Daily Wisdom
2024-04-30
Writing is an exploration of the unknown. It's a journey into a place you don't know anything about. - Don DeLillo
Translation
写作是对未知的探索。它是一次前往你一无所知之地的旅程。- 唐·德里罗
Object Clause - 一般疑问句作宾语从句 whether / if + 陈述句
I wonder whether/if they will come to our party.
2024-04-29
Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies. - Stephen King
Translation
希望是好事，也许是最好的东西，而好事永不消逝。- 斯蒂芬·金
Object Clause - that 不省略 - 3. 当that从句是双宾语中的直接宾语时，that不可省
He explained that he would arrive late to his friend.
2024-04-28
The Internet is a great way to get the word out about what you're doing, but it's not a substitute for the real world. - Dave Eggers
Translation
互联网是传播你所做工多的一个好方法，但它不是现实世界的替代品。- 戴夫·艾格斯
Object Clause - that 不省略 - 2. 谓语动词语that宾语从句之间有插入语时，that一般不省
Just then I noticed, for the first time, that he was planning to travel abroad.
2024-04-27
The world is just a stage, and reality is a play that's written every day. It's a new script, the plot changes, the characters often remain the same. - Don DeLillo
Translation
世界只是一个舞台，现实是每天都在编写的剧本。这是一个新的剧本，情节变化，角色常常保持不变。- 唐·德里罗
Object Clause - that 不省略 - 1. 动词后接两个由that引导的宾语从句，第一个可省，后面不可省
He said (that) you were too young to understand the matter and that he was asked not to tell you.
2024-04-26
A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. The man who never reads lives only one. - George R.R Martin
Translation
一个读者在去世之前能活上千种生活。从不阅读的人只活一次。- 乔治·R·R·马丁
Object Clause - that + 陈述句
He told me that he had to leave.
2024-04-25
The more you know, the more you realize how much you don't know. - Dan Brown
Translation
你知道的越多，你就越意识到自己不知道的东西有多少。- 丹·布朗
Subject Clause - 位于句尾，It seems/happens + that从句
It seemed certain that he would win the prize.
2024-04-24
Spend more time making the big decisions. There are basically three really big decisions you make in your early life, where you live, who you're with, and what you do. - Naval Ravikant
Translation
把更多的时间花在做出重大决策上。基本上，你在生活中早期需要做出三个非常重要的决定：你住在哪里，你和谁在一起，以及你从事什么事业。- 纳瓦尔·拉维坎特
Subject Clause - 位于句尾，It be + 动词过去分词 + that从句
It's said/known that be has been there many times.
2024-04-23
Great things in business are never done by one person. They're done by a team of people. - Steve Jobs
Translation
商业上的伟大事业从来不是由一个人完成的。它们是通过团队完成的。- 史蒂夫·乔布斯
Subject Clause - 位于句尾，it作形式主语，主语放在句末 It be + 形容词 + that从句
It is great that I have such a smart brother like you.
2024-04-22
Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separetes the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work. - Stephen King
Translation
才华比餐桌调味盐还便宜，区别有才华者与成功者的是许多的努力。- 斯蒂芬·金
Subject Clause - 位于句尾，it作形式主语，主语放在句末
It's a great pity that thay didn't get married.
2024-04-21
The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of thoes who have much, it is wether we provide enough for those who have little. - Franklin D.Roosevelt
Translation
对我们进步的检验不是我们是否为那些拥有很多的人增加了更多，而是我们是否为那些拥有很少的人提供了足够的东西。- 富兰克林·D·罗斯福
Subject Clause - 位于句首
Who will win the game is still unknown.
2024-04-20
You can't connect the dots looking foreward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. - Steve Jobs
Translation
你无法把点滴往未来联系；只能透过回顾才能看见；因此你必须相信过去的点滴能串联未来。- 史蒂夫·乔布斯
Subject Clause - 作主语的名词性从句
What I am watching is great.
2024-04-19
Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. - Mark Twain
Translation
拥有良书、益友和一颗宁静的心：这就是理想的生活。- 马克·吐温
Passive Voice - want、need和require，动名词主动形式表被动、不定式表被动
It needs/wants/requires repairing/to be repaired.
2024-04-18
Expect the best. Prepare for the worst, Capitalize on what comes. - Zig Ziglar
Translation
要抱最大的希望，做最坏的打算，从结果中学习。- 齐格·齐格勒
Passive Voice - 动词不及物短语动词。
Cosgrave's forecast turned out to be completely wrong. Happy birthday to you!!!
2024-04-17
Courage is the most important of all the virtues, because without courage you can't practice any other virtue constently. You can practice any virtue erratically, but nothing consistently without courage. Maya Angelou
- Sam Levensn
Translation
勇气是所有美德中最重要的，因为没有勇气，你就不能坚持实践任何其他美德。你可以不规律地实践任何美德，但如果没有勇气，就无法持之以恒。-玛雅·安吉罗
Passive Voice - 主动形式表被动意义 - 某些表示事物内在的品质和属性的动词。
This kind of eye shadow sells well.
2024-04-16
One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity. Albert Schweitzer
- Sam Levensn
Translation
通过克服困难而获得力量的人，拥有了克服逆境的唯一力量。-阿尔贝特·施韦泽
Passive Voice - 主动形式表被动意义 - 感官动词
The music sounds wonderful.
2024-04-15
Trying to predict the future is like trying to drive down a country road at night with no lights while looking out the back window. Peter Drucker
- Sam Levensn
Translation
试图预测未来就像试图在没有灯的夜晚开车沿着乡间小路行驶，同时看着后窗。-彼得·德鲁克
Passive Voice - 动词+介词/副词结构
The old magazings were thrown away.
2024-04-14
Art is not a treasure in the past or an importation from another land, but part of the present life of all living and creating peoples. Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Sam Levensn
Translation
艺术不是过去的珍宝，也不是来自异域的舶来品，而是所有活着的、有创造力的人民现在生活的一部分。-富兰克林·D·罗斯福
Passive Voice - 动词+介词+宾语，介词直接跟在动词后
He must be written to.
2024-04-13
Don't watch the clock; do what it does. keep going. - Sam Levensn
Translation
不要盯着时钟看，要做时钟做的事，继续前进。-山姆·利文森
Passive Voice - 介词与被动态连用
The room was filled with smoke.
2024-04-12
Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust, and hostility to evaporate. - Albert Schweitzer
Translation
恒久的仁慈可以成就许多事。正如太阳使冰融化一样，善良会使误解、不信任和敌意消失。-阿尔贝特·施韦泽
Passive Voice - 被动语态主语是谁提问时
What was done.
2024-04-11
The secret of getting ahead is started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and starting on the first one. - Mark Twain
Translation
取得进步的秘诀是开始行动。开始行动的秘诀是将复杂的而繁重的任务分解成小的可管理任务，并从第一个任务开始。-马克·吐温
Passive Voice - 句子含有一个直接宾语和一个间接宾语
She was given a necklace.
2024-04-10
Effictive leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results not attributes. - Peter Drucker
Translation
有效的领导力不是发表演讲或被人喜欢；领导力是由结果而不是属性来定义的。-彼得·德鲁克
Passive Voice - 助动词+动词原型
These doors must/should be shut.
2024-04-09
Great minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, small minds disscuss people. - Eleanor Roosevelt
Translation
伟大的头脑讨论想法；普通人讨论事件，心胸狭隘的人议论人。- 埃莉诺·罗斯福
Passive Voice - Pass Continuous Tense
The injured player was being carried off the field.
2024-04-08
Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. - Steve Jobs
Translation
你的工作将占据你生活的很大一部分，唯一能让你真正感到满足的方法是去做你认为是伟大的工作。做伟大工作的唯一途径就是热爱你所做的工作。- 史蒂夫·乔布斯
Passive Voice - Present Continuous Tense
The bridge is being repaired.
2024-04-07
Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with deeper meaning. - Maya Angelou
Translation
言语必写在纸上的更有意义。只有人类的声音才能赋予它们更深的意义。- 玛雅·安吉罗
Passive Voice - Present Perfect Tense
Wolves have been seen in the streets.
2024-04-06
If you shed tears when you miss the sun, you also miss the starts. - Rabindranath Tegore
Translation
如果你因失去了太阳而流泪，那么你也失去了群星。- 拉宾德拉纳特·泰戈尔
Passive Voice - Simple future Tense
The meeting won't be held tomorrow.
2024-04-05
If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head; if you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart. - Nelson Mandela
Translation
如果你用一个人听得懂的语言和他说话，他会记住你的话。如果你用他的语言和他说话，那就会进入他的内心。- 纳尔逊·曼德拉
Passive Voice - Simple Paste Tense
The window was broken by them.
2024-04-04
Ideal is the beacon, without ideal, there is no secure direction, without direction, there is no life. - Leo Tolstoy
Translation
理想是指路明灯。没有理想，就没有坚定的方向；没有方向，就没有生活。- 列夫·托尔斯泰
Passive Voice - Simple Present Tense
The butter is kept here.
2024-04-03
When you catch a glimpse of your potential, that's when passion is born. - Zig Ziglar
Translation
当你瞥见自己的潜力时，激情就诞生了。- 齐格·齐格勒
Simple Present Tense
I stuty English every day.
2024-04-02
There is no rule on how to write. Sometimes it comes easily and perfectly, Sometimes it's like drilling rock and then blasting it out with charges. - Hemingway
Translation
没有关于如何写作的规则。有时它来的很容易而完美，有时就像钻探岩石，然后用炸药把它炸开。- 海明威
Simple Past Tense
They arrived at the airport at ¾ last night.
2024-04-01
The things I want to know are in books; my best friend is the man who'll get me a book I ain't read. - Abraham Lincoln
Translation
我想知道的东西都在书里；我最好的朋友是那个给我一本我没读过的书的人。- 亚伯拉罕·林肯
Simple Future Tense
They shall arrive at the airport at ¾ tonight.