1.When reading books,start from the easy to the difficult,and then from the redundant to the concise.
  读书要从薄到厚,再从厚到薄.
 
2.An optimist stays up until midnight to see the new year in.A pessimist stays up to make sure the old  year leaves.
  乐观者等至深夜为的是看到新的一年的开始,而悲观者等到深夜只是想证实旧年的逝去.
 
3.A gentleman is open-minded and optismistic;a small person is narrow-minded and pessimistic.
  君子坦荡荡,小人长戚戚.
 
4.Nothing venture,nothing gain.
  不入虎穴,焉得虎子.
 
5.Don't be angry.Don't be irritated Anger and irritation bring about early aging.
  [谚]不要气,不要恼,气气恼恼人快老.
 
6.People generally quarrel because they cannot argue.
  人们通常因为不能辩论而争吵.
 
7.Generals arise from the rank and file.
  将军起于行伍.
 
8.She had borne two children but they were born deaf.
  她生了两个孩子,但他们生来就聋.
 
9.To be or not to be,that is the question.
  生存还是毁灭,这是一个值得思考的问题.(莎士比亚名剧<哈姆雷特>主人公的独白)
 
10.Most of girls are good-looking,some are pretty,but very few are beautiful.
  这些姑娘大都好看,其中有些标致可爱,但称得上美丽动人的寥寥无几.