. Other chains are experimenting with an E-Z Pass system, similar to the one used for bridge and highway tolls; a transponder in the car would permit purchases to be deducted automatically from prepaid accounts.
Electric light. Another issue related to biorhythms is the seemingly inexorable drift toward a 24/7 economy. The rule of thumb is that if anything can be done twenty-four hours a day, it will be; daycare centers and dentists’ offices are now open at midnight. Almost by definition, the maintenance of basic diurnal rhythms is essential to a humane way of life. Political arithmetic may forever doom a significant rise in the gasoline tax, but what about levying a ten-cent-a-watt tax on light bulbs? One happy consequence might be a shift back to daytime baseball.
Computer keyboards. Yes, computers have made many aspects of modern life more tolerable, enabling stupendous feats of calculation, storage, and management. But they are also an attractive nuisance, putting unimaginable amounts of sheer capability―to buy, to pry, to surf, to meddle―into the hands of people unaccustomed to its wise use. One way would be to decide that every computer must have two separate keyboards―one with all the vowels and the other with the consonants.
The measures outlined above would be a start. Should more impetus be needed, we could ban cup holders from cars, demand that breaking news be delivered only by mail, and add a ball and a strike to the standard at-bat. If Americans intend to take slowness seriously, they need to start picking up the pace.
篇3：历年专八作文
名词化是一种惯用的词汇语法现象, 长期以来受到语言研究的关注。结构主义语言学、转换生成语法、系统功能语法以及认知语言学等都对语言的名词化现象进行了较为深入的理论探讨。 (刘国辉、刘建茹, 2004) 国内一些学者开展了实证研究, 探讨名物化在语体中的作用, 结果发现, 名词化是语言使用者做出的一种语法选择, 文体的变异与名物化的分布有密切的关系, 语体越正式, 其名物化程度就越高。 (霍红、刘淑范, 2009) 本文通过统计分析专八英语写作中优秀作文与中档作文名词化使用差异, 来探讨名词化与写作分数的影响, 以期对专八写作提供启示和反馈。
2 名词化的分类
本文借助王立非、刘英杰 (2011) 提出的名词化整合性分类, 搜索了英语专业学生写作中的词性类别与句法结构, 将名词化分为词汇名词化和句法名词化两类。词汇名化包括动词名化、形容词名化, 词汇名化在同一语言层面内部发生转类;句法名化包括V-ing结构、to不定式结构和小句三类。
3 名词化与专业英语八级写作
3.1 专八写作评分中有关语言表达的评分标准
根据2007年修订的《高校英语专业八级考试大纲》对写作部分简短明确的规定:“学生应能根据所给题目及要求撰写一篇400词左右的说明文或议论文。该作文必须语言通顺, 用词得体, 结构合理, 文体恰当, 具有说服力。”该规定清楚地说明专八写作考查的重点是考生的英语语言水平。再加上其写作体裁弹性不大, 多以说明文和议论文为主, 考生很难在内容和结构上有出众之处, 因此优秀作文与中档作文的分水岭最终在语言表达上。
3.2 名词化使用与专八评分标准
下面的例句来自随机抽取的一份中档作文 (得分为13分) :
When I left home for school, my parents stayed behind and after this I felt very isolated and I really missed them and I made a series of personages to show how I felt.
很显然, 考生的这句话是由多个and连接的小句组成的, 句子表达臃肿, 且很难显示句子中的逻辑关系, 这样就造成了严重的口语化倾向, 从评分的角度看, 不符合优秀作文规定的逻辑性和得体性。如果把语句变成名词化的表达方式, 即把句子中的动词如left、miss、made和felt名词化, 把形容词isolated名词化后, 变成“The earliest serried of personages articulate my intense feeling of loss and isolation from my parents who remained at home after my departure.”通过名词化的过程, 使得个小句之间存在着一种因果关系, 更富有逻辑性。因此可以得知, 写作中名词化的使用可以有助于考生的作文达到优秀的标准。
4 研究方法
鉴于针对英语名词化在专八作文中的实证研究较少, 为了尝试研究这一现象, 笔者以2008年~2010年英语专八写作的评分样卷共为语料, 共计17篇。其中界定17~20分的作文为优秀作文, 13~16分的作文为中档作文。评分样卷是每次专八写作正式阅卷之前, 阅卷组从考卷中挑出的几篇代表各个水平的典型试卷, 供阅卷人员参考, 是评分标准的最佳体现, 因此保证了语料的代表性。另外, 此次研究以王立非、刘英杰 (2011) 提出的整合性分类为标准 (见表1, 表2) 。利用搜索工具Ultra Edit-32以及Excel 2003对专八写作语料库进行量化分析及对比分析。
5 数据统计与分析
5.1 优秀作文与中档作文名词化使用分布对比
通过对18篇优秀作文和中档作文中名词化的使用情况进行分析。统计出学生作文中名词化使用的分布情况, 如表1所示:
通过上表的分析, 可以得出两点: (1) 优秀作文中名词化的使用数量大于中档作文中名词化使用数量, 这说明优秀作文的学生比中档作文的学生更注重写作时对名词化的应用, 而后者对名词化的使用意识薄弱, 还不能熟练地将其应用到作文中。 (2) 优秀与中档作文在词汇名词化使用上的差距要大于句法名词化使用上的差距, 这说明优秀作文的学生在写作时由于掌握了更多丰富的词汇量和词汇变形, 因此更加注重词汇使用的简洁性、逻辑性, 力求在语言表达上寻求亮点, 而在句法名词化使用上, 两类学生由于对句字语法的掌握程度大体相同, 因而在句法名词化使用上无明显差异。
5.2 名词化的具体使用分析
5.2.1 从词汇名词化的分类角度分别对所选的8份优秀作文与8份中档作文进行对比分析, 如表2所示:
通过对表2的分析, 可以从词汇名词化使用角度分别看出优秀作文的写作特点: (1) 从总体水平看, 优秀作文的学生可以高频率地运用各类名词化, 而中档作文的学生对名词化使用欠缺; (2) 动词名词化派生型在两类作文中比例最多, 形容词名词化派生型次之, 说明这两种名词化的使用是高分学生专八写作中常用技巧, 不过这两种类型的名词化在两类作文分布还是有一定的差距, 表现为, 动词名词化派生在两类作文中的使用差距较为明显。
5.2.2 从句法名词化的分类角度分别对所选的8份优秀作文与8份中档作文进行对比分析, 如表3所示:
通过对表3的分析, 可以得出以下结论:从总体水平看, 优秀作文的学生句法名词化使用在数量上要大于中档作文的学生, 而且在各类名词化的使用上更加灵活, 中档作文的学生较集中在to-不定式名词化和That从句这两种类型。可见优秀作文灵活的运用各类名词化结构, 体现了考生对语言运用的熟练程度, 而且更容易在专八考试中取得高分。
6结语
名词化现象是英语书面语的一个主要特征, 通过研究英语专业八级优秀作文与中档作文名词化的使用分布情况, 发现优秀作文使用名词化的数量远大于中档作文, 而且分数高的学生能更自由、准确地使用英语名词化。虽然名词化的使用未必是学生取得专八写作高分的唯一因素, 但是善于运用名词化, 对提高英语专八写作分数确实有一定的帮助。
摘要：名词化是书面语写作中常见的词汇语法资源, 本文借助小型语料库分析专业英语八级写作中优秀作文与中档作文名词化的使用分布情况、频率, 旨在说明名词化使用对专八写作分数有积极影响。
关键词：名词化,英语写作,专八,写作分数
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篇4：专八作文
The important role of a city’s local conditions in the urban design
Recently there is a hot debate on a report that a foreign design company invited by a little-known mountainous area in Guiyang provided a design without paying too much attention to the city’s unique characteristics.Some people appreciate the bold innovation of the design but others do not like it.In my opinion, any urban design should take the city’s original cultural heritage into account.The designers should suit their design to local conditions and try to take advantage of the local resources.<题目改写>
First, a city’s regional characteristics or local cultural heritage are its symbol, its identity.In a mountainous area, too many unconventional, super-futuristic buildings will not be compatible with the city’s landscapes.Without these landscapes, it is just another so called modern city composed of concrete and steel.Take Beijing for example.In the past few years, Beijing has been removing a large number of such alleys traditionally called hutong, in order to make it become a real international city.But without these hutongs can this city still be called Beijing, an ancient capital? The disappearance of hutongs means the disappearance of a period of history, a cordial lifestyle, and even the disappearance of Beijing itself.Then Beijing will lose its uniqueness.<总分；举例>
Second, it can help a city save a lot of money by suiting the design to local conditions and try to take advantage of the local resources.This is especially important to small cities, like this one in a mountainous area near Guiyang.We all know Guiyang is a developing city, not very rich.Unconventional, super-futuristic buildings mean large need of money input.Then more burdens may be added to this city, which will run counter to the city’s original purpose of developing itself.Instead, if connections between a city’s culture and the various urban sectors, including housing, infrastructure and governance, are well made, the maximum economic benefits will be achieved.<总分；分析题目现状>
Besides, the modernization should be a gradual process.More haste, less speed.Nonetheless, it should not be overlooked that the shortcomings of futuristic-style constructing outweigh its advantages brought.In conclusion, any urban design should take the city’s original cultural heritage into account.The designers should suit their design to local conditions and try to take advantage of the local resources.A scientific city design should be dependent on the city’s regional characteristics, on a case-by-case basis.Maybe We Have a Better Idea
Few things can add as much colors to the regional features of a city as the look of its CBD.Hence, we know Manhattan of Big Apple, Pudong of Shanghai.Indeed, they are the most typical sights projecting a skyline of a modern city.However, should a CBD in the world look all like? Who told us it should solely be made up of unconventional, super-futuristic buildings? And should they stand out from their surroundings? Answers to these questions are universally and unequivocally No.A CBD is not a detached but integral part of a city.To prevent it from being too extreme or monstrous, it supposedly goes with the general style of the rest parts of the city.In the past, we Chinese have learnt so many hard and painful lessons.We could have had a Beijing with more Chinese traditional characteristics, more valuable cultural heritage preserved and above all more integral and harmonious Tian An-men Square to present to the world.If our grand fathers had been more willing to listen to the advice of some personages, mankind could have known another Paris of a totally different style in the world.Secondly, with more and more mortals being aware of the value of eco-friendliness, those unconventional, super-futuristic buildings made especially of steel, concrete structures and other eco-unfriendly materials are being increasingly questioned, suspected and forsaken.A China southern city like GY should, perhaps, model its CBD on that of Davos rather than New York or Shanghai.Instead of erecting skyscrapers and towers, GY ought to make its CBD delicate and pleasing, offering bankers and businessmen from across the world comfortable and cozy offices.Finally, a trend that has caught on since some time ago is that regional is international.The world is world nowhere because of its unity and sameness but because of its diversity and variety.To add her own measure of colors to the world, CBD in GY should be local, regional and reflecting the distinctive features of the city.Just a look would give one familiar with her an intimacy “That’s GY all over!” The day when such a CBD is completed, she can be a resort of another sort riveting people all over the world doing business in the area while enjoying her beauty and warm comfort.Therefore, the municipal and city-developers ought to give it a serious thought before turning whatever foreign design company’s blue print to concrete and steel.Maybe we can come up with a better idea – a new type of CBD, eco-friendly, amiable and economical, might set a new precedent!
篇5：专八作文谚语名言
2.A bad bush is better than the open field.有胜于无。
3.A bad compromise is better than a good lawsuit.吃亏的和解也比胜诉强。
4.A bad conscience is a snake in one’s heart.做贼心虚。
5.A bad custom is like a good cake, better broken than kept.坏习惯像鲜馅饼，分食要比保存好。
6.A bad padlock invites a picklock.开门揖盗。
8.A bad thing never dies.坏事传千年。
9.A bad workman quarrels with his tools.拙匠常怨工具差(人笨怨刀钝)。
10.A bargain is a bargain.达成的协议不可撕毁。
11.A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.双鸟在林不如一鸟在手。
12.A beggar’s purse is bottomless.乞丐的钱袋是无底洞。
13.A bird is known by its note, and a man by his talk.闻其歌知其鸟，听其言知其人。
14.A bird may be known by its song.什么鸟唱什么歌。
15.A bit in the morning is better than nothing all day.略有胜于全无。
16.A blind man who leans against a wall imagines that it’s the boundary of the world.坐井观天。
17.A blind man will not thank you for a looking-glass.秋波送盲，白费痴情。
18.A book is the same today as it always was and it will never change.一本好书今天如此，将来也如此，永不改变。
19.A book that remains shut is but a block.有书闭卷不阅读，无异是一块木头。
20.A borrowed cloak does not keep one warm.借来的斗篷不暖身。
21.Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it.相聚爱益切，离别情更深。
22.A burden of one’s choice is not felt.自己选的担子不嫌重。
23.A burnt child dreads the fire.一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳。
24.A candle lights others and consumes itself.蜡烛焚自身，光亮照别人。
25.A cat may look at a king.猫也有权晋见国王。
26.A cat has nine lives.猫有九条命。
27.Accidents will happen.天有不测风云。
28.A chain is no stronger than its weakest link.链条的坚固程度取决于它最薄弱的环节。
29.A change of work is as good as a rest.调换一下工作是很好的休息。
30.A cheerful wife is the joy of life.快乐的妻子是生活的乐事
真理与奋斗
1.The greatest friend of truth is time, her greatest enemy is prejudice, and her constant company is humility.真理最好的朋友是时间, 最大的敌人是偏见, 永恒的伴侣是谦逊。
-----Colton 科尔顿
2.Craft must have clothes, but truth loves to go naked.诡计定然披着外衣, 真理确不爱装饰。
3.Actions speak louder than words.行动胜于言辞。
4.Truth may be blamed, but shall never be shamed.真理可能会被责难, 但决不会受羞辱。
5.None so blind as they who will not see.不愿正视事实的人是瞎而又瞎的。
6.It is but a step from the sublime to the ridiculous.从崇高到荒谬只有一步之差。
-----Napoleon 拿破仑
7.Two wrongs do not make a right.两个错误, 加不出一个正确./用错误改正不了错误。
8.It is easier to fight for principles than to live up to them.为原则而斗争容易, 按原则的要求活着难。
-----A.E.Stevenson史蒂文森
9.Is life so dear, or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery?
难道生命是如此珍贵, 和平是如此甜美, 以致于不惜为此戴锁链, 当奴隶吗?
-----P.Henry亨利
10.There is nothing permanent except change.唯有变化才是永恒的。
-----Heracleitus 赫拉克利特
11.All things are difficult before they are easy.凡事皆先难后易。
12.Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must undergo the fatigue of supporting it.想要收获自由之果的人, 必须承受维护自由的劳苦。
----T.Paine 潘恩
13.You never know what you can do till you try.不尝试就不知道你能做什么。
14.Better to light one candle than to curse the darkness.与其诅咒黑暗, 不如燃起蜡烛。
-----Strong 斯特朗
15.Success belongs to the persevering.成功属于不屈不挠的人。
16.Failure is the mother of success.失败乃成功之母。
17.Constant dropping wears away a stone.滴水可以穿石。
友谊与团结
1.To find friendship offer friendship.以友谊换友谊。
2.True friendship lasts forever.真正的友谊恒久不变。
3.Friendship is like wine---the older the better.友谊像美酒, 越陈越醇厚。
4.Fire is the test of gold, adversity of friendship.烈火试真金, 苦难试友情。
5.Life without a friend is death without a witness.没有朋友的生活等于孤独一人死去。
6.A man is known by the company he keeps.从其交友知其为人。
7.Write down the advice of him who loves you, though you like it not at present.忠言虽难听, 必须记在心。
8.All are not friends that speak us fair.当面说好话的并不都是朋友。
9.The man who agrees with everybody is not worth having anybody agree with him.同意所有人的意见的人,不配得到任何人的同意。
-----H.J.Palmerston 帕默斯顿
10.Friends that desert us in the hour of need are friends in name, not in reality.在困难时刻背弃我们的是有名无实的朋友。
11.Friendship is to be strengthened by truth and devotion.友谊要以真实和忠诚来巩固。
12.A little help is worth a deal of pity.一点帮助胜于一车同情。
13.Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing.选择朋友要慢, 换朋友更要慢。
-----Franklin 富兰克林
14.A real friend never gets in your way, unless you happen to be on the way down.真正的朋友决不会挡住你的去路, 除非你在走下坡路时。
15.Joys shared with others are more enjoyed.与众同乐, 其乐更乐。
16.It’s good to have money to buy things that money can buy, but it’s better not to lose things money cannot buy.有钱去买能买得到的东西当然不错, 但不丢失用钱买不到的东西更好。
-----G.H.Lorimer 洛里默(美国记者)
17.We shall never have friends if we expect to find them without fault.指望朋友没有缺点, 就永远不会有朋友。
18.Birds of a feather flock together.物以类聚, 人以群分。
19.He that plants trees loves others besides himself.植树的人, 不但爱己, 而且爱人。
20.United we stand, divided we fall.团结则存, 分裂则亡。
品德与修养
1.Virtue never grows old.美德不会衰老。
2.Nurture passes nature.教养胜过天性。
3.Personality is to man what perfume is to a flower.人的品格, 犹如花的香味。
4.He who would climb the ladder must begin at the bottom.欲登高梯必自平地始。
5.He is only bright that shines by himself.真正的漂亮靠自身的光彩。
6.Ambition is the germ from which all growth of nobleness proceeds.抱负是一切高尚操行的萌芽。
7.Honesty is the best policy.诚实为上策。
8.Correct the mistakes if you have committed them, and avoid them if you have not.有则改之, 无则加勉。
9.Speech is silver, silence is gold.雄辩如银, 沉默如金。
10.They are fools who adulate every decision of their leaders.对领导的每个决定一味奉承的人是蠢材。
11.An optimist sees the rose;a pessimist the thorn.乐观的人看到玫瑰，悲观的人只看到它的刺。
12.Do not do to others what you would not have them do to you.己所不欲, 勿施于人。
13.To err is human.To forgive, divine.有过失是人之常情。能原谅别人, 才是超越常人。
14.Modesty helps one progress;conceit makes one lag behind.谦虚使人进步, 骄傲使人落后。
15.Let bygones be bygones.既往不咎。
16.Every medal has two sides.每个勋章都有两面。/ 每个问题都有正反两面。
17.Call a spade a spade.是啥说啥, 难听不怕。
18.It is the careless man that will suffer;never will the prudent man fall into a trap.只有大意吃亏, 没有小心上当。
19.The overturned cart ahead is a warning to the carts behind.前车之覆, 后车之鉴。
20.Without modesty beauty is ungraceful and wit detestable.没有谦虚, 美丽就不端庄, 机智也讨人嫌
时间与青春
1.Time is the father of truth.时间是真理之父。
2.Time and tide wait for no man.时光如逝水,岁月不待人。
3.As every thread of gold is valuable, so every moment of time.一寸光阴一寸金。
4.An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening.一日之计在于晨。
5.Time dresses the greatest wounds.时间能愈合最大的创伤。
6.To save time is to lengthen life.节省时间就是延长生命。
7.If you want your dreams to come true, don’t sleep.要想梦成真, 少睡多用心。
8.Punctuality is the politeness of kings.守时是最大的礼貌。
9.Make hay while the sun shines.趁着大晴天, 赶紧晒饲草。
10.Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.今日事今日毕./勿将今事待明日。
11.No hand can make the clock strike for me the hours that are passed.光阴如流水, 一去不复返。
12.Seize the day, for fleeting youth never returns.光阴勿虚度, 青春不再来。
13.I cannot afford to waste my time making money.我浪费不起时间去赚钱。
14.Those that make the best use of their time have none to spare.充分利用时间的人不会有余暇。
15.What I do today is important because I am exchanging a day of my life for it.我今天做的事情很重要, 因为我为它付了一天的代价。
16.Every flow has its ebb.潮有涨落日, 人有盛衰时。
17.A day is a miniature of eternity.一天是永恒的缩影。
18.Youth and white paper take any impression.青年犹如白纸, 可以打上任何印记。
19.Age is a matter of feeling, not of years.年纪只是感觉如何的问题, 而不是年岁的问题。
学习与工作
1.One is never too old to learn.人有老的时候, 没有老得不能学的时候。
2.Cleverness does not take the place of knowledge.聪明不能代替知识。
3.A wise man is never less alone than when alone.智者独处不寂寞。
4.Books are the ever-burning lamps of accumulated wisdom.好书乃积累智慧之长明灯。
5.That is a good book which is opened with expectation and closed with profit.好书使人开卷有所求, 闭卷有所获。
6.No entertainment is so cheap as reading nor any pleasure so lasting.没有比读书更便宜的娱乐, 也没有比读书更持久的欢乐。
7.A man who knows two languages is worth two men.懂得两种语言的人抵得上两个人。
8.Wisdom is to the mind what health is to the body.智慧之于头脑, 犹如健康之于躯体。
9.Reading makes a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man.阅读使人渊博, 会谈使人机敏, 写作使人严谨。
10.Histories make men wise;poets witty;the mathematics subtle;natural philosophy deep;moral grave;logic and rhetoric able to contend.读史使人明智, 读诗使人灵秀, 数学使人周密, 科学使人深刻, 伦理学使人庄重, 逻辑修辞学使人善辩。
11.Bread nourishes the body, and books enrich the mind.面包滋养身体, 书本充实头脑。
12.The more we study, the more we discover our ignorance.读书越多, 越感到学识不足。
13.A book that is shut is but a block.有书不读如藏木
14.All readers can be divided into two classes: those who read to remember and those who read to forget.所有的读者都可以分为两类: 有人为了记住而读, 有人为了忘却而读。
15.There is a great deal of difference between an eager man who wants to read a book and the tired man who wants a book to read.一个渴望读书的人和一个累了想找本书看的人是大不相同的.16.The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest men of past centuries.阅读好书, 就好比是同过去多少世纪最