1.what is language for? some people seem to think it’s for practicing grammar rules and learning lists of words---the longer the words the better. that’s wrong. language is for the exchange of ideas, for communication.

語言到底是用來幹什麼的呢？一些人認為它是用來操練語法規則和學習一大堆單詞--而且單詞越長越好。這個想法是錯誤的。語言是用來交換思想，進行交流溝通的！

2. the way to learn a language is to practice speaking it as often as possible.

學習一門語言的方法就是要儘量多地練習說。

3. a great man once said it is necessary to dill as much as possible, and the more you apply it in real situations, the more natural it will become.

一位偉人曾說，反覆操練是非常必要的，你越多的將所學到的東西運用到實際生活中，他們就變的越自然。

All for one, one for all.

人人為我，我為人人。—— [法] Dumas pére大仲馬

Other men live to eat, while I eat to live.

別人為食而生存，我為生存而食。—— Socrates 蘇格拉底

Easy come, easy go.

易得者亦易失。 —— Hazlitt赫斯特

Love rules his kingdom without a sword.

愛，統治了他的王國，不用一枝利劍。—— Herbert 赫伯特

We soon believe what we desire.

我們慾望中的東西，我們很快就信以為真。—— Chaucer喬叟

The darkest hour is that before the dawn.

黎明前的時分是最黑暗的。—— Fuller 富勒

The longest day has an end.

最難過的日子也有盡頭。—— Howell 賀韋爾

Living without an aim is like sailing without a compass.

生活而無目標，猶如航海之無指南針。—— J. Ruskin 魯斯金

A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

手中的一隻鳥勝於林中的兩隻鳥。—— Heywood 希伍德

One swallow does not make a summer.

一燕不成夏。—— Taverner 泰維納

A man may lead a horse to the water, but he cannot make it drink.

一個人可以把馬帶到河邊，但他不能令它飲水。 —— Heywood 希伍德

One cannot eat one’s cake and have it.

一個人不能把他的糕餅吃掉之後還留在手上。 —— Davies 戴維斯

Time is money.

時間就是金錢。—— Benjamin Franklin富蘭克林

Time and tide wait for no man.

時間不等人。—— Scott 斯科特

There is no rose without a thorn.

沒有玫瑰花是不長刺的。——　Ray 雷

Lookers-on see most of the game.

旁觀者清。——　Smedley 斯密萊

Beggars cannot be choosers.

行乞者不得有選擇。——　Heywood 希伍德

First catch your hare.

首先必須捕獲兔子，然後才能宰之。—— Thackeray 薩克雷

Victory won’t come to me unless I go to it.

勝利是不會向我走來的，我必須自己走向勝利。—— M. Moore 穆爾

A great man is always willing to be little.

偉大的人物總是願意當小人物的。—— R. W. Emerson 愛默生

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

懦夫在未死之前，已身歷多次死亡的恐怖了。 —— Julius Caesar 凱撒

Anything one man can imagine, other men can make real.

但凡人能想象到的事物，必定有人能將它實現。 —— Jules Verne 凡爾納

Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.

早睡早起使人健康、富裕又聰明。—— Benjamin Franklin 富蘭克林

Life is just a series of trying to make up your mind.

生活只是由一系列下決心的努力所構成。—— T. Fuller 富勒

Goals determine what you are going to be.

目標決定你將成為為什麼樣的人。—— Julius Erving歐文

All human wisdom is summed up in two words ?C wait and hope.

人類所有的智慧可以歸結為兩個詞 — 等待和希望。—— Alexandre Dumas Pére大仲馬（法國作家）

It is not enough to be industrious, so are the ants. What are you industrious for?

光勤勞是不夠的，螞蟻也是勤勞的。要看你為什麼而勤勞。—— H. D. Thoreau梭羅

You have to believe in yourself. That’s the secret of success.

人必須相信自己，這是成功的秘訣。—— Charles Chaplin卓別林