学英语，每人每日一句

bigcrow

tina50 发表于 2016-9-23 19:08
Great book series you won't be able to put down.
Once you've read one of them you can't stop.

The book once I started reading then could not stop is 金庸全集。

xiaobaoluo

Tell me about your job skills, What can you do?
I can paint.

tina50

xiaobaoluo 发表于 2016-9-24 06:46
Tell me about your job skills, What can you do?
I can paint.

Now I don't work outside. But I can paint too. I painted my old pergola.

xiaobaoluo

tina50 发表于 2016-9-24 10:22
Now I don't work outside. But I can paint too. I painted my old pergola.

You are good luck.

tina50

He knows me better than anyone in the world.

tina50

Don't take yourself too seriously. Learn to accept your frailties and get on with living.

tina50

male chauvinist:
To male chauvinist, females are there to cook the meals, clean the house, do the shopping, washing and ironing, and have the children. He makes all the important decision in the family. All financial matters are decided by him.

landwhelen

Laughter is the most powerful anecdote to anger or depression. So don't take life too seriously.Try to find humor and laughter in life's everyday struggles.

landwhelen

Learning keep us young and dreams keep us alive.

mikelee19

landwhelen 发表于 2016-9-24 22:17
Learning keep us young and dreams keep us alive.

loving life

tina50

Would you like to write your life story after retirement?

bigcrow

tina50 发表于 2016-9-26 19:46
Would you like to write your life story after retirement?

Today is like yesterday and tomorrow will be the same as today.

bigcrow

Yesterday is history
Tomorrow is a mystery
Today is a gift
That's why we call it "The present".
(Eleanor Roosevelt)

tina50

Today is a gift

mikelee19

tina50 发表于 2016-9-26 19:46
Would you like to write your life story after retirement?

I would

tina50

mikelee19 发表于 2016-9-28 08:11
I would

We would love to share in your story.

bigcrow

Yesterday is a canceled check;
Tomorrow is a promissory note;
Today is the only cash you have - so spend it wisely.
(Kay Lyons)           

tina50

bigcrow 发表于 2016-9-28 10:00
Yesterday is a canceled check;
Tomorrow is a promissory note;
Today is the only cash you have - so  ...

喜欢这句：Today is the only cash you have - so spend it wisely.
这能作为早晨起床的动力不？

bigcrow

tina50 发表于 2016-9-28 10:53
喜欢这句：Today is the only cash you have - so spend it wisely.
这能作为早晨起床的动力不？ ...

无利不起早

bigcrow

In order to write about life, first you must live it!
– Ernest Hemingway

tina50

bigcrow 发表于 2016-9-28 18:45
In order to write about life, first you must live it!
– Ernest Hemingway

要想书写人生，首先得活着！

tina50

bigcrow 发表于 2016-9-28 18:44
无利不起早

Must be.

mikelee19

tina50 发表于 2016-9-28 09:26
We would love to share in your story.

welcome

tina50

If you try to achieve nothing, that's what you will achieve.

bigcrow

tina50 发表于 2016-9-28 19:53
要想书写人生，首先得活着！

强
跟着凑合一句：要想书写人生，首先得品味人生。

tina50

bigcrow 发表于 2016-9-29 10:17
强
跟着凑合一句：要想书写人生，首先得品味人生。

这个好！

bigcrow

看人家是怎么描述特朗普电视辨论时的表情，有趣，感觉也可以当表情帝。
Eye-rolling, finger-pointing, forced chuckles, big grins — yes, this was the spectacle Americans tuned in for.

试译：小眼滴溜溜转个不停，手指指天戮地，时而干笑二声，时而露齿大笑

mikelee19

bigcrow 发表于 2016-9-29 19:02
看人家是怎么描述特朗普电视辨论时的表情，有趣，感觉也可以当表情帝。
Eye-rolling, finger-pointi ...

spectacle/special, how to use the two words?

tina50

bigcrow 发表于 2016-9-29 19:02
看人家是怎么描述特朗普电视辨论时的表情，有趣，感觉也可以当表情帝。
Eye-rolling, finger-pointi ...

Maybe Trump can win.

tina50

Do you remember your youth, when mother had to call you in from your games for meals, and you didn't want to come because you were having too much fun playing?