知識
作者：
1、the + 形容詞最高級 + n. + （that） + S（主語） + have ever seen / known / heard / had/ read， etc
例句：Helen is the most beautiful girl that I have ever seen.
海倫是我見過的最美麗的女孩。
2、Nothing is + 形容詞比較級 + than to + V（謂語）
例句：Nothing is more important than to receive education.
沒有比接受教育更重要的事。
3、S cannot emphasize the importance of sth. too much：再怎麼強調……的重要性也不為過。
例句：We cannot emphasize the importance of protecting our eyes too much.
我們再怎麼強調保護眼睛的重要性也不為過。
4、There is _disibledevent= do one’s best to + V：盡全力去……
例句：We should do our utmost to achieve our goal in life.
我們應盡全力去達成我們的人生目標。
俚語
Long hair and short wit. 頭發長，見識短．
Blood is thicker than water. 血濃於水
If you would not be known to do anything， never do it. 若要人不知，除非己莫為．
In unity here is strength. 團結就是力量．
He whose belly is full believes not him who is fasting. 飽漢不知餓漢饑．
Easier said than done. 說時容易做時難．
Idleness is the root of all evil. 懶惰是萬惡之源．
Wall has ears. 隔牆有耳．
Better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion.
寧做雞頭，不做鳳尾．
The foremost dog catches the hare.
早起的鳥兒有蟲吃．
Every potter praises his own pot.
老王賣瓜，自賣自誇．
The fox preys farthest from home. 兔子不吃窩邊草．
The proof of the pudding is in the eating.
要知道梨子的滋味，最好是親口嚐一嚐．
One swallow does not make a summer.
一花獨放不是春．
One drop of poison infects the whole tun of wine.
一顆老鼠屎壞了一鍋粥．
Set a fox to keep one’s geese. 引狼入室．
What do you expect from a pig but a grunt？
狗嘴裏吐不出象牙
He that comes of a hen must scrape.
老鼠的兒子會打洞．
When the cat’s away， the mice will play.
山中無老虎，猴子稱大王．