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    1. 求一西谚语

    西谚语:贵族一出生嘴里就含着一把银匙子。

    西谚语:播下龙种,收获跳蚤。

    西谚语:上帝只拯救能够自救的人。

    西谚语:爱与咳嗽,不能容忍。

    西谚语:每个人都是被上帝咬过一口的残缺的苹果。

    西谚语:两个头总比一个好。

    西谚语:自助者,上帝必助之。

    西谚语:彼之珍馐,我之毒药。

    西谚语:天鹅绒手套里面要有铁掌。

    西谚语:要想征服她,先拜倒在她的石榴群下。

    西谚语:你可以把马牵到河边,却无法强迫它喝水。

    西谚语:如果上帝关了你一扇门,那麽,他就一定会为你开启另一扇门。

    西谚语:年轻人犯错误,上帝也可以原谅的。

    西谚语:送人玫瑰之手,历久犹有余香。

    西谚语:一个人在思考哲学问题时首先就想到了死亡。

    西谚语:辛苦一辈子,还是要死。

    西谚语:没有永远的朋友,只有永远的利益。

    西谚语:言语是银,沉默是金。

    西谚语:天才是时时刻刻寻找机会, 他们愿做别人不愿做的工作, 他们永远不怕做别人从来没有做过的事。

    西谚语:人类一思考,上帝就发笑。

    西谚语:夜,长得象没有面包吃的日子。

    西谚语:每一朵乌云,都镶嵌着一道金边。

    2. 求一些西方的谚语或名言.

    The greater the man, the more restrained his anger. ( Ovid ) 人越伟大,越能克制怒火。

    (奥维德) It is easier to fight for principles than to live up to them.( A. E.Stevenson ) 为原则而斗争容易,按原则的要求活着难。(史蒂文森) There is nothing permanent except change. ( Heracleitus ) 惟有变化才是永恒的。

    (赫拉克利特) Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must undergo the fatigue of supporting it. ( T. Paine ) 想要收获自由之果的人,必须承受维护自由的劳苦。(潘恩) No road of flowers lead to glory. ( La Fontaine ) 没有一条通向光荣的道路是铺满鲜花的。

    (拉封丹) Do not, for one repulse, forgo the purpose that you resolved to effort. ( Shakespeare ) 不要只因一次挫败,就放弃你原来决心想达到的目的。(莎士比亚) The man who has made up his mind to win will never say " Impossible". ( Napoleon ) 凡是决心取得胜利的人是从来不说“不可能”的。

    (拿破仑) Miracles sometimes occur, but one has to work terribly for them. ( C. Weizmann ) 奇迹有时候是会发生的,但是你得为之拼命蒂努力。(魏茨曼) There is no such thing as darkness; only a failure to see. ( Muggeridge ) 没有黑暗这种东西,只有看不见而已。

    (马格里奇) It never will rain roses. When we want to have more roses we must plant trees. ( G. Eliot ) 天上永远不会掉下玫瑰来,如果想要更多的玫瑰,必须自己种植。(艾略特) Time is a bird for ever on the wing. ( T. W. Robertson ) 时间是一只永远在飞翔的鸟。

    (罗伯逊) If you do not learn to think when you are young, you may never learn. ( Edison ) 如果你年轻时不学会思考,那就永远不会。(爱迪生) A day is a miniature of eternity. ( Emerson ) 一天是永恒的缩影。

    (爱默生) The course of true love never did run smooth. ( Shakespeare ) 真诚的爱情之路永不会是平坦的。(莎士比亚) Love is stronger than death. 爱的力量大于死亡。

    (《圣经》) When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people. ( A. J. Heschel ) 少时喜欢聪明人,老来喜欢仁厚人。(赫歇尔) All good things are cheap, all bad things are very dear. ( H. D. Thoreau ) 一切好的东西都是便宜的,所有坏的东西都是非常贵的。

    (梭罗) Patience! The windmill never strays in search of the wind. ( Andy J. Sklivis ) 耐心等待!风车从不跑去找风。(斯克利维斯) Morality may consist solely in the courage of making a choice. ( L. Blum ) 品德可能仅仅在于有勇气作出抉择。

    (布鲁斯) Fame usually comes to those who are thinking something else. ( O. W. Holmes ) 通常是没想到成名的人反而成了名。(霍姆斯) The jealous are troublesome to others, but a torment to themselves. ( W. Penn) 妒忌者对别人是烦恼,对他们自己却是折磨。

    (佩恩) If there were less sympathy in the world, there would be less trouble in the world. ( O. Wilde ) 如果世界上少一些同情,世界上也就会少一些麻烦。(王尔德) Many a man's reputation would not know his character if they met on the street. ( E. Hubbard ) 许多人的名声如果在街上遇到自己的品德会互相不认识。

    (哈伯德) Don't waste life in doubts and fears. ( Emerson ) 不要把生命浪费于怀疑与恐惧中。(爱默生) The most exhausting thing in life is being insincere. ( A. M. Lindbergh ) 生活中最使人筋疲力尽的事是弄虚作假。

    (林德伯格) It is discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit. ( N. Coward ) 令人沮丧的是,有那么多人对诚实感到吃惊,而对欺骗感到吃惊的人却那么的少。 (科沃德) A bad beginning makes a bad ending. 不善始者不善终。

    A bad thing never dies. 遗臭万年。 A bad workman always blames his tools. 不会撑船怪河弯。

    A bird in the hand is worth than two in the bush. 一鸟在手胜过双鸟在林。 A boaster and a liar are cousins-german. 吹牛与说谎本是同宗。

    A bully is always a coward. 色厉内荏。 A burden of one's choice is not felt. 爱挑的担子不嫌重。

    A candle lights others and consumes itself. 蜡烛照亮别人,却毁灭了自己。 A cat has 9 lives. 猫有九条命。

    A cat may look at a king. 人人平等。 A close mouth catches no flies. 病从口入。

    A constant guest is never welcome. 常客令人厌。 Actions speak louder than words. 事实胜于雄辩。

    Adversity leads to prosperity. 穷则思变。 Adversity makes a man wise, not rich. 逆境出人才。

    A fair death honors the whole life. 死得其所,流芳百世。 A faithful friend is hard to find. 知音难觅。

    A fall into a pit, a gain in your wit. 吃一堑,长一智。 A fox may grow gray, but never good. 江山易改,本性难移。

    A friend in need is a friend indeed. 患难见真情。 A friend is easier lost than found. 得朋友难,失朋友易。

    A friend is never known till a man has need. 需要之时方知友。 A friend without faults will never be found. 没有十全十美的朋友。

    'After you' is good manners. “您先请”是礼貌。 A good beginning is half done. 良好的开端是。

    3. 请问,中西方生活中有那些至理名言警句、谚语

    HEALTH 健康篇 A light heart lives long .( William Shakespeare , British dramatist ) 豁达者长寿。

    (英国剧作家 莎士比亚. W.) Early to bed and early to rise , makes a man healthy , wealthy and wise .(Benjamin Franklin , American president ) 早睡早起会使人健康、富有和聪明。 (美国总统 富兰克林. B.) Sloth , like rust , consumes faster than labor wears .(Benjamin Franklin , American president) 懒惰像生锈一样,比操劳更能消耗身体。

    (美国总统 富兰克林. B.) The first wealth is health .( Ralph Waldo Emerson , American thinker ) 健康是人生第一财富。 (美国思想家 爱默生. R. W.) WEALTH 财富篇 All the splendor 1 in the world is not worth a good friend .(Voltaire , French thinker) 人世间所有的荣华富贵不如一个好朋友。

    (法国思想家 伏尔泰) Creditors 4 have better memories than debtors . (Benjamin Franklin , American president ) 放债的比借债的记忆好。( 美国总统 富兰克林. B.) If you would know the value of money , go and try to borrow some . (Benjamin Franklin , American president ) 要想知道钱的价值,就想办法去借钱试试。

    ( 美国总统 富兰克林. B.) If your Riches are yours , why don't you take them with you to the other world ?(Benjamin Franklin , American president ) 如果财富是你的,那么你为什么不把它们和你一起带到另一个世界去呢?( 美国总统 富兰克林. B.) Money is a good servant and a bad master .(Francis Bacon , British philosopher ) 金钱是善仆,也是恶主。( 英国哲学家 培根. F. ) Money is like muck , not good except it be spread .(Francis Bacon , British philosopher) 金钱好比粪肥,只有撒到在大地才是有用之物。

    (英国哲学家 培根. F.) No country , however rich , can afford the waste of its human resources .(Franklin Roosevelt , American president) 任何一个国家,不管它多么富裕,都浪费不起人力资源。(美国总统 罗斯富. F.) Sometimes one pays most for the things one gets for nothing .(Albert Einstein , American scientist ) 有时候一个人为不花钱得到的东西付出的代价最高。

    (美国科学家 爱因斯坦. A.) HAPPINESS 幸福篇 A lifetime of happiness ! No man alive could bear it ; it would be hell on earth .(G. Bernard Shaw ,British dramatist ) 终身幸福!这是任何活着的人都无法忍受的,那将是人间地狱。(英国剧作家 肖伯纳. G.) Happiness is form courage .( H. Jackson , British writer ) 幸福是勇气的一种形式。

    (英国作家 杰克逊. H.) Happy is the man who is living by his hobby .(G. Bernard Shaw , British dramatist ) 醉心于某种癖好的人是幸福的。 (英国剧作家 肖伯纳. G .) Happiness lies not in the mere possession of money ; it lies in the joy of achievement , in the thrill of creative effort .(Franklin Roosevelt , American president ) 幸福不在于拥有金钱,而在于获得成就时的喜悦以及产生创造力的激情。

    (美国总统 罗斯福. F.) Human felicity is produced not so much by great pieces of good fortune that seldom happen , as by little advantages that occur every day .( Benjamin Franklin ,American president). 与其说人类的幸福来自偶尔发生的鸿运,不如说来自每天都有的小实惠。(美国总统 富兰克林. B.) Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be .(Abraham Lincoln ,American president ) 对于大多数人来说,他们认定自己有多幸福,就有多幸福。

    (美国总统 林肯. A.) The secret of being miserable is to have leisure to bother about whether you are happy or not . (George Bernard Shaw , British dramatist ) 痛苦的秘密在于有闲功夫担心自己是否幸福。 (英国剧作家 肖伯纳 . G .) The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved .( Victor Hugo , French novelist ) 生活中最大的幸福是坚信有人爱我们。

    ( 法国小说家 雨果. V .) There is no paradise on earth equal to the union of love and innocence .(Jean Jacques Rousseau, French thinker ) 人间最大的幸福莫如既有爱情又清白无暇。( 法国思想家 卢梭. J . J. ) To really understand a man we must judge him in misfortune .(Bonaparte Napoleon , French emperor ) 要真正了解一个人,需在不幸中考察他。

    (法国皇帝 拿破仑. B .) We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it . (George Bernard Shaw , British dramatist) 正像我们无权只享受财富而不创造财富一样,我们也无权只享受幸福而不创造幸福。 (英国剧作家 肖伯纳. G. ) TIME 时间篇 At twenty years of age , the will reigns; at thirty , the wit ; and at forty , the judgment .(Benjamin Franklin ,American president) 二十岁时起支配作用的是意志,三十岁时是机智,四十岁时是判断。

    (美国总统 富兰克林 . B.) Do you love life ? Then do not squander time ; for that's the stuff5 life is made of .(Benjamin Franklin , American president ) 你热爱生命吗?那么,别浪费时间。

    4. 关于西方谚语

    Curiosity killed the cat:这话,最早是整句话出自1912年尤金·奥尼尔所写的剧本。

    原因是猫喜欢用鼻子到处嗅。更因为猫有九条命,不那么容易死.可是连九条命的猫都被好奇心害死了.就别说人了而对人就是形容总爱问不应该问的问题,惹麻烦。

    为什么不用狗呢?这是源于莎士比亚时代的一句谚语:care kills a cat,这里的care是说像猫一样的过度谨慎,多疑,忧心忡忡,最终让人折寿。到1909年,猫和好奇第一次联系起来在欧亨利的小说'Schools and Schools'中“Curiosity can do more things than kill a cat”。

    后来被尤金·奥尼尔用上,才成了今天我们常说的这句话。

    5. 请问,中西方生活中有那些至理名言警句、谚语

    F. ) Money is like muck , wealthy and wise .(Benjamin Franklin , American president ) 早睡早起会使人健康、富有和聪明。

    (美国总统 富兰克林. B.(Benjamin Franklin . Bernard Shaw ,British dramatist ) 终身幸福. B.) Money is a good servant and a bad master .(Francis Bacon , British philosopher ) 金钱是善仆。(美国总统 富兰克林. B.(Voltaire , French thinker) 人世间所有的荣华富贵不如一个好朋友,那么你为什么不把它们和你一起带到另一个世界去呢, American president ) 如果财富是你的.) Sloth , like rust , consumes faster than labor wears . G.) Happiness is form courage , why don't you take them with you to the other world ,不如说来自每天都有的小实惠, can afford the waste of its human resources . B.) If you would know the value of money , go and try to borrow some . (Benjamin Franklin .) The first wealth is health 。

    ( 美国总统 富兰克林. (Benjamin Franklin , American president ) 放债的比借债的记忆好。(美国科学家 爱因斯坦, British dramatist ) 醉心于某种癖好的人是幸福的。

    (英国剧作家 肖伯纳. G .) Happiness lies not in the mere possession of money ; it lies in the joy of achievement , in the thrill of creative effort .( Ralph Waldo Emerson , American thinker ) 健康是人生第一财富。 (美国思想家 爱默生. R, American president) 懒惰像生锈一样,比操劳更能消耗身体。

    (美国总统 富兰克林. B.( Benjamin Franklin ,American president). 与其说人类的幸福来自偶尔发生的鸿运.) Human felicity is produced not so much by great pieces of good fortune that seldom happen , as by little advantages that occur every day 。 (英国剧作家 莎士比亚. W.) Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be .(Abraham Lincoln ,American president ) 对于大多数人来说,他们认定自己有多幸福HEALTH 健康篇 A light heart lives long . A.) HAPPINESS 幸福篇 A lifetime of happiness . W.) WEALTH 财富篇 All the splendor 1 in the world is not worth a good friend , makes a man healthy .) Early to bed and early to rise .(Franklin Roosevelt , American president ) 幸福不在于拥有金钱,而在于获得成就时的喜悦以及产生创造力的激情。

    (美国总统 罗斯福. F, British dramatist ) 痛苦的秘密在于有闲功夫担心自己是否幸福。 (英国剧作家 肖伯纳 . G .) The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved .( Victor Hugo , French novelist ) 生活中最大的幸福是坚信有人爱我们。

    ( 法国小说家 雨果. V .) There is no paradise on earth equal to the union of love and innocence .(Jean Jacques Rousseau, French thinker ) 人间最大的幸福莫如既有爱情又清白无暇。( 法国思想家 卢梭. J . J. ) To really understand a man we must judge him in misfortune .(Bonaparte Napoleon , French emperor ) 要真正了解一个人,需在不幸中考察他。

    (法国皇帝 拿破仑. B .) We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it . (George Bernard Shaw , British dramatist) 正像我们无权只享受财富而不创造财富一样,我们也无权只享受幸福而不创造幸福。 (英国剧作家 肖伯纳. G. ) TIME 时间篇 At twenty years of age , the will reigns; at thirty , the wit ; and at forty , the judgment .(Benjamin Franklin ,American president) 二十岁时起支配作用的是意志,三十岁时是机智,四十岁时是判断。

    (美国总统 富兰克林 . B.) Do you love life ? Then do not squander time ; for that's the stuff5 life is made of .(Benjamin Franklin , American president ) 你热爱生命吗?那么,别浪费时间,因为生命是由时间组成的。(美国总统 富兰克林. B.) Each moment in history is a fleeting time , precious and unique .( Richard Nixon , American president ) 历史巨轮飞转,分分秒秒的时间都十分宝贵,也独具意义。

    (美国总统 尼克松. R.) Fish and visitors smell three days .( Franklin Benjamin , American president ) 鱼放三天发臭,客住三天讨嫌。 (美国总统 富兰克林. B.) I am a slow walker , but I never walk backwards .(Abraham Lincoln , American president) 我走得很慢,但是我从来不会后退。

    (美国总统 林肯. A.) If you want to understand today , you have to search yesterday .( Pearl Buck , American female writer ) 想要懂得今天,就必须研究昨天。(美国女作家 赛珍珠) In delay there lies no plenty , Then come kiss me , sweet and twenty , Youth's a stuff that will not endure . (William Shakespeare , British dramatist) 迁延蹉跎,来日无多,二十丽姝,请来吻我,衰草枯杨,青春易过。

    (英国剧作家 莎士比亚. W.) Never leave that until tomorrow , which you can do today . (Benjamin Franklin , American president ) 今天的事不要拖到明天。 (美国总统 富兰克林. B. ). F.) No country , however rich ?( 美国总统 富兰克林.(G. Bernard Shaw , British writer ) 幸福是勇气的一种形式。

    (英国作家 杰克逊,只有撒到在大地才是有用之物!这是任何活着的人都无法忍受的,那将是人间。

    6. 谁有西方谚语

    Things at the worst will mend.否极泰来。

    Time and tide wait for no man.时不我待。 Time cures all things.时间是医治一切创伤的良药。

    Time flies.光阴似箭。 Time is money.时间就是金钱。

    Time lost cannot be won again.时光流逝,不可复得。 Time past cannot be called back again.时间不能倒流。

    Time tries all.路遥知马力,日久见人心。 Tit for tat is fair play.人不犯我,我不犯人;人若犯我,我必犯人。

    To err is human.人非圣贤,孰能无过。 To know everything is to know nothing.什么都知道,一如什么都不知道。

    To know oneself is true progress.人贵有自知之明。 Tomorrow never comes.我生待明日,万事成蹉跎。

    Too much familiarity breeds contempt.过分熟悉会使人互不服气。 Too much knowledge makes the head bald.学问太多催人老。

    Too much liberty spills all.自由放任,一事无成。 Too much praise is a burden.过多夸奖,反成负担。

    To save time is to lengthen life.节约时间就是延长生命。 Touch pitch, and you will be defiled.常在河边走,哪有不湿鞋。

    Troubles never come singly.福无双至,祸不单行。 Truth never grows old.真理永存。

    Turn over a new leaf.洗心革面,改过自新。 Two dogs strive for a bone, and a third runs away with it.鹬蚌相争,渔翁得利。

    Two heads are better than one.一个好汉三个帮。 Two of a trade seldom agree.同行是冤家。

    Two wrongs do not make a right.别人错了,不等于你对了。 Unity is strength.团结就是力量。

    Unpleasant advice is a good medicine.忠言逆耳利于行。 Until all is over one's ambition never dies.不到黄河心不死。

    Venture a small fish to catch a great one.吃小亏占大便宜。 Virtue is fairer far than beauty.美德远远胜过美貌。

    Walls have ears.小心隔墙有耳。 Wash your dirty linen at home.家丑不可外扬。

    Water dropping day by day wears the hardest rock away.滴水穿石。 Wealth is nothing without health.失去健康,钱再多也没用。

    We know not what is good until we have lost it.好东西,失去了才明白。 Well begun is half done.好的开始,是成功的一半。

    We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.井干方知水可贵。 We shall never have friends if we expect to find them without fault.欲求完美无缺的朋友必然成为孤家寡人。

    We should never remember the benefits we have offered nor forget the favor received.自己的好事别去提,别人的恩惠要铭记。 Wet behind the ears.乳臭未干。

    Whatever you do, do with all your might.不管做什么,都要一心一意。 What is learned in the cradle is carried to the grave.儿时所学,终生难忘。

    What's done cannot be undone.生米煮成熟饭了。 What's lost is lost.失者不可复得。

    What we do willingly is easy.愿者不难。 When in Rome, do as the Romans do.入国问禁,入乡随俗。

    When everybody's somebody then nobody's anybody.人人都伟大,世间没豪杰。 When sorrow is asleep, wake it not.伤心旧事别重提。

    When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions.新仇旧恨,齐上心头。 When the fox preaches, take care of your geese.黄鼠狼给鸡拜年,没安好心。

    When wine is in truth, wit is out.酒后吐真言。 Where there is a will, there is a way.有志者事竟成。

    Where there is life, there is hope.留得青山在,不怕没柴烧。 Where there is smoke, there is fire.事出有因。

    While the priest climbs a post, the devil climbs ten.道高一尺,魔高一丈。 Who chatters to you, will chatter of you.搬弄口舌者必是小人。

    Whom the gods love die young.好人不长命。 Wise man have their mouths in their hearts, fools have their hearts in their mouths.智者嘴在心里,愚者心在嘴里。

    Work makes the workman.勤工出巧匠。 You cannot burn the candle at both ends.蜡烛不能两头点,精力不可过分耗。

    You cannot eat your cake and have it.鱼与熊掌,不可得兼。 You can take a horse to the water but you cannot make him drink.强扭的瓜不甜。

    You may know by a handful the whole sack.由一斑可知全貌。 You never know what you can till you try.是驴子是马,拉出来遛遛。

    7. 中西文化差异英语论文(3000字以上)

    一、引言 文化,这两种孕育自不同半球的文化,由于历史、地理环境、生产制度等方面的原因,有着极大的差异,截然不同的特色。

    这两种文化差异,一直备受关注。随着全球化的到来,全世界各民族间商业交流往来的日益频繁,了解中西方文化价值差异可以更好促进民族间经济、文化交流与沟通,从而避免所引起的不必要的误会和麻烦,导致的文化休克(culture shock)或交际失败(communication failure)。

    而语言是文化的载体,是文化的一部分,很大程度上反映了文化。谚语作为“民族文化之明镜”,来自于生活,更深刻地反映了民族文化特色,体现了人们的生产生活、思想观念、文化取向,具有持久的生命力、广泛的通俗性、生动的口语化的特点。

    英国著名学者培根曾说过:“The genius, wit and spirit of a nation are discovered in its proverbs.”(一个民族的天才、智慧和精神,都可以在其谚语中发现。)本文将从汉英谚语入手谈谈中西文化在地理环境、宗教信仰、历史、文学传统、民族性格、思想观念等方面的差异。

    二、地理环境 文化是在一定的自然环境里生发出来的。人们所生存的不同环境势必影响人 们的生活、生产方式,影响人们对客观外界的观察与思考。

    人们以通俗形象的语言来讲述自己的生活体验,描述自然现象,总结生产实践,概括生产经验。这些语言口口相传,千锤百炼,成为大家喜闻乐诵的谚语。

    这些谚语必然反映出自然环境的不同特征,带有鲜明的地域文化和生态文化的色彩。 英国是个岛国,四面环海,海岸线曲折多变,港湾楔入,岛屿众多。

    这样的自然环境给英国人提供了舟楫之便。人们在长期的航运渔业生活中,创造出数以百计的英语谚语,反映他们对生活及大自然的体验和观察。

    如: There's as good fish in the sea as ever come out of it.有了大海,还怕没鱼。 No fishing like fishing in the sea.捕鱼要到大海。

    Who will not be ruled by the rudder must be ruled by the rock.船离舵,要闯祸。 A dog in the morning,sailors take warning; a dog in the night is the sailors' delight.朝虹出天际,水手心事重,夜间见彩虹,水手乐哈哈。

    He goes a great voyage that goes to bottom of the sea.到达海底的人,才算做了一次远航。 特殊的地理环境形成了特有的岛国气候。

    英国气候潮湿,天气变化大,岛上晴天少,雨天多,且多阵雨,因此,英国人出门常带把雨伞。由于英国天气变化无常的缘故,英国人非常关心天气,也喜欢谈论天气,并因此而产生了许多关于天气的谚语[1](P85): April weather, rain and shine both together.一边日出一边雨,晴雨无常四月天。

    An English summer, three(or two)hot days and a thunderstorm.英国的一个夏季,三(两)个热天一阵大雷雨。 A misty morning may have a fine day.早晨有雾露,可能是晴天。

    When the wind's in the west, the weather's at the best.风从西方起,天气最佳丽。 而处于另一个半球的中国则有着不同的地理自然风貌,中华文明发源于长江黄河流域,中国自古是典型的农耕社会,人们过着自给自足的农耕生活,农业是国民经济的重要支柱,农业在历代政府中都受到极大的重视。

    因此产生了许多与农业相关的谚语。 如:庄稼百样巧,地是无价宝。

    人勤地不懒,勤奋谷仓满。 田里无神无鬼,全靠肥料土水。

    庄稼老汉不知闲,放下锄头拿扁担。 农夫不种田,城里断炊烟。

    田像一块铁,在于人来打。[2](P240-241) 我国的天气谚语,从量上、质上,以及悠久的历史传统上,值得称道。

    如“灶烟往下埋,不久雨就来”、“春天孩儿脸,一日变三变”、“太阳颜色黄,明日大风狂”、“久晴大雾必阴,久雨大雾必晴”、“夜里星光明,明朝仍旧晴”等等。[1](P85) 三、特定历史 每个民族都以不同的方式在人类历史的画卷中写着自己特定的历史。

    从谚语中可以一窥历史风云变化。英国从十六世纪开始发展资本主义,经济迅速发展并逐渐开始迅速向海外扩张,掠夺资本主义原料,进行资本主义的原始积累。

    Shoe-maker's wife goes bare feet.这句谚语正是出自于十六世纪资本主义新兴时期,小资本家拼命发家致富,属于手工业者的鞋匠们为积攒钱财,竟然连给妻子买鞋穿的钱都不舍得花。十七世纪起英国在东印度扩张,十八世纪中叶建立殖民统治。

    He came safe from the East –India, and was drowned in the Thames.他从东印度安然归来,却淹死于泰晤士河。[3](P79)英国历史上曾遭到多次其他国家的入侵。

    罗马统治期间,社会生活罗马化,拉丁语是官方、法律、商业和法律用语。丹麦人侵占期间,丹麦语也传入英国。

    1066年法国诺曼底登陆后,英国为法国所征服。 法语很长时期成为英国的官方语言,贵族、朝臣、地主和上流社会都使用法语,如当时的英国国王爱德华是完全不会说英语的国王,因此有英谚云:Jack would be a gentleman if he could speak French.要是杰克能讲法语,那他就是个绅士了。

    而三种语言交配混合到英语中,充实了英语语言,也带来了许多拉丁语、法语谚语。[1](P84) Anger is a short madness .愤怒是短暂的疯狂。

    (拉丁语) Art is long, life is short. 艺术是无限,生命是有限的。(拉丁语。

    8. 急需西方谚语和格言

    爱情篇:Absence to love is what wind is to fire. It extinguishes the small; it inflames the great. (Roger de Bussy-Rabutin, French writer)离别之于爱情好比风之于火,它能将小火熄灭,使大火熊熊燃烧。

    (法国作家 比西-拉比旦.R.)Every man is a poet when he is in love. (Plato ancient Creek philosopher)每个恋爱中的人都是诗人。(古希腊哲学家 柏拉图)First love is only a little foolishness and a lot of curiosity. (George Bernard Shaw)初恋就是一点点笨拙外加许许多多好奇。

    (英国剧作家 肖伯纳.G)Friendship is like earthenware: once broken, it can be mended; love is like a mirror: once broken, that ends it. (Josh Billings. American humorist)友谊就像陶器,破了可以修补;爱情好比镜子,一旦打破就难重圆。(美国幽默作家 比林斯 .J.)Friendship is love without his wings. (George Gordon Byron, Bdritish poet)友谊是没有羽翼的爱。

    (英国诗人 拜伦.G,G)Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love. (Albert Einstein, American scientist)并非地球引力使人坠入爱河。(美国科学家)人生篇:Mistakes are an essential part of education. (Bertrand Russell, Bdritish philosopher)从错误中吸取教训是教育极为重要的一部分。

    (英国哲学家 罗素 . B .)Neither beliver nor reject anything, because any other person has rejected of believed it. Heaven has given you a mind for judging truth and error, Use it. (Thomas Jefferson, American president)不要因为别的人相信或否定了什么东西,你也就去相信它或否定它。上帝赠予你一个用来判断真理和谬误的头脑。

    那你就去运用它吧/ (美国总统 杰斐逊 .T.)One thorn of experience is worth a whole wilderness of warning. (James Russell Lowell, British Poet and critic)一次痛苦的经验抵得上千百次的告诫。(英国诗人、批评家 洛威尔 .J. R .)Practical wisdom is only to be learned in the school of experience. (Samuel Smiles, British writer)实用的知识只有通过亲身体验才能学到。

    (英国作家 斯迈尔斯 . S .)Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long experience. (Miguel de Cervantes, Spanish writer)谚语是从长期经验中获得的短句。(班牙作家 塞万提斯.M.)The tragedy of the world is that those who are imaginative have but slight experience, and those who are experienced have feeble imaginations. (Alfred North Whitehead, British philosopher and nathematician)世界的悲剧就在于有想象力又缺乏经验,而有经验的人又缺乏想象力。

    (英国哲学家、数学家 怀特海 .A . N.)The great difficulty in education is to get experience out of ideas. (Grorge Santayana, Spain-born American philosopher and poet)教育之艰苦在于从意念中获得经验。(西班牙裔美国哲学家、诗人 桑塔亚那.G.)The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes. (Winston Churchill. British statesman)傻瓜有时候也是对的。

    (英国政治家 丘吉尔 .W.)To make good use of life one should have in youth the experience of advanced years, and in old age the vigor of youth. (Stanislars I, Polish king)青年而有老年之经验,老年而有青年之朝气,就能使人生发挥更大的作用。(波兰国王 斯坦尼劳斯一世)政治篇:The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse. (Burke Edmund, British statesman)权力越大,滥用职权的危险就越大。

    (英国政治家 埃德蒙.B.)The greatest of evils and the worst of crims is poverty. (George Bernard Shaw, British dramatist)最大的恶和最凶的罪是贫穷。(英国剧作家 肖伯纳.G.)The paramount duty of Congress is to stop deficiencies by the restoration of that protective legislation which has always been the firmst prop of the Treasury. (William Mckinley, American president)国会的最高职责是恢复始终是国家财政最坚实支柱的保护性立法,以制止财政赤字。

    (美国总统 科金利.W.)The people may safely be trusted to hear everything true and false, and to form a correct judgment. Were it fall to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers of newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter. (Thomas Jefferson, American president)人民是完全可以信赖的,应该让他们听到一切真实和虚伪的东西,然后作出正确的判断。倘使让我来决定,我们应该是有一个政府而不要报纸呢,还是应该有报纸而不要政府,我会毫不犹豫选择后者。

    (美国总统 杰斐逊.T.)The tyrant dies and his rule ends, the martyr dies and his rule be-gins. (Soren Kierkegaard, Danish religious philowopher)暴君死了,他统治也就结束;烈士死了,他的统治刚开始。(丹麦宗教哲学家 基尔克戈德.S.)There is something behind the throne greater than the king him-self. (William Pitt, British statesman)在王座的后面还有比国王本人更伟大东西。

    (英国政治家 皮特.W.)To be acquainted with the merit of ministry, we need only observe the condition of the 。

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