高考英语作文谚语与名言荟萃 Lesson 9 Health and Work健康与工作 清单-2026届高三英语上学期一轮复习专项

高考英语作文谚语与名言荟萃 Lesson 9 Health and Work健康与工作 A change of work is as good as a rest. ［注解］指换换工作或变换一下所干之事也能使人身体得到放松，休息。 ［译］调剂一下也是很好的休息。 A close mouth catches no flies. ［注解］嘴巴闭得紧，苍蝇飞不进。指病从口入，祸从口出。 ［译］嘴巴能安静，灾祸不来寻。 A creaking door (or gate) hangs long (on the hinges). ［注解］意指体弱多病者反比健壮的人更长寿。有时健康者也有可能得暴病而死，常病的人像破门一样常开。此谚语可用来安慰体弱多病的人。 ［译］体弱多病者长寿；户枢不蠹。 A disease known is half cured. ［译］病情确诊断，治病好一半。 A good appetite is a good sauce. ［译］饥不择食。 A good beginning is half the battle. ［译］好的开端等于成功的一半。 A good beginning makes a good ending. ［译］善始者必善其终。 A good head and an industrious hand are worth gold in any land. ［译］聪明脑袋勤劳手，走遍天下贵如金。 A good healthy body is worth more a crown in gold. ［译］健康的身体贵于黄金铸成的皇冠。 A good lather is half the shave. ［注解］意指若把计划和准备工作都做好，工作就完成了一半。汉语有句俗语：磨刀不误砍柴工。 ［译］肥皂泡沫涂得好，刮脸就省时；做好准备，事半功倍。 A good surgeon must have an eagle's eye, a lion's heart, and a lady's hand. ［注解］称职的外科医生应具有鹰眼，狮心和女郎的手。指出色的外科大夫必须心明眼亮、胆大心细和有一双灵巧的手。 ［译］外科医生必须胆大、眼明、手巧、心细。 A healthy mind is in a healthy body. ［注解］语出古罗马讽刺家朱文诺尔。 ［译］健康的思想寓于健康的身体之中。 A good medicine tastes bitter. (or Bitter pills may have wholesome effects.) ［译］良药苦口利于病。 A light heart lives long. ［注解］语出英国剧作家莎士比亚。 ［译］静以修身。 A little labour, much health. ［译］适量劳动对健身大有益。 A man cannot serve two masters. ［注解］语出《新约·马太福音》第6章第24节。同一章节还有一句：You can not serve God and Mammon. 你不可能既侍奉上帝又侍奉财神。Mammon财神。 ［译］一仆不能事二主。 A man can not spin and reel at the same time. ［注解］与此同义的有一句：A man can not whistle and drink at the same time. 一人只有一张嘴，要吹口哨就喝不了水。比喻一心不能二用。 ［译］纺纱织布两套活，没人能够同时做。 A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds. ［译］光说空话不做事，犹如花园光长刺。 A man needs a purpose for real health. ［译］有目标的人才能有真正的健康。 A woman's work is never done. ［注解］主要指家庭主妇的家务劳动繁忙。源于一首古诗中的一句：Man works from dawn to set of sun, but woman's work is never done. ［译］妇女的家务事，永远也做不完。 A work ill done must be twice done. ［译］马虎干活，准得返工。 After dinner sit a while; after supper walk a mile. ［注解］这是对那些欲享健康的人有实用意义的劝告。 ［译］午饭后歇一歇，晚饭后走一走；饭后百步走，活到九十九。 All is well that ends well. ［注解］莎士比亚曾以此句作为一出戏剧之名，朱生豪译为《终成眷属》，其第4幕第4场中有：All's well that ends well; still the fine's the crown; Whate'er the course, the end is renown. 万事吉凶成败，须看后场结局；倘能如愿以偿，何患路途迂曲。指只要结局好就行，不必计较经过的波折。 ［译］结果好，一切都好。 All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy; all play and no work makes Jack a mere boy. ［注解］语出James Howell，英国作家贺维尔。此谚语提醒人们无论工作或学习，需劳逸结合。 ［译］只工作，不玩耍，聪明孩子要变傻；尽玩耍，不学习，聪明孩子没出息。 An irritable man is like a hedgehog rolled up the wrong way, tormenting himself with his own prickles. ［注解］语出英国诗人胡德。 ［译］易怒的人像一只反过来蜷缩的刺猬，用自己的刺折磨自己。 An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. ［注解］指预防事故的发生胜过事后弥补。 ［译］预防胜于治疗。 Apothecaries would not sugar their pills unless they were bitter. ［译］好药不苦不会加糖衣。 Appetite comes with eating. ［译］食欲越吃越旺。 As is the workman so is the work. ［译］看活计知匠人手艺。 Bite off more than one can chew. ［译］贪多咽不下。 Better do a little well, than a great deal badly. ［译］宁可做得少而精，不要做得多而糟。 Better master one than engage with ten. ［译］精通一事胜于会十事。 Better wear out than rust out. ［译］与其锈掉，不如用坏；人与其悠闲，不如忙碌。 Bread is the staff of life. ［译］民以食为天。 Business is before pleasure. ［译］事业在先，享乐在后。 Business is the salt of life. ［注解］比喻事业是人生的第一需要。 ［译］事业是生命之盐。 Business makes a man as well as tries him. ［译］事业既考验人，也造就人。 Business may be troublesome, but idleness is pernicious. ［注解］pernicious有害的、致命的。 ［译］事业虽烦扰，懒惰更害人。 Business sweetens pleasure, and labour sweetens rest. ［译］工作后消遣更愉快，劳动后休息更舒畅。 By doing nothing we learn to do ill. ［译］无所事事，学干坏事；闲逸是万恶之源。 By doing we learn. ［译］经一事，长一智。 By the side of sickness health becomes sweet. ［译］和疾病相比较，才显得健康的可贵。 Cheerfulness and goodwill make labour light. ［译］欢快与好意，劳动不觉累。 Dexterity comes by experience. ［译］熟练来自经验。 Diet cures more than the doctor. ［注解］喻指饮食得当胜过医生。 ［译］药补不如食补。 Diseases come on horseback, but go (or steal) away on foot. ［译］病来如山倒，病去如抽丝。 Diseases of the soul are more dangerous than those of the body. ［注解］语出古罗马演说家、政治家西塞罗. M. T.。 ［译］心灵上的疾病比身体上的疾病更危险。 Diseases are the price of ill pleasures. ［译］疾病是不正当娱乐的代价。 Do it well that thou mayest not do it twice. ［注解］thou = you；mayest = may它们是古英语。 ［译］事情要做就做好，不必翻来覆去搞。 Drive the nail that will go. ［注解］比喻要把力气用在刀口上，在可望成功的事情上下功夫。 ［译］把钉子钉在钉得进去的地方。 Drive your business, do not let it drive you. ［译］要推动事业，不要让事业来推动你。 Drowning man will clutch at a straw. ［译］溺水之人不放过一根稻草；病急乱投医。 Early start makes easy stages. ［译］早开始是成功的保证。 Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise. ［注解］语出美国总统富兰克林。 ［译］睡得早，起得早，使人健康、富裕又聪明。 Eat at pleasure, drink with measure. ［译］随意吃饭，适度饮酒。 Eat to please thyself, but dress to please others. ［译］吃是使自己受用，穿是使别人受用。 Enough is as good as a feast. ［注解］as good as a feast足够，充裕；绰绰有余。意指适可而止。同义谚语“Enough is enough”。 ［译］足食犹如筵席；够用等于充裕；知足常乐。 Exercise, temperance, fresh air, and needful rest are the best of all physicians. ［译］锻炼、节制、新鲜空气和必要的休息是最好的医生。 Experience is a school from which one can never graduate. ［译］经验无止境。 Experience is the mother of wisdom. ［译］智慧来自经验。 Experience must be bought. ［译］若要得经验，必须花代价。 Experience teaches. ［译］经验给人教训。 Experience without learning is better than learning without experience. ［译］有经验而无学问，胜于有学问而无经验。 Extremes are dangerous. ［译］物极必反。 Feed a cold and starve a fever. ［译］伤风时宜吃，发热时宜饿。 Feed by measure and defy physician. ［译］饮食有节制，医生无用处。 Happiness, I have discovered, is nearly always a rebound from hard work. ［注解］rebound反弹、回报。 ［译］我发现，辛勤工作的报酬几乎总是幸福。 He is wise that hath wit enough for his own affairs. ［译］聪明的人有足够的才智处理自己的事情。 He that goes to bed thirsty rises healthy. ［译］忍渴上床，起身健康。 He that will eat the kernel must first crack the nut. ［注解］kernel果核，果仁。意指要获得某种成果就要为此而努力。 ［译］不劳则无获。 He that will eat the fruit must climb the tree. ［注解］比喻欲所得，必先劳。 ［译］要吃果子就得先爬树。 He that will not work shall not eat. ［译］不劳动者不得食。 He that will thrive must rise at five. ［译］五更起床，百事兴旺。 He that would have eggs must endure the cackling of hens. ［译］欲图逸，得先劳。 He who has health, has hope, and he who has hope, everything. ［注解］此谚语源自阿拉伯。 ［译］身体好就有希望，有希望就有一切。 Health and cheerfulness mutually beget each other. ［译］健康愉快，相生相成。 Health and understanding are the two great blessing of life. ［译］健康和融洽是人生两大幸事。 Health does not consist with intemperance. ［译］健康和放纵，彼此不相容。 Health is above wealth. ［译］健康重于财富。 Health is certainly more valuable than money, because it is by health that money is procured. ［注解］procure获得，取得。语出英国作家、批评家塞缪尔·约翰逊。 ［译］健康当然比金钱更为重要，因为我们赖以获得金钱的就是健康。 Health is happiness. ［译］健康就是幸福。 Health is not valued till sickness comes. ［译］有病方知无病乐。 Hunger finds no fault with the cookery. ［注解］指饥饿者挑不出烹调的毛病。 ［译］饥不择食。 Hunger is the best sauce. ［注解］源自拉丁语。饥饿是最好的调味品。 ［译］饥者口中尽佳肴。 Hungry dogs will eat dirty puddings. ［注解］此谚语是对讲究饮食的人在食品缺乏时陷入困窘情况的讽刺。布丁是西餐中的一种松软食品。本句虽与“饥不择食”有相似之处，但更具讽刺色彩。 ［译］饿狗连脏布丁都吃；饿了什么都香甜；饥不择食。 I can live for two months on a good compliment. ［译］只凭一句赞美的话我就可以充实地活上两个月。 Idle folks have most labour. ［译］懒汉总嫌活太多。 Idleness rusts the mind. ［译］懒惰使人的头脑迟钝。 If you believe the doctors, nothing is wholesome; if you believe the soldiers, nothing is safe. ［注解］wholesome有益健康的，合乎卫生的。 ［译］要是相信医生的话，什么也不卫生；要是相信士兵的话，什么也不安全。 If you want a thing (well) done, do it yourself. ［译］要想做好事情，就要自己动手。 If you want knowledge, you must toil for it. ［译］若要求知识，必须刻苦学习。 In moderating, not satisfying, desires, lies peace. ［译］节欲不纵情，心情得安宁。 Industry keeps the body healthy, the mind clear, the heart whole, the purse full. ［译］勤奋使身体健康，使心情开朗，使思想专注，使经济充裕。 It is not work that kills, but worry. ［译］劳动不伤人，忧虑才伤人。 It's no use pumping a dry well. ［译］徒劳无益。 Jack of all trades and master of none. ［译］样样皆通者样样不精。 Labour is often the father of pleasure. ［译］勤劳常为快乐之源。 Laugh and grow fat. ［译］心宽则体胖；常笑则多福。 Laughter is the best medicine. ［注解］指心情愉快就会使人忘却了烦恼和忧愁。 ［译］心宽则病好。 Let the hands get busy, not the mouth. ［译］手要勤劳，嘴莫多说。 Live as though you intend to live forever, and work as though your strength were limitless. ［译］要这样生活，仿佛你寿命永恒；要这样工作，仿佛你精力无穷。 Many hands make light (or quick) work. ［注解］源于拉丁语。比喻众人拾柴火焰高。 ［译］人多干活快；人多力量大。 Miracles sometimes occur, but one has to work terribly for them. ［译］有时奇迹会出现，但你必须努力工作去争取。 Music is the medicine of the breaking heart. ［译］音乐是医治心灵创伤的妙药。 Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life. ［译］音乐可洗去灵魂中日常生活所沾染的污垢。 My philosophy of life is work. ［注解］语出美国发明家爱迪生。 ［译］我的人生哲学就是工作。 Neglect of health is doctor's wealth. ［译］忽视健康，医生财旺。 Never embark on what comes after without having mastered what goes before. ［译］如未掌握好已学过的东西，切莫从事更深的学习。 Never trust another what you should do yourself. ［译］自己应该做的事，决不要委托别人做。 One cannot help being old, but one can resist being aged. ［译］人无法不变老，但是不可未老先衰。 One hour's sleep before midnight is worth two hours after. ［译］午夜前睡一小时抵得上之后睡两小时。 Only they who fulfill their duty in everyday matters will fulfill them on great occasions. ［译］只有在日常事务上尽责的人，才能在重大事情上尽责。 Only those who have the patience to do simple things perfectly ever acquire the skill to do difficult things easily. ［注解］语出Friedrich Schiller，德国剧作家、诗人席勒。 ［译］只有那些有耐心圆满完成简单工作的人，才能够轻而易举地完成困难的事。 Opportunity, sooner or later, comes to all who work and wish. ［译］只要努力工作，又有志向，机会迟早会来临。 Patience is a plaster for all sores. ［译］忍耐是治疗一切伤痛的药膏。 Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet. ［译］忍耐是痛苦的，但它的果实是甜蜜的。 Practice makes perfect. ［译］实践出真知。 Prevention is better than cure. ［注解］意指与其补救于已然，不如防患于未然。 ［译］预防胜于治疗。 Progress is the activity of today and the assurance of tomorrow. ［译］进展即今日的活动和明日的保证。 Quality is better than quantity. ［译］质胜于量。 Quick at meal, quick at work. ［译］吃得快，做得快。 Quick feet and busy hands fill the mouth. ［译］手勤脚快，嘴里吃饱。 Quietness is best. (or Quietness is a great treasure.) ［译］宁静最好。 Quietude is the crown of life. ［译］安静是生命的皇冠。 Ready money is a ready medicine. ［译］现钱等于成药。 Resolve to perform what you ought; perform without fail what you resolve. ［译］应该做的决心做，决心做的务必做。 Responsibility must be shouldered; you cannot carry it under your arms. ［译］责任必须负在肩上，不能挟在腋下。 Sickness is felt, but health not at all. ［译］疾病能够感觉到，健康全然不知晓。 Sickness shows us what we are. ［译］疾病使人亮出本来面目。 Sleeping is the best cure for waking troubles. ［译］睡眠是良药，专治醒时愁。 Sloth, like rust, consumes faster than labor wears. ［注解］sloth怠惰，懒惰。wear耗损，消磨。 ［译］懒惰像生锈一样，比操劳更能消耗身体。 Soft fire makes sweet malt. ［注解］文火煮饴糖，香甜又可口。 ［译］慢工出细活。 Sometimes the most urgent and vital thing you can possibly do is take a complete rest. ［译］有时候你能做的最紧迫的事情就是好好休息。 Start off with a bang and end with a whimper. ［译］虎头蛇尾。 Strike while the iron is hot. ［注解］来自农村手工业者的谚语，是中英文极相和的对应谚语。 ［译］趁热打铁；见机行事。 Temperance is the best physic. ［译］克制是最好的治疗。 Temperance is the greatest of virtues. ［译］自我节制是最大的美德。 The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence. ［注解］指不安心现任工作或不安于现状者的看法。 ［译］草总是另一边的绿。 The love of beauty is an essential part of all healthy human nature. ［译］爱美是健康人生的重要组成部分。 The path of duty is the path of safety. ［译］尽职的路是安全的路。 The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. ［译］明白事理的人使自己适应世界；不明事理的人想使世界适应自己。 The surest way to be happy is to be busy. ［译］要快乐，最可靠的办法是忙碌。 To do great work a man must be very idle as well as very industrious. ［译］要从事伟大的工作，一个人必须既非常勤劳又非常空闲。 To youth I have three words of counsel—work, work and work. ［译］对于青年，我的忠告只有三个词——工作，工作，工作。 Variety is the spice of life. ［注解］出自英国诗人William Cowper的长诗The Task。指日常生活若总是老一套而无变化，生活就会变得单调无味。 ［译］多样性是生活的调料。 Wealth is nothing without health. ［译］失去健康，钱再多也没用。 We often hear of people breaking down from overwork, but in nine cases out of ten they are really suffering from worry or anxiety. ［译］我们常常听人说，人们因工作过度而垮下来，但是实际上十有八九是因为饱受担忧或焦虑的折磨。 Whatever you do, do with all your might. ［译］不管做什么，都要一心一意。 When work is a pleasure, life is joy! When work is duty, life is slavery. ［译］工作是一种乐趣时，生活是一种享受！工作是一种义务时，生活则是一种苦役。 Without health no pleasure can be tasted by man. ［注解］出自英国政治家博林布鲁克。 ［译］没有健康就没有乐趣。 What is worth doing at all is worth doing well. ［译］事既值得做，就把事做好。 Why should work be such a significant source of human satisfaction? A good share of the answer rests in the kind of pride that is stimulated by the job, by the activity of accomplishing. ［译］为什么工作竟然是人们获得满足的如此重要的源泉呢？最主要的答案就在于，工作和通过工作所取得的成就，能激起人们一种自豪感。 Work banishes those three great evils: boredom, vice, and poverty. ［注解］banish驱逐、消除。 ［译］工作撵跑三个魔鬼：无聊、堕落和贫穷。 Work has a bitter root but sweet fruit. ［译］劳动根虽苦，然而果实甜。 1 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$