研究生一年级英语经典句子与常用短语

A rich person is not one who has the most, but is one who needs the least. 一个富有的人，并不是因为他拥有的最多，而是他需要的最少

There is this difference between happiness and wisdom : the person who thinks himself the happiest man really is so; but the person who thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool. 幸福与智慧区别在于：认为自己是最幸福的，他真的就是最幸福；而认为自己是最有智慧的人，却往往是最大的傻瓜

Literature is the place where the past meets the present to contemplate the future. 在文学作品里，过去与现实交汇，共同思考未来

We are not conscious of the extent to which work provides the psychological satisfaction that can make the difference between a full and an empty life. 我们尚未意识到：工作能给我们带来心理上的满足感，而正是这种满足，令充实与空虚的生活有所区别。

Greater expense does not always equal better gift. I would much rather receive a gift that was unique or that I knew my friend had put some thought into rather than something that cost a lot of money but that I didn’t need or want. I would much rather receive something that made me laugh, made me reminisce, or fit my personality than something that cost a lot but that I will just throw in my closet and forget about. 价格昂贵的礼物并不是意味着贵重，我倒是希望收到的礼物很别致，或是我知道是朋友精心为我准备的，而不是那种花费很多却不是我想要的，需要的。我希望是能够让我开心，让我回忆过去时光，或是适合我的口味的礼物，而不是价格不菲，看完之后随手就扔到储藏室，抛在脑后的礼物。

When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives means the most to us , we often find that it is those who, instead of giving much advice ,solutions, or cures, have chosen rather to share our pain and touch our wounds with a gentle and tender hand. The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair of confusion ,who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not knowing, not curing ,not healing and face with us the reality of our powerlessness, that is a friend who cares. 当我们坦率地问自己那种人在我们的生活中对我们最有意义时，我们常常会发现不是那些给我们很多劝告、答案或对策的人，而是那些选择分担我们痛苦，用温柔而亲切的手抚慰我们的创伤的人。朋友是那些在我们绝望或迷茫时与我们一起保持沉默，在我们悲伤和失去亲人时与我们一起共度时光，能宽恕我们的幼稚无知，苦无良策，心痛难复和与我们一起正视我们那些无能为力的现实的人。那样的人才是真正关心我们的朋友。

No birth certificate is issued when a friendship is born. There is nothing tangible. There is just a feeling that your life is different and that your capacity to love and care has miraculously been enlarged without any effort on your part. 友谊诞生时，不会颁发出生证明，因为友谊是一种无形的感受，你的生活从此不同了，你关爱的能力不知不觉地神奇地方大了。

The more we help others, the more we receive in return. We advance ourselves as we help others. 帮助别人越多，我们获得的回报就越多。帮助了别人，提升了自己。

Friends are the lights in winter: the older the friend, the brighter the light. 朋友有如冬日里的暖阳，愈久弥珍。

As you sow, so will you reap(so you will reap). 种瓜得瓜种豆得豆。

Just as dark clouds cannot long hide the sun, so no lies can cover up the fact.乌云遮不住太阳，谎言掩盖不了事实。

Just as food nourishes the body, so do books enrich the mind.食物滋养身体，书本丰富心灵。

As it is the mark of great minds to say many things in a few words, so it is the mark of little minds to use many words to say nothing.大智者寥寥数语既能达意，寡智者口若悬河仍言之无物。

The great use of a school education is not so much to teach you things as to teach you the art of learning.教育的作用不在于教会你多少东西，而在于教会你学习的技巧。

The great thing in this world is not so much where we stand as in what direction we are moving.人生的意义不在于你目前身在何处，而在于你心向何方。

To err is human; to forgive, divine. 犯错人皆难免，宽恕则属超凡。

To love for the sake of being loved is human, but to love for the sake of loving is angelic。因为被爱而爱，是人之常情，因为爱而爱，则难能可贵。

One cannot succeed without perseverance. 唯有持之以恒才能成功。

Don’t cry because it is over, but smile because it happened. 不要因为结束就伤心落泪，而要因为经历过而微笑面对。

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It’s reported that 据报道

It is generally thought that 人们普遍认为

It should be noted that 应当注意

It has been found that 现已发现

It must be pointed out that 必须指出