例. Which of the following proverbs is closest to the message the text tries to convey?
【A】”Faith will move mountains.”
【B】”One reaps what one sows.”
【C】”Practice makes perfect.”
【D】”Like father, like son.”
這道試題就是用諺語來考查考生對文章主題的理解。從中不難看出,諺語的掌握是不可或缺的。在此基礎上,總結了以下諺語,供考生學習。
1. It never rains but it pours. 不雨則已,一雨傾盆
意為:一件倒霉事后面總跟著一連串的麻煩。
2. Waste not, want not. 儉以防匱
意為:如對使用自己的東西精打細算,就什么也不會缺。
3. Every cloud has a silver lining. 塞翁失馬,焉知非福
4. The more ventures, the more chance. 不入虎穴,焉得虎子
5. Love me, love my dog. 愛屋及烏
6. Seeing is believing. 眼見為實
7. A slow sparrow should make an early start. 笨鳥先飛
8. No discord, no concord. 不打不成交
9. Rob Peter to pay Paul. 拆東墻補西墻
10. Birds of a feather flock together. 物以類聚,人以群分
11. Gold can't be pure and man can't be perfect. 金無足赤,人無完人
12. Where there is life, there is hope. 留得青山在,不怕沒柴燒
13. A real man never goes back on his words.一言既出,駟馬難追
14. A bad beginning makes a bad ending. 不善始者不善終
15. A bad workman always blames his tools. 不會撐船怪河彎
16. A bird in the hand is worth than two in the bush. 一鳥在手勝過雙鳥在林
17. A cat may look at a king. 貓也可以打量國王
意為:人人平等
18. A fall into a pit, a gain in your wit. 吃一塹,長一智