必備成語

　　1、Practice makes perfect. 熟能生巧。

　　2、God helps those who help themselves. 天助自助者。

　　3、Easier said than done. 說起來容易做起來難。

　　4、Where there is a will, there is a way. 有志者事竟成。

　　5、One false step will make a great difference. 失之毫厘，謬之千里。

　　6、Slow and steady wins the race. 穩(wěn)扎穩(wěn)打無往而不勝。

　　7、A fall into the pit,　a gain in your wit. 吃一塹，長一智。

　　8、Experience is the mother of wisdom. 實踐出真知。

　　9、All work and no play makes jack a dull boy. 只工作不休息，聰明孩子也變傻。

　　10、Beauty without virtue is a rose without fragrance. 無德之美猶如沒有香味的玫瑰，徒有其表。

　　11、More hasty, less speed. 欲速則不達。

　　12、It's never too old to learn. 活到老，學到老。

　　13、All that glitters is not gold. 閃光的未必都是金子。

　　14、A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.千里之行始于足下。

　　15、Look before you leap. 三思而后行。

　　16、Rome was not built in a day. 偉業(yè)非一日之功。

　　17、Great minds think alike. 英雄所見略同。

　　18、Well begun, half done. 好的開始等于成功的一半。

　　19、It is hard to please all. 眾口難調。

　　20、Out of sight, out of mind. 眼不見，心不念。

　　21、Facts speak plainer than words. 事實勝于雄辯。

　　22、Call back white and white back. 顛倒黑白。

　　23、First things first. 凡事有輕重緩急。

　　24、Ill news travels fast. 壞事傳千里。

　　25、A friend in need is a friend indeed. 患難見真情。

　　26、Live not to eat, but eat to live. 活著不是為了吃飯，吃飯為了活著。

　　27、Action speaks louder than words. 行動勝過語言。

　　28、East or west, home is the best. 金窩銀窩不如自家草窩。

　　29、It's not the gay coat that makes the gentleman. 君子在德不在衣。

　　30、Beauty will buy no beef. 漂亮不能當飯吃。

　　31、Like and like make good friends. 趣味相投。

　　32、The older, the wiser. 姜是老的辣。

　　33、Do as Romans do in Rome. 入鄉(xiāng)隨俗。

　　34、An idle youth, a needy age. 少壯不努力，老大徒傷悲。

　　35、As the tree, so the fruit. 種瓜得瓜，種豆得豆。

　　36、To live is to learn, to learn is to better live. 活著為了學習，學習為了更好的活著。

　　附：關于圖表作文的描述方法：

　　第一種情況：橫向對比。描述這種圖表需要對比各數據間的差別，主要以數值、倍數、排列等方式來描述。

　　1、A department has the lowest sales figure in the three departments, followed by the B department and C department.

　　2、The figure of A is about twice as much that of B.

　　3、The income from sales is 10 million, making the company the highest one in sales.

　　4、The A’s income reaches 20 million, which is in the middle of the list.

　　第二種情況：縱向說明。只要指出不同單位之間的比較，描述如何增減，增減幅度如何，反映出什么問題，就可以了。描述這樣的圖表時，可以用以下的詞匯和句型：

　　The rise lasted for two weeks and then began to level off in June.

　　The trend/ increase slowed down in May.

　　The trend of increasing working hours began to gain momentum in January. (開始走強)

　　Prices went up by 50%, but the number of smokers maintained.

　　It picked up speed at the end of this year.

　　常用詞匯及表達法：increase, decrease, rise, fall, slow, down, level off, pick up speed, maintain, drop, the trend reverses, decline, gain/ lose momentum, a steady/ substantial increase, a minor/ slight/ dramatic drop

　　第三種情況：縱向、橫向均有的說明。這種圖標不僅要注意同一事物的變化趨勢，也要注意不同事物之間的差距及變化。

　　表示百分比常用句型：

　　It accounts for 30% of the total population.

　　There are 4 members with master’s degrees, making up nearly a quarter of the workforce.

　　Doctors make up 40% of the staff in the hospital.

　　表示增長率的常用句型：

　　The figure of income increased by about 200% as compared with ten years ago.

　　The number of students has reached 200, indicating a rise of 4%, compared to last year.