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英语名言

God is dead.
上帝死了,人有自由意志(by尼采)

And yet it moves.
地球在转动(by伽利略)

Know thyself.
认识你自己(by苏格拉底)

The die is cast.
木已成舟(by凯撒)

In God we trust.
我们相信上帝(印在美元上的句子)

The land of morning calm.
朝鲜的英文(by泰戈尔)

Old soldiers never die.
老兵永远不死(by麦克阿瑟)

Frailty, thy name is woman.
脆弱啊,你的名字是女人(by莎士比亚)

All is well that ends well.
结果好,就都好(by莎士比亚)

It’s all Greek to me.
我不理解(by莎士比亚)

Money doesn’t grow on trees.
钱不是树上长出来的(表责怪)

Money talks.
有钱能使鬼推磨

Money can’t buy happiness.
金钱买不到幸福

A penny saved is a penny earned.
省下的就是赚下的

Time heals all wounds.
时间治愈一切创伤

Time waits for no one.
时间不等人

You only live once.
人的生命只有一次

You can’t take it with you.
生不带来,死不带去

Ashes to ashes, dust to dust.
尘归尘,土归土

I came, I saw, I conquered.
我来了,我看见了,我征服了(by凯撒)

Et tu, Brute?
还有你吗,布鲁图?(表背叛的埋怨 by凯撒)

Let there be light.
让那里有光(圣经)

I think, therefore I am.
我思故我在(笛卡尔)

The show must go on.
演出还是要继续(无论遇到什么困难)

You can’t fight city hall.
胳膊拧不过大腿(表普通人斗不过官僚)

Life begins at forty.
四十不惑

Father knows best.
父亲最知道(劝告听长辈的话)

Life is no bed of roses.
生活不尽如人意

Poets are born, not made.
诗人是天生的(表天赋重要)

Thank god, it’s Friday.
感谢上帝,今天是星期五

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儿童英语启蒙免费学习资源

一、Phonics及Sight Words专辑

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5. www.ehow.com/videos-on_3914_home-school-tutoring-tips.html – 如何教孩子Phonics视频
6. www.ehow.com/videos-on_3866_teach-child-read-steps.html – 如何一步一步教孩子英语阅读
7. quiz-tree.com – 打印Sight Words列表、下载练习软件
Part 1:www.quiz-tree.com/sight-words-list-PrePrimer.html(38词)
Part 2:www.quiz-tree.com/sight-words-list-Primer.html(52词)
Part 3:www.quiz-tree.com/sight-words-list-First-Grade.html(40词)
Part 4:www.quiz-tree.com/sight-words-list-Second-Grade.html(46词)
Part 5:www.quiz-tree.com/sight-words-list-Third-Grade.html(41词)
Part 6:www.quiz-tree.com/sight-words-printables.html(打印版)
下载练习软件:http://www.quiz-tree.com/sight-words-buddy.html
8. www.mrcpl.org/literacy/lessons/sight/index.html – Sight Words游戏练习

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5. learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org – 故事、游戏、练习等综合儿童英语学习资源
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9. ziggityzoom.com – 幼儿故事综合资源
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2. nellieedge.com – 可打印儿童图书
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4. lil-fingers.com – 带动画音频的在线故事书
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7. clarkness.com – 入门级故事图书
8. lightupyourbrain.com – 有音频的儿童故事书

参考:《不能错过的英语启蒙 – 中国孩子的英语路线图》

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美国人天天在用的习惯用语

He works like a dog.
他工作非常努力

Don’t work too hard.
别太辛苦

Are you working out?
你健身吗

Works like a charm.
真是灵丹妙药 / 进展非常顺利

Walk me through it.
仔仔细细地跟我说一遍

She walk out on me. / She dumped me.
她甩了我

You’re walking on thin ice.
你这是如履薄冰

I’m walking on air.
我高兴死了

Why didn’t I think of that?
我怎么没想到

Great minds think alike.
英雄所见略同

That’s what you think.
那只是你的想法

Who do you think you are?
你以为你是谁?

Only time will tell.
只有时间能证明

I told you so.
不听老人言,吃亏在眼前

A little bird told me.
有人告诉我

He’s all talk.
他只会纸上谈兵

Take me into it.
给我理由

Don’t talk back.
别顶嘴

Take the hint.
还不明白吗?想想隐含意思

Take your pick.
随便挑

Take me home.
送我回家吧

This seat is taken.
这个座位有人了

Jack likes to stand out.
Jack喜欢出风头

Stand still.
站着别动

He stood up for me.
他站在我这边

You stand a good chance.
你很有可能会成功

I slept in today.
我今天睡懒觉了

Can I sleep over at Tom’s?
我能在Tom家过夜吗

I couldn’t sleep a wink.
我一点儿都没睡

I slept like a dog.
我睡美了

It runs in the family.
这是家族遗传

We’re running out of time.
我们没有多少时间了

It was a dry run.
那是一次演习

I ran into my ex.
我碰到了前任

Put mommy on.
让妈妈来听电话

Put yourself in his shoes.
你要站在他的立场上想想

Put it on my tab.
记在我的账上

Put on a happy face.
做一个幸福的表情

He’s a player.
他是花花公子

Play your cards right.
要三思而后行

Quit playing games with my heart.
别玩弄我的感情了

Don’t play hard to get.
别装腔作势了

I was so moved.
真让我感动

Get a move on, man!
快点儿

He made a move on me.
他纠缠我

Move in with me.
搬到我这儿来吧

Something is missing.
好像还差点什么

You missed the boat.
这个机会你错过了

You just missed him.
他刚走

Don’t make me laugh.
开什么玩笑

That makes sense.
这个说得通

Don’t make a scene.
别闹了

You’re asking for the moon.
你在痴心妄想

Sam asked me out.
Sam约我了

Don’t ask.
别问了

If you asked me…
如果你问我的话

Break a leg.
祝你好运 (祝福即将登台表演的人)

Can you break a $20?
你能换开20美金的零钱吗

Break it up.
别打了 (对两个扭打在一起的人说)

You’re breaking my heart.
你伤了我的心了

What brings you here?
是什么风把你刮到这里

Just bring yourself.
就带上你自己就好 (邀请人时)

I bring home the bacon.
我是赚钱养家的人

Glad you brought it up.
很高兴你说出这一切

I called in sick.
我请假了

Let’s call it off.
让我们取消吧

They call it quits.
他们分手了

Nature calls.
我去一下洗手间

Let me catch my breath.
让我喘口气

I’d better catch some Z’s.
我得谁一会儿

He got caught red-handed.
他被当场抓获

I’ll catch up.
我会赶上了 (让对方先行)

Come and get it.
来吃饭了 (做好饭后说)

Family comes first.
家庭第一

It comes in handy.
这东西很好用

I’m coming down with a cold.
我感冒了

I cried my eyes out.
我把眼睛都哭肿了

For crying out loud.
我的天哪

Don’t be such a crybaby.
别总是哭哭啼啼的

Don’t cut in line.
别插队

Let’s cut class.
我们跷课吧

I’m not cut out for this.
我不适合做这事

I’m cutting you off.
我断了你的零花钱 (威胁你听话的孩子)

You could eat off the floor.
地板一尘不染

What’s eating you?
是什么让你这么痛苦

She eats like a bird.
她饭量特别小

I could eat a horse.
我快饿死了

He’s falling apart.
他奔溃了

I fell for it again.
我又上当了

He fell off the wegon.
他又开始喝酒了 (戒酒失败)

My leg fell asleep.
我腿麻了

Fill me in.
给我解释解释

Fill out this form.
填完这张表格

Will you fill in for me?
能顶替我一下吗?

Fill ‘er up
加满 (加油时说)

I’ll get it.
我来做

I got over him.
他对我,已经过去了

I don’t get it.
我不明白(其中的点)

Get a life.
找点乐子

I‘ll give you a ride.
我开车送你

It gives me the creeps.
我感到毛骨悚然

Give me a ring.
给我打电话

I don’t give a damn.
我不关心

Let’s go all the way.
让我们一醉方休 (喝酒时)

Here we go.
好,让我们开始吧

Anything goes.
怎么都行

Go easy on him.
别太为难他了

Have a seat.
请坐

I have a hunch.
我有预感

Have a heart.
有点儿同情心

He had it coming.
他活该

I’m hearing things.
我好像听到什么声音似的

I hear you.
知道了

I can’t hear myself think.
我没法思考

I could hear a pin drop.
鸦雀无声

I know Ted like a book.
我太了解Ted了

He knows all the answers.
没有他不知道的

Let’s flip a coin.
我们来掷硬币吧

I’ll let myself out.
我走了,你别送了

Let me have it.
说来听听

I will let it slide this time.
这次就算了

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英文谚语

Faint heart never won fair lady.
胆小鬼得不到美女青睐

It takes one to know one.
同类才能互相了解 (半斤八两)

What’s done is done.
木已成舟

A little knowledge is dangerous.
一知半解最危险

A big fish in a small pond.
大材小用

Old habits die hard.
本性难移

What goes around comes around.
种瓜得瓜

Slow and steady wins the race.
扎实稳固才能赢得胜利

All that glitters is not gold.
闪光的未必是金子

A new broom sweeps clean.
新官上任三把火

Haste makes waste.
欲速则不达

The icing on the cake.
锦上添花

Every cloud has a silver lining.
黑暗之中总有亮光

Stabbed in the back.
被背后中伤

Love me, love my dog.
爱屋及乌

Blood is thicker than water.
血浓于水

Opportunity seldom knocks twice.
机不可失

Beauty is the only skin deep.
外表美不一定心灵美

All‘s fair in love and war.
在情场和战场,一切都是公平的

Charity begins at home.
仁爱始于家

He laughs best who laughs last.
笑到最后的人才是真正的胜利者

Better safe than sorry.
稳妥总比遗憾强

Better bend than break.
大丈夫能屈能伸

A watched pot never boils.
心急壶不开

It’s a drop in the bucket.
沧海一粟,九牛一毛

Chickens come home to roost.
该来的终将会来(恶会有恶报)

A cat has nine lives.
猫有九命

Curiosity killed the cat.
好奇害死猫

If the shoe fits, wear it.
如果是真的,就承认吧

Waste not, want not.
不浪费,不匮乏

Rome wasn’t built in a day.
罗马不是一天建成的

Every Jack has his Jill.
人人都有适合他的妻子

Experience is the best teacher.
经验是最好的老师

Hunger is best sauce.
饥饿是最好的调味品

Once bitten, twice shy.
一朝被蛇咬,十年怕井绳

Misery loves company.
同病相怜

A fly in the ointment.
美中不足

Beggars can’t be choosers.
乞讨的人是不可能成为有选择的人的(饥不择食)

Let sleeping dogs lie.
睡着的狗就让它继续睡吧(勿惹是生非)

Every dog has its day.
谁都会有属于他的那一天的

Ingorance is bliss.
无知是福

Pie in the sky.
空中阁楼

Speak of the devil.
说曹操,曹操就到

Fine clothes make the man.
人靠衣装,马靠鞍

Out of sight, out of mind.
眼不见,心不烦

There’s a skeleton in every closet.
家家有本难念的经

Finders, keepers. Losers, weepers.
先下手为强,后下手遭殃

No news is good news.
没有消息就是好消息

Well begun is half done.
好的开头是成功的一半

Honesty is the best policy.
诚实是最好的策略

Look before you leap.
三思而后行

Practice makes perfect.
熟能生巧

History repeats itself.
历史在重演

Like father, like son.
有其父必有其子

East or west, home is best.
金窝,银窝,不如自己的狗窝

Don’t put all your eggs in one basket.
不要把所有鸡蛋都放到一个篮子里

Even Homer sometimes nods.
智者千虑,必有一失

No pain, no gain.
没有疼痛,就没有收获

Live and learn.
学无止境

The early bird catches the worm.
早起的鸟儿有虫吃

First come, first served.
先到先得

Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today
今日事今日毕

In for a penny, in for a pound.
一不做,二不休

Easy come, easy go.
来得快,去得也快

No man is an island.
没有人是一座孤岛

Many hands make light work.
人多力量大

Two heads are better than one.
三个臭皮匠胜过诸葛亮

Great minds think alike.
英雄所见略同

A friend in need is a friend indeed.
患难见真情

When the cat’s away the mice will play.
山中无老虎,猴子称大王

You can never say never.
世事无绝对

Laughter is the best medicine.
笑是最好的良药

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
一日一苹果,医生远离我

You are what you eat.
人如其食

Silence is gold.
沉默是金

A picture is worth a thousand words.
一图胜千言

It’s never too late.
永远都不迟

Better late than never.
迟到总比不到好

Barking dogs seldom bite.
会叫的狗不咬人

When in Rome, do as the Romans do.
入乡随俗

It takes two to tango.
一个巴掌拍不响

Walls have ears.
隔墙有耳

Seeing is believing.
眼见为实

An eye for an eye.
以牙还牙

Give a dog a bad name and hang him.
给人强加罪名

Two wrongs don’t make a right.
错错不会得对

Let bygones be bygones.
让往事成为往事

It never rains but it pours.
不鸣则已,一鸣惊人

No news is good news.
没有消息,就是好消息

Bad news travels fast.
坏事传千里

We are in the same boat.
我们处境相同

While there’s life there’s hope.
有生命,就有希望

Tomorrow is another day.
明天又是崭新的一天

Still waters run deep.
静水流深

All roads lead to Rome.
条条马路通罗马

Where there is a will, there is a way.
有志者事竟成

Nothing succeeds like success.
一事成,百事成

One man’s meat is another man’s poison.
一个人的美食可能是另一个人的毒药

Time is money.
时间等于金钱

Time flies.
时光飞逝

Money talks.
金钱万能

More haste, less speed.
欲速则不达

Patience is a virtue.
耐心是一种美德

Talk is cheap.
光说无用

Actions speak louder than words.
行动胜于空谈

Practice what you preach.
先行其言而后从之