关于学习的英文说说

• The only means we have of knowing the kind of language used by Julius Caesar or by King Alfred the Great-the words they employed and the grammar of their speech—is by studying such written documents as have survived: and in the main that will be the method employed by future generations when they wish to investigate(调查) the language of our own age、

• The introduction of a system of recording thought and speech by writing (and later by printing)was a very important step forward, and without it we should be very largely ignorant (无知的) of the ways of life and the modes(方式) of thought of our ancestors、

• The first thing to realize in studying the English language is that it is primarily (起初) something that is spoken, not written、

• prosperity is not without many fears and disasters; adversity is not without comforts and hopes、 幸运中并非不掺杂各种担心与烦恼，而厄运中也并非不存在欣慰与期望。

• In the third place, it should be realized that speech or language is the distinguishing(有区别的) characteristic (特性)of man as such, and is one of the chief attributes(特征) which differentiate him from the other animal species(种类)。

• Pain past is pleasure、

• The unexamined life is not worth living、

• Printing and writing have certainly had an influence on the development of language—usually displaying a conservative tendency,(趋势) opposed to too rapid change or innovation;(创新) but in the last resort (求助)what is written is determined by what is said、

• What is language for? some people seem to think it's for practicing grammar rules and learning lists of words——the longer the words the better、 that's wrong、 language is for the exchange of ideas, for communication、

• Use a dictionary and grammar guide constantly、 keep a small english dictionary with you at all time、 when you see a new word, look it up、 think about the word——use it, in your mind, in a sentence、