7.Nothing in the world is difficult if you set your mind to it. 世上無難事,只怕有心人。
8.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。
9.All things are difficult before they are easy. 萬事開頭難。
10.Always prepare for a rainy day. 未雨綢繆。
11.Practice makes perfect.熟能生巧。
12.Bad news has wings. 好事不出門,壞事傳千里。
13.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。
14.Don’t judge a man by his looks. 不可以貌取人。
二、常用過渡語
1.表起始的過渡語:first of all, to begin with, first and foremost等。
2.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, 等。
3.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。
4.表因果的過渡語:for, since,as,because of, thus, so, as a result (of)等。
5.表轉折的過渡語:but, yet, however, after all, in fact, while, on the contrary, instead of, although, otherwise, in spite of等。
6.表列舉的過渡語:for example, such as, like, as follows, in other words, and so on等。
7.表推進的過渡語:on one hand… on the other hand…, in addition to, as well, still, also, in other words, not only…but also…, besides, in addition,furthermore, what’s more, moreover等.
8.表總結的過渡語:in short, in a word, in general, in brief, in all, all in all,above all等.
三、常用句型
1.重點句型
1)It’s adj for sb to do 做…對某人來說…
2)…so … that … 如此… 以至于…
…too … to do 太… 而不能…
such … that … 如此… 以至于…
3)not…until… 直到…才…
例: I didn’t go to bed until my mother came back.
4)The reason why + 句子 is that + 句子 … 的原因是…
The reason why he got angry was that she told him a lie. ( 他生氣的原因是她對他說了謊。)