12.中国人常常援引一句古诗词来抒发友情的可贵，那就是“海内存知己，天涯若比邻”。

　　1) The Chinese people often cite a line of an old Chinese poem to convey how precious friendship is. It goes “Long distance separates no bosom friends.”

　　2) “Good friends are good friends no matter how far away they are from each other” is often cited by the Chinese people to express the importance of friendship.

　　13.做事情要有轻重缓急，重要的、紧急的事情先做，次要的、不急的事情后做。

　　We should always take care of the most important and urgent things first, not the other way round.

　　14.我一直在努力，因为我深信天道酬勤的道理。

　　I always work hard because I know that God reward those who work hard.

　　15.要彻底解决13亿人口的吃饭穿衣问题，我们任重而道远。

　　1) There’s just so much to do before we fundamentally solve the problem of feeding and

　　clothing the 1.3 billion people.

　　2) To fundamentally solve the problem of feeding and clothing the 1.3 billion people, there’s

　　still a long way to go and a grand task to perform.

　　16.首先，要学好英语，不发扬一点“头悬梁，锥刺骨”的精神是绝对办不到的。

　　Firstly, it is absolutely impossible to learn English well without working really hard.

　　17.首先，他对促进人类社会进步的贡献是不可磨灭的。

　　First and foremost, no one could ever deny the contribution he has made to the promotion of

　　social development of mankind.

　　18.我们大眼瞪小眼，谁也不知道该怎么办了。

　　Looking at each other, none of us was at a loss as to what to do.

　　19.谁敢保证在这件事情上我们不会重蹈覆辙？

　　Who can guarantee that we won’t repeat our previous mistakes?

　　20.他向我保证他将洗心革面，重新做人。

　　He promised me that he would stand in front of me, a thorough new man.

　　21.这是人之常情，发生这样的事情，谁都会难过的。

　　It is simply natural that anyone would feel sad with such kind of things happening. No one

　　could be any exception.

　　22.有些人是大器早成，而有些人则大器完成，还有人是终身无成。

　　Some people may achieve success at an early age while others at a late age. Unfortunately,

　　there are some others who simply go nowhere all their lives.

　　23.人之患，患在好为人师。

　　The problem with some people is that they always think they know more than others do.

　　24.不经风雨，怎能成大器呢？

　　How can one really be someone without experiencing some setbacks?

　　25.扪心自问，我们对得起这份收入吗？

　　Just ask ourselves whether we really deserve the pay we receive.