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双语经典谚语

作者：林松娥

　　Actions speak louder than words.
　　事实胜于雄辩。
　　A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever.
　　一本好书，相伴一生。
　　A good fame is better than a good face.
　　美名胜过美貌。
　　A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds.
　　光说空话不做事，犹如花园光长刺。
　　A mother's love never changes.
　　母爱永恒。
　　An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening.
　　一日之计在于晨。
　　A single flower does not make a spring.
　　一花独放不是春，百花齐放春满园。
　　A snow year, a rich year.
　　瑞雪兆丰年。
　　Books and friends should be few but good.
　　读书如交友，应求少而精。
　　Custom makes all things easy.
　　有个好习惯，事事皆不难。
　　Eat to live, but not live to eat.
　　人吃饭是为了活着，但活着不是为了吃饭。
　　He laughs best who laughs last.
　　谁笑到最后，谁笑得最好。
　　It is never too old to learn.
　　活到老，学到老。
　　Knowledge is power.
　　知识就是力量。
　　No cross, no crown.
　　不经历风雨，怎么见彩虹。
　　Time tries all.
　　路遥知马力，日久见人心。
　　Unity is strength.
　　团结就是力量。
　　Where there is a will, there is a way.
　　有志者事竟成。
　　To save time is to lengthen life.
　　节约时间就是延长生命。
　　Speech is silver, silence is gold.
　　能言是银，沉默是金。
　　Promise is debt.
　　一诺千金。
　　
　　【双语幽默】
　　MoneyandFriends
　　
　　A:Which do you find more important, money or friends?
　　B: Friends, of course.
　　A: Why?
　　B: I can always borrow money from friends.
　　
　　钱和朋友
　　甲：你认为钱和朋友哪一个更重要？
　　乙：当然是朋友。
　　甲：为什么？
　　乙：我总可以从朋友那儿借到钱。