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英语谚语及英文解析(英语谚语与名言集锦)

英语谚语及英文解析

【英汉对照】英语谚语与名人名言集锦:Geography and Social Life

When in Rome, do as the Romans do.

入国问禁,入乡随俗。

All roads lead to Rome.

条条大路通罗马。

All rivers run into sea.

海纳百川。

The three great elemental sounds in nature are the sound of rain, the sound of wind in a primeval wood, and the sound of outer ocean on a beach.

—Beston

雨声、原始森林的风声、以及远处海浪拍岸的涛声,是大自然固有的三大美妙之声。

——贝斯顿

At sunrise riverside flowers blossom redder than fire. In spring green river waves grow as blue as sapphire.

—Bai Juyi

日出江花红胜火,春来江水绿如蓝。

——白居易

In wildness is the preservation of the world.

—Thoreau

世界存在于旷野中。

——梭罗

Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty, and dies with chaos.

· Durant

文明在秩序中开始,在自由中生长,于混乱中灭亡。

——杜兰特

Culture is to know the best that has been said and thought in the world.

· Matthew Arnold

文化就是了解世界上人们说过的最好的理想。

—— 马修·阿诺德

History is no more than the portrayal of crimes and misfortunes.

· Voltaire

历史不过是对罪恶与不幸的写照。

—— 伏尔泰

History repeats itself.

—McCormack

历史往往重演。

—— 麦克科迈克

节选自《大学英语新概念阅读教程》(第二册)(主编 李华田,武汉大学出版社,2012年6月)