..too...to do  太...而不能... 

such...that...  如此...以至于... 

Actions speak louder than words.  

事實勝于雄辯 

A friend in need is a friend indeed.  

患難朋友才是真朋友 

A good beginning is half done.  

良好的開端是成功的一半 

Where there is a will,there is a way.  

有志者事竟成 

All roads lead to Rome.  

條條大路通羅馬 

Easier said than done.  

說起來容易,做起來難 

Easy come,easy go.  

來得快,去得快 

Every man has his weak side.  

人人都有缺點 

Failure is the mother of success.  

失敗是成功之母 

Look before you leap.  

三思而后行 

Nothing in the world is difficult if you set your mind to it.  

世上無難事,只怕有心人 

A life without a friend is a life without a sun.  

人若無友,就如同生命中沒有太陽. 

All things are difficult before they are easy.  

萬事開頭難 

Always prepare for a rainy day.  

未雨綢繆

As you sow,so shall you reap.  

種瓜得瓜種豆得豆 

Don’t put off till tomorrow what should be done today.

有事莫推明天 

Practice makes perfect.  

熟能生巧 

Bad news has wings.  

好事不出門,壞事傳千里 

Honesty is the best policy.  

做人以誠信為本 

You have to believe in yourself. That’s the secret of success.  

你必須相信自己,這是成功的關鍵 

Don’t judge a man by his looks.  

不可以貌取人 

表起始的過渡語: first of all, to begin with, in my opinion, according to, so far, as far as等 

表時間的過渡語: first, at first, then, later, in the end, finally,afterwards, after that, since then, for the first time, at last, as soon as, the next moment, meanwhile, later on, soon, finally等 

表空間的過渡語: on the right/left, to the right/left of, on one side of… on the other side of…, at the foot/top/end of, in the middle/centre of, next to, far from, in front of等 

表因果的過渡語: for, because of, one reason is that… another reason is that…, thus, so, as a result (of) 等 

表轉折的過渡語: but, yet, however, after all, in fact, while, on the contrary, instead of, unlike, although, otherwise,nevertheless, in spite of, after all等 

表列舉的過渡語: for example, such as, that is, like, as follows, in other words, and so on等 

表推進的過渡語: what’s more, on one hand… on the other hand…, in addition to, as well, still, also, in other words, not only…but also…, besides, furthermore, moreover等 

表總結的過渡語: in short, in a word, in general, in brief, inall, on the whole等

不用說……  

It goes without saying that … 

= （It is）needless to say （that） … 

= It is obvious that … 

例：It goes without saying that it pays to keep early hours.不用說早睡早起是值得的。 

在各種……之中

Among various kinds of …

= Of all the … 

例: Among various kinds of sports, I like jogging in particular.  在各種運動中我尤其喜歡慢跑。 

就我的看法……；我認為…… 

In my opinion, … 

= To my mind, …

= As far as I am concerned, … 

= I am of the opinion that … 

例:In my opinion, playing video games not only takes much time but is also harmful to health.  就我的看法打電動玩具既花費時間也有害健康。 

隨著人口的增加……    

With the increase/growth of the population, … 隨著科技的進步……     

With the advance of science and technology, … 

例:With the rapid development of Taiwan's economy, a lot of social problems have come to pass.  隨著臺灣經濟的快速發(fā)展許多社會問題產生了。 

……是必要的 

It is necessary （for sb.） to do / that … 

…… 是重要的 

It is important/essential （for sb.） to do / that … 

…… 是適當?shù)?ensp;

It is proper （for sb.） to do / that … 

……是緊急的 

It is urgent （for sb.） to do / that … 

例:It is proper for us to keep the public places clean. 

=It is proper that we （should） keep the public places clean.  我們應當保持公共場所清潔。 

花費  

spend … on sth. / (in) doing sth. … 

例: We shouldn't spend too much time on something we aren't interested in.  我們不應該在我們不感興趣的事情上花太多的時間。 

how 引導的感嘆句 

例:那至少可以證明你很誠實。  

At least it will prove how honest you are. 

狀語從句 

A） 如果你不……，你就會……    

If you don't …， you'll … 

例:If you don't keep working hard, you'll lose the chance.如果你不堅持努力工作，你就會失去這次機會。 

B） 如此 ……以至于……  

so … that … 

例:At that moment, I was so upset that I wanted to give up.  當時，我非常傷心，最后都想放棄了。 

C） 每當我聽到……我就忍不住感到興奮  

Whenever I hear …，I cannot but feel excited. 

每當我做……我就忍不住感到悲傷  

Whenever I do …，I cannot but feel sad. 

每當我想到……我就忍不住感到緊張  

Whenever I think of …，I cannot but feel nervous. 

每當我遭遇……我就忍不住感到害怕  

Whenever I meet with …，I cannot but feel frightened. 

每當我看到……我就忍不住感到驚訝  

Whenever I see …，I cannot but feel surprised. 

例:Whenever I think of the clean brook near my home, I cannot but feel sad. 

= Every time I think of the clean brook near my home, I cannot help feeling sad. 

每當我想到我家附近那一條清澈的小溪我就忍不住感到悲傷。 

賓語從句 

我認為……  / 我不認為……  

I think / I don't think that … 

我想知道是否……  

I wonder whether … 

例:He doesn't think I should stop him joining the club.  他認為我不應該阻止他參加這個俱樂部

Since + sb. + 過去式,sb.+ 現(xiàn)在完成式 

例:Since he went to senior high school, he has worked veryhard.  自從他上高中，他就一直很用功。