1.读书破万卷，下笔如有神。

　　The more you read, the better you write.

　　2.踏破铁鞋无觅处，得来全不费功夫。

　　There you are!

　　3.众里寻她千百度，募然回首，却在灯火阑珊处。

　　Searching high and low, here and there for her, but failed, and then, when I turned back, there

　　she was, in the brightest place!

　　4.燕雀安知鸿鹄之志哉！

　　How can a sparrow know the ambition of an eagle?

　　5.机不可失，失不再来。

　　1) This is a once-and-for-all opportunity.

　　2) Don’t let it go. You’ll regret it.

　　6.俗话说得好：“吃得苦中苦，方为人上人”。

　　As the saying goes: If you wish to be someone, you’ll have to endure all the hardships lying

　　ahead of you.

　　7.何必为他这个没良心的人哭泣呢？

　　Stop weeping for such an unthankful man like him!

　　8.君子长乐乐，小人长戚戚。

　　A broad-minded man is always joyful while the opposite is true for a narrow-minded one.

　　9.在国内一样可以学好英语，一样可以成才。不要认为外国的月亮比中国的圆。

　　You can also learn English well and achieve success at home. Never think that other

　　countries are just better than China.

　　10.她刚刚做了面部拉皮手术。

　　1) She just had an operation on the face to make herself look younger.

　　2) She just had her face lifted.

　　11.母亲一把屎一把尿把我拉扯大。

　　Mother has gone through such great hardships to have brought me up.

　　12.很多时候我们处于鱼与熊掌不能兼得的境地。

　　There are often cases where we cannot have it both ways.