1. Education is the door to freedom. 教育是通向自由之门 (一个简单的主系表结构)
2. Challenges make life interesting. 挑战使生活变得有趣(make +…adj. 形容词作宾补)
3. Difficulties make life worth living.困难让生活更有价值(make+…介词短语作宾补)
4. Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence.
世界上没有任何东西可以代替坚持(否定词作主语,take the place of 代替)
5. It’s impossible to defeat a person who never gives up.
打败一个永不放弃的人是不可能的。(动词不定式作主语)
6. The most important thing in life is to have a great aim and the
determination to attend it.
生活中最重要的事情就是有一个远大的目标,并有决心实现它。(不定式作表语和定语)
7. If you can dream it, you can do it.只要你想得到,你就做得到 ( if 引导的条件状语从句)
8. Actions speak louder than words.行为比言语更有说服力(副词比较级)
9. Deeds are more powerful than words.行为比言语更强大(形容词比较级)
10. Mistakes show us what we still need to learn.从错误中我们知道该学什么 (what引导的宾语从句作宾语,从句中不定式作宾语)
11. Difficult times show us who our true friends are.
岁月上我们知道谁是真正的朋友/ 患难见真情 (宾语从句)
12. It doesn’t cost anything to be nice.
做好人事不费吹灰之力的(不定式作主语,it 形式主语)
13. Believe in what you can become.相信自己的潜力
(what 引导的名词从句作宾语)
14. Think and your mind will stay fresh.
思考能使大脑保持清醒(祈使句+and +主句)
15. You win because you think you can.
你成功是因为你认为你能成功(原因状语从句)
16. By helping others, you will feel good about yourself.
帮助他人,其乐无穷。(by 表手段,途径)
17. Lost time is never found again.
时间一去不复返。(过去分词作定语,一般现在时的被动语态)
18. Rome wasn’t built in a day.罗马不是一天建成的。(一般过去时的被动语态)
19. Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.
永远不要把今天能做的事情拖到明天。(否定祈使句)
20. Remember to smile when you wake up.
记得在醒来的时候微笑。(不定式作宾语)
21. Oversleeping will never make your dreams come true.
睡懒觉永远不能让你梦想成真。(动名词作主语)
22. Praise twice as much as you criticize.
多表扬,少批评。(比较级:倍数表示法)
23. The way to be happy is to make others happy.
快乐的方式就是先让别人快乐。(不定式作定语和表语)
24. Life is too short to spend time worrying.
生命太短暂了,不要花在焦虑上。(不定式否定,spend doing )
25. What pains us trains us.
使我们痛苦的东西在真正锻造我们。(主语从句)
26. What doesn’t kill us makes us stronger.
没有什么要我们命的事情能让我们更强大。(主语从句)
27. What hurts us the most teaches us the best.
伤害我们最深的人对我们的教育最深。(主语从句,最高级)
28. The dictionary is the only place where success comes before work.
只有在字典中,成功才会出现在工作之前。(定语从句)
29. To be a great leader, you must have great hopes.
要想成为伟大的领导者,就必须有伟大的抱负。(不定式目的状语)
30. He who is ashamed of asking is ashamed of learning.耻于问者耻于学。(定语从句,动名词作介词宾语)
31. He who falls to plan plans to fail.
注定要失败的。(定语从句,不定式作宾语)
32. He who makes no mistakes makes nothing.
不犯错误的人将一事无成。(定语从句)
33. Imagination is more important than knowledge.
想象力比知识更重要。(形容词比较级)