1 Publicity attracts friends , prosperity attracts friends, but adversity is the acid test of true friend.
名声能吸引朋友,富贵易交友,但苦难才能考研出真正的朋友。
(acid test本指“严峻的考验”,在此处指“试金石”。
2 It's a long lane that has no turning .
路必有弯(意指“凡事都是有变化的”)
英语中含"It is ... that..."结构的英语谚语为数不少,在翻译成汉语时切不可按现代英语的结构和语法去分析、理解、翻译;
It is a long lane that has no turning. 路必有弯;凡事必有变化.it is ...that 是一种特殊的否定形式。
eg:It is a good horse that never stumbles. 凡马皆有失蹄时;凡人皆有错误;金无足赤,人无完人
4 Then I will follow you , comrade , and be drunken and go to the dogs .
那么我就要跟随你,伙伴,喝得烂醉走向堕落灭亡。
("go to the dogs" ,意思是“江河日下,一蹶不振,毁灭,堕落”)
comrade “同志”。
comrade~“某同志”
8 The French called it“ apple of love , " the Germans "the apple of paradise.
在法国,番茄被称为“爱情果”,德国称之为“苹果的天堂”。
apple of love 番茄的别称
9 If you don't slow down to do things you enjoy, you can easily descend into
a state of exhaustion and depression.
如果你不放慢速度做些你喜欢的事情,你会很容易就落入一种疲惫沮丧的状态中。
10 More often than not it is these moments that separate the victors from the rest – because they never despair, and press on when others fade.
往往就是这些时刻将成功者与其他人区分开来——因为成功者从不绝望,会在他人放弃时选择坚持下去
11 The reward money does not matter much to me - though it is sizeable - but being the one to get credit for solving the mystery…that's what drives me on.
奖赏的金钱对我来说并不重要——尽管它是很大一笔数目——而是解决秘密事件所获得的名誉……它们驱使着我。
get credit for 因。
受到好评,隔天credit for sth 赊东西
12 Your languages will stand you in good stead when it comes to finding a job 你精通几种语言,,找工作时就会显出优势
stand sb in good stead (需要时)对某人有用,对某人有利
13 Stillness has the opposite effect. It slows the world down, allows us tofocus, gives us time for contemplation, for what matters most.
宁静却有着相反的作用,它使世界慢了下来,允许我们集中注意,给我们时间去沉思什么是最要紧的
14 His hostility to the woman found vent in a sharp remark
他用尖刻的话语发泄对那个女人的敌意。
15.皱眉
brow=eyebrow眉,眉毛(常用pl);额头;顶部.frown n,vi,vt.皱眉,不同意,不喜欢(on,at) wrinkle .n皱纹。
vt,起皱
He gathered his brows into a frown.
knit one'sbrows
Why are you frown?
16 Perhaps anger had clouded his vision, perhaps his judgment had been faulty. 也许怒火蒙蔽了他的眼睛,也许他的判断有误。
clound vt.蒙蔽,使不快,起雾 n.云,(烟尘)团(a clound of)
17In desperation, Mrs. Jones submitted to an operation on her right knee to relieve the pain.
绝望中,琼斯夫人不得已接受了一次她右膝的手术以减轻疼痛
submit.vt.屈从,服从,提交。
n. submission。