The three foundations of learning: seeing much, suffering much, and studying much. ( Catherall )
求学的三个基本条件是：多观察，多吃苦，多研究。 （加塞罗尔） 

If you mess up, it's not your parents' fault, so don't whine about our mistakes, learn from them.
如果你陷入困境，那不是你父母的过错，所以不要尖声抱怨我们的错误，要从中吸取教训。

The world won't care about your self-esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish something before you feel good about yourself.
这世界并不会在意你的自尊。这世界指望你在自我感觉良好之前先要有所成就。

The furthest distance in the world is not when plainly can not resist the yearning, yet pretending you have never been in my heart but using one's indifferent heart to dig an uncrossable river for the one who loves you.
世界上最遥远的距离，不是明明无法抵挡这股想念，却还得故意装作丝毫没有把你放在心里，而是用自己冷漠的心对爱你的人掘了一条无法跨越的沟渠。

The furthest distance in the world is not being apart while being in love but when plainly can not resist the yearning yet pretending you have never been in my heart.
世界上最遥远的距离，不是明明知道彼此相爱，却不能在一起，而是明明无法抵挡这想念，却还故意装作丝毫没有把你放在心里。 

It is not enough to be industrious; so are the ants. What are you industrious about. (Thoreau)
光勤劳是不够的，蚂蚁也是勤劳的。要看你为什么要勤劳。（梭罗）

the last thing 表示绝不想做或某人绝不可能做某事
[例]：The last thing I wanted to do was teach.
[例]：She would be the last person who would do such a thing. （摘自王强口语第二册）

Business makes a man as well as tries him
事业既会考验人，也会造就人。（摘自4+1口语词汇）

to hit someone between the eyes
为”to strike someone (metaphorically speaking)”,喻义为“使人忽然了解，使人猛然明白”。
[例]：In a flash the evil intent of the vice-president to usurp power hit the president between the eyes. 

the last thing 表示绝不想做或某人绝不可能做某事
[例]：The last thing I wanted to do was teach.
[例]：She would be the last person who would do such a thing. （摘自王强口语第二册）

dead wrong 完全错了，大错而特错了！
用法completely/ absolutely/very
[例]：You can be dead sure that I won't make the same mistake again.
[例]：This book is dead boring. （摘自王强口语第二册）

stand a chance of doing... 有可能成就某事
[例]：At this point, I'm not exactly sure what I'm going to do. I had been intending to teach. But with the glut on the market, I don't think by the time. I get my B.A. I'll stand much of a chance（有可能受伤）. （摘自王强口语第二册）

Life  is  like  an  onion : You  peel  it  off  one layer  at  a  time ,  and  sometimes  you  weep.
生活就像洋葱头：你只能一层一层地把它剥开，有时你还得流泪。

keep one's eyes on the ball：关注事态的发展
[例]：-We all have to really keep our eyes on the ball in the next month  as we go  through this merger  with  our new  partner company.(摘自王强口语第一册) between a rock and a hard place

in a very difficult position：处于艰难的困境中，举步维艰
[例]：-With all of  my  unpaid bills and my home mortgage to pay every month,  I was  really  between a rock  and a hard place.  No matter how hard I tried to find a job,  companies just weren't hiring new staff. （摘自王强口语第一册）

to give a signal to begin  发出信号
[例]：Margaret,  don't  forget the birthday cake and the drinks and snacks.  And make sure you all hide inside the house,and  then when  I get home,Jennifer  will  say  the word and you can  turn the lights on and scream: "Surprise!" （摘自王强口语第一册）

Hope is itself a species of happiness, and perhaps the chief happiness which this world affords. —— Samuel Johnson
希望本身就是一种幸福，也许还是这个世界提供给我们的最大幸福。——约翰逊 

If we command our wealth, we shall be rich and free, if our wealth commands us, we are poor indeed. —— Edmund Burke
如果我们能支配财富，我们就会变得富裕而自由；如财富支配了我们，我们就会变得贫穷。——E·伯克

From success you get a lot of things, but not that great inside thing that love brings you. —— Sam Goldwyn
从成功中，你可以得到很多东西，但无法得到爱情带给你的那种美妙的内在的东西。—— 山姆·高德温

Finally Indigo spoke: "I am the color of silence. You hardly notice me. I represent thought and reflection, twilight and deep water. You need me for balance and contrast, for prayer and inner peace." 　
最后，靛青说话了：“想想我吧。我是沉默的颜色。你们几乎注意不到我，我代表着思想和反省，代表者黎明的微光和深邃的海水。你们需要我来平衡和比较，来祈祷和获求内心的安宁。” 

Red stand out: "I am blood - life's blood! I am the color of danger and of bravery. I am willing to fight for a cause. I bring fire into the blood. Without me, the earth would be as empty as the moon. I am the color of passion and of love, the red rose, the poinsettia and the poppy."
红色站了出来：我是血液——生命的血液！我是危险和勇敢的颜色。我愿意为了一个目标而斗争。我把烈火带入血液。没有了我，地球会象月亮一样变得空虚。我是激情和爱的颜色，是红玫瑰、猩猩木和罂粟。

I like the subtle longing for a friend, when I sink deeply in a couch, mind wandering in memories of the past.
我喜欢淡淡地思念一个人，静静地将自己包围在沙发之中，任思绪在回忆里飘荡。

We choose our friends by instinct, but we keep them by judgement.—— Alfred Capus
我们选择朋友靠的是本能，而保持友谊靠的是判断。——A·卡普斯 

Dare and the world always yields. If it beats you sometimes, dare it again and again and it will succumb. —— W.M.Thackeray
你勇敢，世界就会让步。如果有时它战胜了你，你要不断地勇敢再勇敢，它就会屈服。—— W.M. 萨克雷

Love is an active power in man, a power which breaks through the walls which separate man from his fellow men, which unites him with others; love makes him overcome the sense of isolation and separateness, yet it permits to be himself, to retain his integrity. ——Erich Fromn
爱是活跃于人心中的一种力量，它冲破人与人之间的隔阂，使我们紧紧相连；它使我们战胜孤独无助，却仍使我们保持自我个性的独立完整。—— 埃立克·弗洛姆

Success can be only one ingredient in happiness, and is too dearly purchased if all the other ingredients have been sacrificed to obtain.——Bertrand Russell
成功只能是幸福的一个因素，如果为了获得成功而牺牲其他幸福的因素，那就未免得不偿失了。—— 罗素 

Never buy what you do not want because it is cheap; it will be dear to you. ——Thomas Jefferson
不要买虽然便宜但你并不需要的东西；因为它对你而言是非常昂贵的。——托马斯·杰弗逊

There's always going to be people that hurt you so what you have to do is keep on trusting and just be more careful about who you trust next time around.
这个世界永远会有一些伤害你的人，你要做的就是继续相信别人，但要对下次你信任的人更加小心。

You shall judge a man by his foes as well as by his friends.—— Joseph Conrad
你可以通过一个人的朋友或他的敌人来判断他的为人。—— 约瑟夫·康拉德

Loveliness, needs not the foreign aid of ornament, but is when unadorned adorned the most.—— James Thompson
可爱，并不需要外来的装饰，天然的可爱远比雕饰的更可爱。 —— J· 汤普森

As selfishness and complaint cloud the mind, so love with its joy clears and sharpens the vision. —— Helen Keller
自私和抱怨使心灵阴暗，愉悦的爱则使视野明朗开阔。 —— 海伦·凯勒 

Like humans, wolves display a variety of temperaments. Their family structure more closely resembles ours. Loyalty and affection toward kin are two of a wolf's more observable characteristics.
就像人类一样，狼也是性情多变的物种。它们的家族结构和人类很相似。对家族的爱和忠诚是他们两大显著的特征。

If a man does not make new acquaintance as he advances through life, he will soon find himself alone.—— Samuel Johnson
如果一个人在一生中不结交新朋友，他很快就会发现自己很孤独。

The profoundest thought or passion sleeps as in a mine until an equal mind and heart finds and publishes it. ( R.W.Emerson )
最深刻的思想或感情就如同地底的矿藏，在等待着同样深沉的头脑与心灵去发现和开采。（R.W.爱默生）

A Utah prairie dog emerges to forage in spring snow. Though not completely dormant during the winter, prairie dogs return to activity and aboveground life in earnest in spring.
一只犹他土拨鼠出现在春雪过后的草料堆上。尽管它们在冬天不是完全冬眠，但土拨鼠要到春天才真正开始它们的陆上活动。