Everyday English

May 2020

Week 22

No pains, no gains.
一分耕耘,一分收获。

You have to believe in yourself. That’s the secret of success.
人必须相信自己,这是成功的秘诀。
– Charles Chaplin

Every man is the master of his own fortune.
每个人都主宰自己的命运。
– Richard Steele

Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear.
勇敢并非没有恐惧,而是克服恐惧,战胜恐惧。
– Mark Twain

Living without an aim is like sailing without a compass.
生活而无目标,犹如航海之无指南针。
– J. Ruskin

A man can be destroyed but not defeated.
人可以别摧毁但不能被打败。
– Ernest Hemingway

It is never too late to give up our prejudices.
抛弃我们的偏见,永远来得及。
– Henry David Thoreau

Week 21

The great end of life is not knowledge but action.
人生的伟大目的不在于知而在于行。
– Thomas Henry Huxley

Never be unduly elated by victory or depressed by defeat.
胜不骄,败不馁。
– Horace Potter

The longest day has an end.
最难过的日子也有尽头。
– Howell

Where there is a will, there is a way.
有志者事竟成。
– Thomas Edison

Life is not all cakes and ale.
人生并非吃喝玩乐。
– Thomas Hughes

Happiness takes no account of time.
幸福年华似流水。
– Jack London

Cease to struggle and you cease to live.
生命不止,奋斗不息。
– Thomas Carlyle

Week 20

I want to do, even if again.
我想做好,就算一次。
– Jane Austin

Art is either plagiarism or revolution.
艺术要么是剽窃,要么是革命。
– Marcel Duchamp

In solitude, be a multitude to yourself.
在孤独中,一个人要像一支队伍。
– Tibullus

The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.
实现明天理想的唯一障碍是今天的疑虑。
– Franklin Roosevelt

The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved.
生活中最大的幸福是坚信有人爱我们。
– Victor Hugo

It is no use doing what you like; you have got to like what you do.
不能爱哪行才干哪行,要干哪行爱那行。
– Winston Churchill

If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?
冬天来了,春天还会远吗?
– P.B. Shelley

Week 19

Mistakes are the portals of discovery.
错误是发现的大门。
– James Joyce

Freedom lies in being bold.
自由源于勇敢。
– Robert Frost, Poet

Your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other one thing.
你自己要成功的决心比其他任何一件事都来得重要。
– Abraham Lincoln, 16th US president

You do not succeed beacause you do not know what you want or you don’t want it intensely enough.
你没有成功因为你不知道想要什么或你想要的还不够强烈。
– Frank Crane, Minister

A clear vision, backed by definite plans, gives you a tremendous feeling of confidence and personal power.
一个清楚的愿景,伴随明确计划的支持,将给你极大的信心及个人力量感。
– Brian Tracy, movtivational coach

Good mngement consists in showing average people how to do the work of superior people.
好的管理主要在于展现一般人如何做杰出人所做的事。
– Jonhn D.Rockefeller, industrialist

I learned that good judgment comes from experience and that experience grows out of mistakes.
我学到好的判断源自于经验,而经验源自于错误。
– Omar Bradley, General

Week 18

Only by coming to grips with difficulty can you realize your full potential.
唯有透过了解及处理困难你才能够发现自己的最大潜能。
– Charles de Gaulle, Statesman

It is literally true that you can succeed best and quickest by helping others to succeed.
帮助别人成功可以使自己成功得最好最快确实是真的。
– Napolean Hill, Motivational writer

You can’t do it unless you can imagine it.
除非你能想象,否则你做不到。
– George Lucas, director