1.Nothing is + 形容词比较级 than to + 动词原形 ；Nothing is + more +形容词+ than to + 动词原形

例句：Nothing is more important than to receive education.　没有比接受教育更重要的事。

2.…cannot emphasize the importance of …too much.(再怎么强调……的重要性也不为过。)

例句：We cannot emphasize the importance of protecting our eyes too much.

我们再怎么强调保护眼睛的重要性也不为过。

3.There is no denying that + 主语 + 谓语……(不可否认的……)

例句：There is no denying that the qualities of our living have gone from bad to worse.

不可否认的，我们的生活品质已经每况愈下。

4.It is universally acknowledgedthat 从句 (全世界都知道……)

例句：It is universally acknowledged that trees are indispensable to us.

全世界都知道树木对我们是不可或缺的。

5.There is no doubt that 从句(毫无疑问的……)

例句：There is no doubt that our educational system leaves something to be

desired.毫无疑问的我们的教育制度令人不满意。

6.An advantage of… is that +句子(……的优点是……)

例句：An advantage of using the solar energy is that itwon't

create(produce)any pollution.

使用太阳能的优点是它不会制造任何污染。

7.The reason why +句子is that +句子(……的原因是……)

例句：The reason why we have to grow trees is that they can provide us with fresh air(supply fresh air for us).

我们必须种树的原因是它们能供应我们新鲜的空气。

8.So +形容词+ be +主词+ that +句子(如此……以致于……)(倒装句)

例句：So precious is time that we can't afford to wasteit.时间是如此珍贵，我们经不起浪费它。

9.形容词/名词(前不加冠词)/动词原形 + as + 从句主语+ be/助动词，主句主语+谓语…(虽然……)(as引导让步状语从句的倒装)

例句：Rich as our country is，the qualities of our living are by no means

satisfactory. {by no means = in no way = on no account一点也不}

虽然我们的国家富有，我们的生活品质绝对令人不满意。

10.The + 形容词比较级，the +形容词比较级 (愈……愈……)

例句：The harder you work，themore progress you make.　　你愈努力，你愈进步。

The more books we read，the more learned we become.　我们书读愈多，我们愈有学问。

11.On no account can we …(我们绝对不能……)

例句：On no account can we ignore the value of knowledge.

我们绝对不能忽略知识的价值。

12.It is conceivable that句子(可想而知的)

It is obvious that句子(明显的)

It is apparent that句子(显然的)

例句：It is conceivable that knowledge plays an importantrole in our life.

可想而知，知识在我们的一生中扮演一个重要的角色。

13.Since + 从句 +过去式，主句 +现在完成式。

例句：Since he went to senior high school，he has worked very hard.

自从他上高中，他一直很用功。

14.For the past +时间，主语 +现在完成式……(过去……年来，……一直……)

例句：For the past two years，Ihave been busy preparing for the examination. 过去两年来，我一直忙着准备考试。

15.It is time + S +过去式(该是……的时候了)

例句：It is time the authorities concerned took proper steps to solve the traffic problems.

该是有关当局采取适当的措施来解决交通问题的时候了。

1. Weak men wait for opportunity, but the strong men make it.

弱者等待机会，强者创造机会。

2. Opportunity meets the prepared mind, as the old saying goes.

正如俗话所说，机遇只属于那些有心理准备的人。

3. Perseverance is failing nineteen times and succeeding the twentieth.

十九次失败，到第二十次获得成功，这就叫坚持。

4. He tried hard to learn, and to be a good boy, and he succeeded fairly well.

他用心学习，又很听话，因此一切倒还顺利。

5. In fact, there’s an old Chinese saying which goes, “He who hasn’t been to the Great Wall is not a true man.”

实际上，中国有句古谚语说：“不到长城非好汉。”

6. A man is not old as long as he is seeking something. -John Barrymore

只要一个人还有所追求, 她就没有老。 ── 约翰·巴里莫尔 (美国艺术家)

7. To take advantage of them, you can’t let yourself be destroyed by a defeat, or let others set the limits on your ability to achieve.

利用它们, 你就不会被一次失败击倒, 也不会让别人来限制住你成功的能力。

8. Only those who have the patience to do simple things perfectly ever acquire the skill to do difficult things easily.

只有有耐心圆满完成简单工作的人才能够轻而易举地完成困难的事。

9. The most important thing in life is to have a beautiful dream and good ways to realize it.

人生最重要的是要有美梦，并有好的方法去实现它。

10. We must carry on till success in spite of the extremely difficult conditions.

尽管条件极端困难, 我们必须坚持下去, 直到成功。

11. This belief in equal opportunity has produced a spirit of competition. It’s like a race to the top of the success ladder.

这种机会均等的信念造就了一种竞争的精神, 它就像一场通往成功之梯顶端的比赛一样。

12. Success is dangerous. One begins to copy oneself, and to copy oneself is more dangerous than to copy others. It leads to sterility. -Picasso (1881-1973), Spanish artist

成功是危险的。一个成功的人开始模仿自己，而模仿自己比模仿别人更加危险。因为这样做将毫无结果。 ── 毕加索 (1881-1973), 西班牙画家

13. But failure also taught me that life is a road with unpredictable forks and unexpected tomorrows.

但是, 失败还使我懂得, 生活的道路充满了无法预测的岔路口和无法预料的明天。

14. The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic, and self-complacent is erroneous; on the contrary, it makes them, for the most part, humble, tolerant, and kind. Failure makes people cruel and bitter. -W. Somerset Maugham (1874-1965), British author

人们普遍认为成功使人变得虚荣、自以为是、自满, 从而毁了他们, 但这种看法是错误的;恰恰相反, 成功在很大程度上使人变得谦恭、宽容、善良。失败则使人变得残忍、怨愤。 ── W·萨默塞特·莫姆 (1874-1965), 英国作家

15. Against all the odds she achieved her dream of becoming an actress.

她冲破重重困难，实现了当演员的梦想。

16. He is too smart not to jump at the chance.

他这个人很精明，不会错过这个机会的。

17. I’m not sure if I’ll succeed, but I certainly hope so.

是否成功我没有把握, 不过我当然希望会成功

18. I wish you every success.

祝你万事如意!

19. He seems to be successful in anything he tries.

他好像不论做什么事都能成功。

20. Experience shows that success is due less to ability than to zeal.

经验告诉我们，成功与其说是由于才能，不如说是由于热情。

21. Ambition is to life just what steam is to the locomotive.

抱负之于生活, 恰似蒸汽之于火车头。

22. With their advanced features and compact size, portable electronic devices offer consumers freedom, productivity, and organization.

由于本身小巧玲珑, 又具备种种先进的特点, 便携式电子设备为消费者带来了自由, 提高了生产力, 改进了对信息的组织。

23. However, the ease and speed with which messages can be sent and received has increased and accelerated to such an extent that many people are receiving hundreds of electronic messages of all kinds each day.

但是, 信息发送与接收的便捷发展得如此之快, 以至于很多人每天都会收到各种各样、成百上千的电子邮件。

24. Just as history has shown that species which fail to adapt die out, businesses will die out if they don’t get to grips with the Internet.

正如历史所示, 适者生存, 企业如果不紧跟互联网就将退出历史的舞台。

25. Television is different from radio in that it sends and receives pictures.

电视与无线电不同, 电视能播送和接收图像。

26. When people master the digital organization, it will greatly simplify and improve both their professional and personal lives.

当人们掌握了这种数码管理方法后, 他们的工作与个人生活都会得以极大地简化并改善。

27. A new IT high-tech park in Beijing is helping the city keep its promise to be the country’s center of the knowledge-based economy.

一所焕然一新的IT高科技园帮助北京实现了它的诺言：成为全国知识型经济的中心。

28. Observation is the best teacher.

观察是最好的老师。

29. Imagination is more important than knowledge.

想像力比知识更重要。 ── 爱因斯坦

30. Knowledge is a treasure, but practice is the key to it.

知识是一座宝库，而实践是开启宝库的钥匙。

31. We can kill two birds with one stone by combining our honeymoon with our business trip.

我们可以把蜜月和出差合在一起，这样一举两得。

32. Greatly inspired, he made up his mind to read as much as he could, and what’s more, he would study harder than ever before.

他深受鼓舞，决心尽可能多读书，而且，比以往任何时候都努力学习。

33. Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.

世界上再也没有比实实在在的无知和认认真真的愚蠢更危险的了。─ 小马丁·路德·金 (美国社会活动家)

34. Eat to live, but live to eat.

吃饭是为了生存而不是生存为了吃饭。

35. To my knowledge, my daughter has never told a lie before.

据我所知, 我女儿以前从未说过谎。

36. In the long run, basic knowledge and technological applications go hand in hand—one helps the other.

归根结蒂, 基础知识和技术应用是并进的, 相辅相成的。

37. Reading (and learning) is to the mind what exercise is to the body.

读书之于思想, 就如运动之于身体。

38. English is now the international language for airline pilots, scientists, medical experts, businessmen and many others. Consequently, more and more people are learning it.

现在, 对于航空公司飞行员、科学家、医学家、商人及许多其他行业的工作者来说, 英语是一门国际性语言, 因此越来越多的人开始学习英语。

39. Unlike many other widely used languages, English can be correctly used in very simple form with less than one thousand basic words and very few grammatical rules.

与许多其他被广泛应用的语言不同, 英语仅凭借将近一千个基础词汇和很少的语法规则，就能够用简单的形式正确地表达意思。

40. English will doubtless continue to change and develop as a living language always does.

毫无疑问, 英语将像一种活的语言贯常的变化和发展一样继续变化和发展下去。

41. Another reason for the popularity of English is that English-speaking countries are spread through out the world.

英语流行的另一个原因是说英语的国家遍布世界各地。

42. Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.

天才是百分之一的灵感和百分之九十九的汗水

43. An estimated 310 million people in Britain, U.S.A., Canada, Australia, South Africa, etc. use English as their mother tongue.

据统计，在英国、美国、加拿大、澳大利亚和南非等国有三亿一千万人以英语为母语。

44. It is surprising that some students have little or no knowledge of English.

令人感到吃惊的是, 有些学生英语懂得很少, 或者根本不懂英语。

45. The rush to learn English has reached even China.

这种学习英语的浪潮甚至波及到中国。

46. Washington is known as “the father of his country” and is one of those “larger than life” historical figures who are known around the world.

华盛顿被称为“美国国父”，是一位誉满全球的具有传奇色彩的历史人物。

47. Many immigrants have come to this land of opportunity for that reason-to seek a better future.

许多移民基于这个缘故来到了这块充满机会的土地上──为了追求一个更好的未来。

48. Not all Americans are rich, but most are concerned about money. Success-oriented Americans often measure people’s worth by how much they have.

并非所有的美国人都很有钱, 但大多数美国人都在乎钱。以成功为取向的美国人常常用人们拥有财产的多少来衡量他们的价值。

49. As a result, nearly half of foreign students in the U.S. are concentrated in just 100 out of 2,500 post-secondary institutions, mostly brand-name schools.

结果, 在美留学生几乎有一半集中在2500所高校的仅100所, 这些学校大多是名牌学校。

50. Credit cards symbolize American shopping habits: “Buy now, pay later.”

信用卡反映美国人的购物习惯：“现在买, 以后付。