男孩子就是男孩子嘛!
Boys will be boys.
John got into a fight again. (约翰又打架了。)
Boys will be boys. (男孩子就是男孩子嘛!)

知识就是力量。
Knowledge is power.
Knowledge is power. (知识就是力量。)
That's why he's so successful. (所以他才成功。)

冰冻三尺非一日之寒。/罗马不是一天就建成的。
Rome was not built in a day. *要做大事不是一朝一夕就可以成功的。

条条大路通罗马。
All roads lead to Rome. *为达到同一目的，可以采取多种手段。
There are many roads to succes

●饭桌上
我有点饿了。
I'm kind of hungry.
I'm kind of hungry. How about you? (我有点儿饿了，你呢?)
Yeah, it's lunch time. (是的，到了吃午饭的时候了。)
I'm getting hungry. (我已经饿了。)
我都快饿死了。
I'm starving. *starve是动词，表示“饿得不得了”。
I'm very hungry.
I'm extremely hungry.
I could eat a horse. *直译是“我能吃下一匹马”。表示饿的程度，“非常地饿”。
我渴了。
I'm thirsty.
闻着真香。
It smells good.
It smells nice.
我在节食。

祝福

恭喜!
Congratulations! *用于对个人表示祝贺，如实现了什么目标获得什么胜利时。但不用于新春祝贺。注意不要忘记复数“s”。
I passed my driving test! (我驾照考试通过了。)
Congratulations! (恭喜!恭喜!)
恭喜你的订婚。
Congratulations on your engagement. *用Congratulations on your engagement表示“祝贺……”的场合。
I'm engaged. (我订婚了!)
Congratulations on your engagement. (恭喜你订婚!)
恭喜你们喜结良缘。
Congratulations on your marriage.
Congratulations on your marr

●郁闷、忧郁
我很沮丧。
I'm depressed.
I'm depressed. I lost my job. (我很沮丧，因为我失去了工作。)
Cheer up! You'll get a new job. (打起精神来!你一定能找到新工作。)
I feel blue.
I feel low.
I feel really down.
我今天感到很忧郁。
I've got the blues today. *blue表示“忧郁的”，blues表示“郁闷，忧郁症”。
I feel down in the dumps today.
这真让人沮丧。
It's depressing.
No one understands me. It's depressing. (没人能理解我，真让人泄气。)
Don't t

●欣喜
我很高兴/幸福。
I'm happy.
How's your new home? (新家怎么样?)
I'm happy. (我很幸福。)
I'm ecstatic. (我高兴得忘乎所以了。) *希望进一步强调心情非常激动的感觉时。
I'm thrilled. (我太激动了。)
我高兴极了。
I'm so happy.
I feel so happy. (我非常高兴。)
I'm in heaven. (我好像到了天堂。)
呀嗬!
Yahoo! *表示高兴和喜悦的心情时。
哇!/太棒了!/好家伙!
Oh, boy! *表示高兴、惊喜的同时，也表示稍觉为难的心情。注意，没有Oh, girl!的说法。
We're going camping next week. (下星期我们去宿营。)

●教导
我该怎么做呢?
How should I do it?
Just start the car! (只要发动车!)
How should I do it? (我怎么发动汽车呢?)
你该这么做。
This is the way you should do it.
I can't do it. (我不会做。)
This is the way you should do it. (你该这么做。)
This is how you should do it.
You should do it this way.
This is how you do it.
这样的话就会很顺利。
It'll do the trick. *表示稍微采用一些手段或方法就能产生所设想的效果/就会顺利。
How's this? (这样做