英語常識(shí)知識(shí)

1、一、諺語1. Time is money. 一寸光陰一寸金。 2. Time and tide wait for no man. 歲月無情；歲月易逝；歲月不待人。 3.Actions speak louder than words. 事實(shí)勝于雄辯。4.Strike while the iron is hot. 趁熱打鐵。 5.After black clouds, clear weather. 否極泰來。6.A lazy youth, a lousy age. 少壯不努力，老大徒傷悲。7.All roads lead to Rome. 條條道路通羅馬。8.As a man sows, so h

2、e shall reap. 種瓜得瓜，種豆得豆。二、英語節(jié)日表達(dá)法春節(jié) the Sprlng Festival元宵節(jié)（燈節(jié)) the Lantern Festival元旦節(jié) New Year' s Day圣誕節(jié) Christmas Day 國(guó)慶節(jié)National Day中秋節(jié) the MidAutumn Festival （the Moon Festival）國(guó)際兒童節(jié) International Children's Day教師節(jié) TeachersDay情人節(jié)Valentine's Day中國(guó)新年_春節(jié)介紹(中英文) Spring Festival (Chinese

3、New Year)HistoryIt is said that the custom of Spring Festival started in when people offered sacrifice to ancestors in the last month of Chinese lunar calendar. At that time, people prepared the sacrifice by doing thorough cleaning, having bathes and so on. Later, people began to worship different d

4、eities as well on that day. It is the time that almost all the farm works were done and people have free time. The sacrificing time changed according to the farming schedule and was not fixed until the Han Dynasty (202BC-220AD). The customs of worshipping deities and ancestors remains even though th

5、e ceremonies are not as grand as before. It is also the time that spring is coming, so people held all kinds of ceremonies to welcome it.LegendsThere are many legends about Spring Festival in Chinese culture. In folk culture, it is also called “guonian” (meaning “passing a year”). It is said that th

6、e “nian” (year) was a strong monster which was fierce and cruel and ate one kind of animal including human being a day. Human beings were scared about it and had to hide on the evening when the “nian” came out. Later, people found that “nian” was very scared about the red color and fireworks. So aft

7、er that, people use red color and fireworks or firecrackers to drive away “nian”. As a result, the custom of using red color and setting off fireworks remains.Customs and PracticesEvery family does a thorough house cleaning and purchases enough food, including fish, meat, roasted nuts and seeds, all

8、 kinds of candies and fruits, etc, for the festival period. Also, new clothes must be bought, especially for children. Red scrolls with complementary poetic couplets, one line on each side of the gate, are pasted at every gate. The Chinese character 'Fu' is pasted on the center of the door a

9、nd paper-cut pictures adorn windows.TaboosThe Spring Festival is a start for a new year, so it is regarded as the omen of a year. People have many taboos during this period. Many bad words related to “death”, “broken”, “killing”, “ghost” and “illness” or “sickness” are forbidden during conversations

10、. In some places, there are more specific details. They consider it unlucky if the barrel of rice is empty, because they think they will have nothing to eat in the next year. Taking medicine is forbidden on this day, otherwise, people will have sick for the whole year and take medicine constantly.歷史

11、中國(guó)人在農(nóng)歷最后一個(gè)月祭祀祖先，據(jù)說春節(jié)習(xí)俗由此而來。當(dāng)時(shí)，人們?cè)跍?zhǔn)備祭祀時(shí)會(huì)進(jìn)行大清掃、洗澡等。后來，人們也開始在那一天祭拜不同的神 靈。此時(shí)幾乎所有的農(nóng)活都已收尾，人們有了空閑時(shí)間。祭祀時(shí)間隨耕種時(shí)間而變，直到漢代才固定下來（公元前202年至公元220年）。祭祀神靈和祖先的習(xí) 俗至今仍有，但是并沒有以前那么盛大。又因?yàn)榇藭r(shí)正值冬春交際之時(shí)，所以人們會(huì)舉辦各種慶?；顒?dòng)迎接春天的到來。傳說中國(guó)文化中關(guān)于春節(jié)的傳說有很多。在中國(guó)民間文化中，春節(jié)又被稱為“過年”（意為“過了一年”）。據(jù)說“年”是一頭兇猛殘忍的強(qiáng)大的怪獸，每天都會(huì)吃一種動(dòng)物，包括人類。人們都很害怕它，晚上“年”出來活動(dòng)時(shí)，大家都不得

12、不躲起來。后來，人們發(fā)現(xiàn)“年”很怕紅色和煙花。所以人們從此都用紅色和煙 花或鞭炮來驅(qū)趕“年”。因此，使用紅色和放煙花的習(xí)俗就流傳了下來。習(xí)俗慣例每家每戶都會(huì)全面地打掃房子，并采購(gòu)足夠的食物包括魚、豬肉、炒貨、各種糖果等，供節(jié)日所用。同時(shí)，還要辦置新衣，尤其是小孩的新衣。大門兩側(cè)貼著寫有對(duì)聯(lián)的紅色橫幅，每個(gè)門上都有一副對(duì)聯(lián)。門正央貼著漢字“?！弊郑吧涎b飾著剪紙。禁忌春節(jié)是一年的開始，被認(rèn)為預(yù)示著一年的運(yùn)氣。節(jié)日期間有很多禁忌。很多與“死”、“破碎”、“殺”、“鬼”和“病”有關(guān)的不吉利的話都是禁止談 到的。一些地方的禁忌更為具體。在那些地方，空米桶被認(rèn)為不吉利，因?yàn)樗麄冇X得來年將無米可食。吃藥也

13、是禁止的，否則整年都會(huì)生病、都得吃藥。英語口語超級(jí)100句看似簡(jiǎn)單 但是全部背完后你會(huì)發(fā)覺你的英語口語明顯提高 1. I see 我明白了。 2. I quit! 我不干了! 3. Let go! 放手!  4. Me too 我也是。 5. My god! 天哪! 6. No way! 不行! 7. Come on 來吧(趕快) 8. Hold on 等一等。 9. I agree。 我同意。 10. Not bad 還不錯(cuò)。11. Not yet 還沒。 12. See you 再見。 13. Shut up! 閉嘴! 14. So long 再見。 15. Why not? 好

14、呀! (為什么不呢?) 16. Allow me 讓我來。 17. Be quiet! 安靜點(diǎn)! 18. Cheer up! 振作起來! 19. Good job! 做得好! 20. Have fun! 玩得開心! 21. How much? 多少錢? 22. I'm full 我飽了。 23. I'm home 我回來了。 24. I'm lost 我迷路了。 25. My treat 我請(qǐng)客。 26. So do I 我也一樣。 27. This way。 這邊請(qǐng)。 28. After you 您先。 29. Bless you! 祝福你! 30. Follow m

15、e 跟我來。 31. Forget it! 休想! (算了!) 32. Good luck! 祝好運(yùn)! 33. I decline! 我拒絕! 34. I promise 我保證。 35. Of course! 當(dāng)然了! 36. Slow down! 慢點(diǎn)! 37. Take care! 保重! 38. They hurt (傷口)疼。 39. Try again 再試試。 40. Watch out! 當(dāng)心。41. What's up? 有什么事嗎? 42. Be careful! 注意! 43. Bottoms up! 干杯(見底)! 44. Don't move! 不許動(dòng)

16、! 45. Guess what? 猜猜看? 46. I doubt it 我懷疑。 47. I think so我也這么想。 48. I'm single 我是單身貴族。 49. Keep it up! 堅(jiān)持下去! 50. Let me see讓我想想。51. Never mind不要緊。 52. No problem! 沒問題! 53. That's all! 就這樣! 54. Time is up時(shí)間快到了。 55. What's new? 有什么新鮮事嗎? 56. Count me on 算上我。 57. Don't worry 別擔(dān)心。 58. Fee

17、l better? 好點(diǎn)了嗎? 59. I love you! 我愛你! 60. I'm his fan。 我是他的影迷。61. Is it yours? 這是你的嗎? 62. That's neat 這很好。 63. Are you sure? 你肯定嗎? 64. Do l have to 非做不可嗎? 65. He is my age他和我同歲。 66. Here you are 給你。 67. No one knows . 沒有人知道。 68. Take it easy 別緊張。 69. What a pity! 太遺憾了! 70. Any thing else? 還要?jiǎng)e

18、的嗎? 71. To be careful! 一定要小心! 72. Do me a favor? 幫個(gè)忙，好嗎? 73. Help yourself 別客氣。 74. I'm on a diet 我在節(jié)食。 75. Keep in Touch保持聯(lián)絡(luò)。 76. Time is money 時(shí)間就是金錢。 77. Who's calling? 是哪一位? 78. You did right 你做得對(duì)。 79. You set me up! 你出賣我! 80. Can I help you? 我能幫你嗎?81. Enjoy yourself! 祝你玩得開心! 82. Excuse

19、me，Sir 先生，對(duì)不起。 83. Give me a hand! 幫幫我! 84. How's it going? 怎么樣? 85. I have no idea 我沒有頭緒。 86. I just made it! 我做到了! 87. I'll see to it 我會(huì)留意的。 88. I'm in a hurry! 我在趕時(shí)間! 89. It's her field 這是她的本行。 90. It's up to you由你決定。 91. Just wonderful! 簡(jiǎn)直太棒了! 92. What about you? 你呢? 93. You

20、owe me one你欠我一個(gè)人情。 94. You're welcome 不客氣。 95. Any day will do 哪一天都行夕 96. Are you kidding? 你在開玩笑吧! 97. Congratulations! 祝賀你! 98. T can't help it. 我情不自禁。 99. I don't mean it. 我不是故意的。 100. I'll fix you Up 我會(huì)幫你打點(diǎn)的。六一兒童節(jié)的兩種來歷(中英文)每年的6月1日是國(guó)際六一兒童節(jié)，這一天是全世界小朋友們的節(jié)日。那你知道這個(gè)節(jié)日的由來嗎？常見的有2種說法，我們一起來

21、了解下吧！第一種說法：The International Children's Day had its origin in Turkey in 1920 (April 23, 1920) and later in the World Conference in Geneva, Switzerland,which 54 representatives from different countries gathered together to convene the first "World Conference for the Wellbeing of Children&quo

22、t; in 1925.最早過六一兒童節(jié)的國(guó)家是土耳其，他們?cè)?920年就開始了。1925年，在日內(nèi)瓦國(guó)際會(huì)議上，瑞士等52個(gè)國(guó)家共同召開了主題為“讓孩子們更幸福全球會(huì)議”。It is not clear as to why June 1 was chosen as the International Children's Day: one theory has it that the Chinese consul-general in San Francisco (USA) gathered a number of Chinese orphans to celebrate the Dr

23、agon Boat Festival in 1925, which happened to be on June 1 that year, and also coincided with the conference in Geneva。之所以把6月1日作為國(guó)際兒童節(jié)，一種說法是1925年，中國(guó)駐美國(guó)的總領(lǐng)事曾在舊金山領(lǐng)著一些中國(guó)孤兒慶祝端午節(jié)。那一年的端午節(jié)剛好是6月1日，發(fā)生的時(shí)間與之前的日內(nèi)瓦會(huì)議相符。第二種說法：Children, also known as "June 1 International Children's Day," the annual

24、June 1, the world of children's festivals. November 1949, the Women's International Democratic Federation council meeting held in Moscow. China and other countries and representatives of countries and anger exposed the imperialist reactionaries kill and poison children. In order to protect t

25、he world's children to survival, health and education, to improve the lives of children. The meeting decided in the annual June 1 International Children's Day。1942年6月，德國(guó)法西斯黨衛(wèi)軍包圍了現(xiàn)在捷克共和國(guó)的首都布拉格市附近的利迪策村，槍殺了16歲以上男性公民140多人，全部嬰兒和婦女被押往集中營(yíng)，另外有90名兒童被押往波蘭的一個(gè)集中營(yíng)(其中只有17人活到戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)結(jié)束)。村里所有的房舍、建筑物均被燒毀或被鏟土機(jī)夷為平地。

26、就這樣，一個(gè)好好的村莊被法西斯黨衛(wèi)軍毀滅了。為了悼念利迪策村和全世界所有在戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)中死難的兒童，反對(duì)帝國(guó)主義戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)販子虐殺、毒害兒童，保障兒童的權(quán)利，1949年11月在蘇聯(lián)首都莫斯科召開的國(guó)際民主婦女聯(lián)合會(huì)理事會(huì)通過一項(xiàng)決議，正式?jīng)Q定每年的6月1日為全世界兒童的節(jié)日，即"六一"國(guó)際兒童節(jié)。The International Children's Day (ICD) is celebrated in numerous countries, usually (but not always) on June 1 each year。目前世界上不少國(guó)家將6月1日定為兒童的節(jié)日，稱

27、為"國(guó)際兒童節(jié)"。然而，在歐美國(guó)家，兒童節(jié)的日期各不相同，而且往往很少舉行社會(huì)公眾性的慶祝活動(dòng)。10所世界知名大學(xué)校訓(xùn)(中英文)1、哈佛大學(xué) Harvard UniversityLet Plato be your friend, and Aristotle, but more let your friend be truth.與亞里士多德為友,與柏拉圖為友,更與真理為友.2、杜爾大學(xué) Drew UniversityFreely have you received; freely give自由地接受；自由地給予3、夏威夷大學(xué) University of HawaiiAbove

28、 all nations is humanity人性超越國(guó)界或：人性超越種族4、斯坦佛大學(xué) Stanford UniversityThe wind of freedom blowsaZ愿學(xué)術(shù)自由之風(fēng)勁吹5、麻省理工學(xué)院 MITMind and Hand既學(xué)會(huì)動(dòng)腦，也學(xué)會(huì)動(dòng)手6、華盛頓大學(xué) Washington UniversityStrength through Truth力量借助于真理7、佩斯大學(xué) Pace UniversityOpportunity機(jī)遇8、普林斯頓大學(xué) Princeton UniversityIn the Nation's Service and in the Se

29、rvice of All Nations為國(guó)家服務(wù)，為世界服務(wù)9、劍橋大學(xué) Cambridge UniversityHere light and sacred draughts.求知學(xué)習(xí)的理想之地10、牛津大學(xué) Oxford University上帝乃知識(shí)之神。原文為拉丁文“Dominus Illuminatio Mea”。英譯為“The Lord Is My Illumination”18種英語國(guó)家最常用手勢(shì)語你在和外國(guó)朋友交談時(shí)，有沒有發(fā)現(xiàn)他們很喜歡用手勢(shì)語來傳遞信息呢？這里列舉了18種英語國(guó)家的人們最常用的手勢(shì)語，來看看它們都是什么意思吧。1. cash（付帳）：右手拇指的食指和中指在空

30、中捏在一起或在另一只手上做出寫字的樣子，這是表示在飯館要付帳的手勢(shì)。2. use your brain/being clever（動(dòng)腦筋、機(jī)敏一點(diǎn)）：用手指點(diǎn)點(diǎn)自己的太陽穴。3. fool（傻瓜）：用拇指按住鼻尖搖動(dòng)其四指，或十指分開。也常常食指對(duì)著太陽穴轉(zhuǎn)動(dòng)，同時(shí)吐出舌頭，則表示所談到的人是個(gè)“癡呆”“傻瓜”。4. lying（撒謊)：講話時(shí)，無意識(shí)地將一食指放在鼻子下面或鼻子邊時(shí)，表示其他人一定會(huì)理解為講話人“講的不是真話”難以置信。5. complacent assertion（自以為是）；用食指往上頂鼻子，還可表示“不可一世”(overbearing)。6. stop talking（

31、別作聲）：嘴唇合擾，將食指貼著嘴唇，同時(shí)發(fā)出“hush”噓噓聲。7. insulting and scorning（侮辱和蔑視）；用拇指頂住鼻尖兒，沖著被侮辱者搖動(dòng)其它四指的手勢(shì)。8. agreement（贊同）：向上翹起拇指。9. congratulation（祝賀）：雙手在身前嘴部高度相搓的動(dòng)作。10. menace（威脅）：由于生氣，揮動(dòng)一只拳頭的動(dòng)作似乎無處不有。因受挫折而雙手握著拳使勁搖動(dòng)的動(dòng)作。11. absolutely not（絕對(duì)不行）：掌心向外，兩只手臂在胸前交叉，然后再?gòu)堥_至相距一米左右。12. that's all（完了）：兩臂在腰部交叉，然后再向下，向身體兩側(cè)

32、伸出。13. shame（害羞）：雙臂伸直，向下交叉，兩掌反握，同時(shí)臉轉(zhuǎn)向一側(cè)。14. greeting（打招呼）：英語國(guó)家的人在路上打招呼，常常要拿帽子表示致意?，F(xiàn)一般已化為抬一下帽子，甚至只是摸一下帽沿。15. happiness and excitement（高興、激動(dòng)）：雙手握拳向上舉起，前后頻頻用力搖動(dòng)。16. anger and anxiousness（憤怒、急躁）：兩手臂在身體兩側(cè)張開，雙手握拳，怒目而視。也常常頭一揚(yáng)，嘴里咂咂有聲，同時(shí)還可能眨眨眼睛或者眼珠向上和向一側(cè)轉(zhuǎn)動(dòng)，也表示憤怒、厭煩、急躁。17. pity（憐憫、同情）：頭搖來搖去，同里嘴里發(fā)出咂咂之聲，嘴里還說“th

33、ats too bad.”或“sorry to hear it.”18. too queer（太古怪了）：在太陽穴處用食指劃一圓圈。征服英語口語八大秘笈擁有一口流利標(biāo)準(zhǔn)的英語口語，能幫助孩子在面試、比賽和各類證書考試中脫穎而出。怎樣才能事半功倍地提高英語口語水平呢？下面是嵩山秘笈中給出的征服英語口語八大招數(shù)，大家一起來練一練吧！1. Listen to yourself.（聽自己）：如果你不能聽出你自己的發(fā)音問題，就很難去改正它。試著把你的朗讀或演說錄下來，并與以英語為母語的外國(guó)人士做個(gè)比較。2. Slow down.（慢下來）：很多英語學(xué)習(xí)者說話都求快，其實(shí)快不見得就說得好，說得越快毛病越不容易改掉。每天練習(xí)一點(diǎn)點(diǎn)，從聲調(diào)到單詞再到句子，慢慢來，急不得。3. Picture