几则英语小笑话和一些英文谚语要翻译成中文

几则英语小笑话和一些英文谚语要翻译成中文
几则英语小笑话和一些英文谚语
要翻译成中文

几则英语小笑话和一些英文谚语要翻译成中文
1. Virtue
Many years after receiving my graduate degree, I returned to the State University of New York at Binghamton as a faculty member. One day in a crowded elevator, someone remarked on its inefficiency. I said the elevators had not changed in the 20 years since I began there as a student.
When the door finally opened, I felt a compassionate pat on my back, and turned to see an elderly nun smiling at me. "You'll get that degree, dear," she whispered. "Perseverance is a virtue."
美 德
获取研究生学位多年以后,我回到位于宾翰顿的纽约州立大学当教员.一天,电梯里很拥挤,有人抱怨电梯效率太低.我说自我在那里当学生起,20年来电梯一直没有换过.
最后当电梯门打开时,我感到有人在我的背上同情地拍了一下,回过头来我看到一位年长的修女正在朝我微笑.“你会拿到学位的,亲爱的,”她低声说道：“坚持不懈是一种美德.”
2. Difference
"I can always tell a graduate class from an undergraduate class," observed the instructor in one of my graduate engineering courses at California State University in Los Angeles. "When I say, 'Good afternoon,' the undergraduates respond, 'Good afternoon." But the graduate students just write it down."
区 别
“研究生班和本科生很容易就能区别开来,”在洛杉矶加利福利亚州立大学给我们研究生上工程学课的老师如此说.“我说‘下午好’,本科生们回答说‘下午好’.研究生们则把我说的话记在笔记本上.”
3.Too Long
The travel editor of a newspaper called, saying she was finally using an article I had written several years earlier. She wanted to be sure the tour information was still correct. "I also wanted to make certain," she sheepishly confessed, "that you're still alive. Whenever the writer has died, I know I've held a story too long."
太久
一家报纸的旅行版编辑打开电话,说她终于决定要采用一篇我几年前写的文章.她想确定那旅游信息是否还可靠.“我还想确定,”她怯怯地坦白道：“您是否还健在.每次发现作者已经不在人世了,我才知道我将文章压得太久了.”
4.Charge for Bread and Butter
Some years ago, my dad, an attorney, took me to a fancy restaurant in Now York City. When the bill arrived, there was a $1.50 charge for bread and butter. Dad paid the bill, including the charge for bread and butter. However, the next day, he sent a letter to the resturant stating that the charge was uncalled for. Enclosed in the same envelope was a bill for $500 in legal services.
Someone from the restaurant called immediately and asked, "What is this $500 bill for? We never ordered any legal services."
Dad replied, "I never ordered any bread and butter."
The $1.50 was returned without delay.
面包和黄油费
几年前,我当律师的爸爸带我去纽约的一家高档餐馆.帐单上来时,上面有1.5美元的面包和黄油费.爸爸付了帐,连同面包和黄油的收费一齐付了.但是第二天,他给餐馆寄了一封信,说那项收费是没有道理的.随信还寄上了一张500美元的法律服务机构的收费单.
餐馆马上打来电话,问道：“这500美元的收费单是怎么回事?我们从来没有要什么法律机构的服务.”
爸爸答道,“我也从来没有要什么面包和黄油.”
那1.5美元立即就寄了回来.
5. Sleeping Pills
Bob was having trouble getting to sleep at night. He went to see his doctor, who prescribed some extra-strong sleeping pills.
Sunday night Bob took the pills, slept well and was awake before he heard the alarm. He took his time getting to the office, strolled in and said to his boss: "I didn't have a bit of trouble getting up this morning."
"That's fine," roared the boss, "but where were you Monday and Tuesday?"
安眠药
鲍勃晚上失眠.他去看医生,医生给他开了一些强力安眠药.
星期天晚上鲍勃吃了药,睡得很好,在闹钟响之前就醒了过来.他到了办公室,遛达进去,对老板说：“我今天早上起床一点麻烦都没有.”
“好啊!”老板吼道,“那你星期一和星期二到哪儿去了?”
英文谚语大全
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Each bird loves to hear himself sing. 鸟儿都爱听自己唱歌.
Each day brings its own bread. 天无绝人之路.
Each man is the architect of his own fate. 命运掌握在自己手中.
Eagles catch no flies. 大人物不计较小事情.
Eagles fly alone, but sheep flock together. 鹰单飞,羊群集.
Early mistakes are the seeds of future trouble. 早期的错误可以酿成日后的麻烦.
Early sow, early mow. 播种早的收获早.
Early start makes easy stages. 早开始是成功的保证.
Early to bed and early to rise make a man healthy, wealthy and wise. 早睡早起,令人健康、富有而且聪明.
Early wed, early dead. 早婚早夭.
Easier said than done. 说话容易做事难.
East or west, home is best. 在家千日好,出门时时难.
Easy come, easy go. 易得易失.
Eat at pleasure, drink with measure. 随意吃饭,适度饮酒.
Eat one's cake and have it. 又要马儿好,又要马儿不吃草.
Eat to live, but not live to eat. 吃饭是为了生存,但生存不是为了吃饭.
Eat to please thyself, but dress to please others. 吃是使自己受用,穿是使别人受用.
Education begins a gentleman, conversation completes him. 人的教养始于教育,成于社交.
Education has for its object the formation of character. 教育的目的在于培养品德.
Elbow grease gives the best polish. 只要功夫深,铁杵磨成针.
Empty vessels make the greatest sound. 空桶响声大.
Enough is as good as a feast. 知足常乐.
Envy assails the noblest, the winds howl around the highest peak. 高位遭人妒,高峰招风吹.
Equivocation is first cousin to a lie. 支支吾吾,其言必诈.
Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow; he who would search for pearls must dive below. 错误像稻草,漂浮在水面.欲觅珍珠者,须往水下潜.
Even Homer sometimes nods. 人非圣贤,孰能无过.
Even the walls have ears. 隔墙有耳.
Every advantage has its disadvantage. 有利必有弊.
Every bean has its black. 人人有其缺点.
Every bird likes its own nest. 人爱其家.
Everybody's business is nobody's business. 人人都管,大家不管.
Every brave man is a man of his word. 勇敢的人都是信守诺言的人.
Every bullet has its billet. 无风不起浪.
Every cloud has a silver lining. 山穷水尽疑无路,柳暗花明又一村.
Every cock crows on its own dunghill. 夜郎自大.
Every cook praises his own broth. 自吹自擂.
Every country has its customs. 乡有乡俗.
Every couple is not a pair. 同床异梦,貌合神离.
Every day is not Sunday. 好景不常在,好花不常开.
Every day of thy life is a leaf in thy history. 生命中的一天就是你历史上的一页.
Every dog has his day. 凡人都有得意之日.
Every dog has his day, and every man his hour. 人人都有得意的日子.
Every dog is a lion at home. 夜郎自大.
Every dog is valiant at his won door. 狗在家门前条条都凶悍.
Every door may be shut but death's door. 除了死门外,每门都可关.
Every extremity is a fault. 万事过分都差误.
Every fool can find faults that wise man cannot remedy. 蠢人也能找出聪明人无法弥补的岔子来的.
Every heart has its own sorrow. 人人都有伤心处.
Every horse thinks his sack heaviest. 每疋马认为自己驮的袋子重.
Every Jack has his Jill. 有情人终成眷属.
Every little makes a mickle. 积少成多.
Every lover sees a thousand graces in the beloved object. 情人眼里出西施.
Every man has a fool in his sleeve. 聪明一世,糊涂一时.
Every man has his faults. 人孰无过.
Every man has his hobby-horse. 人各有所好.
Every man has his liking. 人各有所好.
Every man has his weak side. 人人都有自己的弱点.
Every man is best know to himself. 自己最了解自己.
Every man has the defects of his qualities. 一个人的好品质上也有不足之处.
Every man is the architect of his own fortune. 每个人都是他自己命运的建诛师.
Every man is the master of his own fortune. 每个人都是他自己的命运的主宰.
Every man is the son of his own works. 种瓜得瓜,种豆得豆.
Every man thinks his own geese swans. 每个人都以为自己的东西了不起.
Every medal has its reverse. 事物都有它的反面.
Every mother's child is handsome. 老王卖瓜,自卖自夸.
Everyone is dissatisfied with his own fortune. 人对自己的命运总不感满足.
Every one's faults are not written in their foreheads. 知人知面不知心.
Every pleasure has a pain. 乐中必有苦.
Every potter praises his own pot. 老王卖瓜,自卖自夸.
Every salesman boasts of his own wares. 老王卖瓜,自卖自夸.
Every shoe fits not every foot. 不能以己度人.
Everything comes to him who waits. 安心等待必有好处.
Everything has its seed. 无风不起浪.
Everything has its time and that time must be watched. 任何事情都有好的时机,不要随意放过.
Everything hath an end. 任何事物都有它的结果.
Everything is good in its season. 万物逢时皆美好.
Everything is good when new, but friend when old. 东西新的好,朋友老的好.
Everything is nice in your garden. 老王卖瓜,自卖自夸.
Everything must have a beginning. 凡是都有起源.
Everything new is fine. 新事物总是美好的.
Every tide hath its ebb. 兴盛之日必有衰退之时.
Every tree is known by its own fruit. 观其言行,知其为人.
Every why has a wherefore. 事出有因.
Evil comes to us by ells and goes away by inches. 罪恶来时,尺进寸退.
Evil communications corrupt good manners. 交往恶劣,有损风度.
Evil gotten, evil spent. 悖入悖出.
Example is better than precept. 言教不如身教.
Exchange is no robbery. 公平交易并非强行夺取.
Exercise, temperance, fresh air, and needful rest are the best of all physicians. 锻链、节制、新鲜空气和必要的休息是最好的医生.
Experience is a school from which one can never graduate. 经验无止境.
Experience is the best teacher. 经验是良师.
Experience is the father of wisdom and memory the mother. 经验是知识之父,记忆是知识之母.
Experience is the mother of wisdom. 智慧来自经验.
Experience keeps a dear school, but fools learn in no other. 吃亏学乖代价高,笨汉非此学不好.
Experience keeps no school, she teaches her pupils singly. 亲身经验,才是经验.
Experience must be bought. 若要得经验,必须化代价.
Experience teaches. 经验给人教训.
Experience without learning is better than learning without experience. 有经验而无学问,胜于有学问而无经验.
Extremes are dangerous. 物极必反.
Extremes meet. 否极泰来.
Eye for eye and tooth for tooth. 以牙还牙,以眼还眼.