交作业：

【Chinese to English Translation】

 

1. 生活没有目标, 犹如航海没有罗盘。

A life without a goal is akin to a ship without a compass （is akin to a revolution without Chairman Mao.  ：））

 

2. 冬天来了, 春天还会远吗?

If winter is here, will spring be long?

 

3. 幽默被人正确地解释为“以诚挚表达感受，寓深思于嬉笑”。

Seen the right way, humor expresses feelings in earnest and deep thoughts in fun.

 

4. 世界犹如一面镜子：朝它皱眉它就朝你皱眉，朝它微笑它也朝你微笑。

The world is like a mirror, it frowns at those who frown at it and smiles to those who smile to it.

 

【English to Chinese Translation】

 

1. Sometimes one pays most for the things one gets for nothing.

有时, 为白捡的东西的付出却最昂贵。

 

2. The world can be changed by man's endeavor, and that this endeavor can lead to something new and better. No man can sever the bonds that unite him to his society simply by averting his eyes. He must ever be receptive and sensitive to the new; and have sufficient courage and skill to novel facts and to deal with them.

人可以通过努力改变世界，努力可以带来创新，带来进步。联系人与社会的纽带不会因为假装看不见就消失。人必须不断接受并理解新生事物，有足够勇气和智慧面对并驾驭新的现实。

 

 

【English Idioms】

 

1. Once in a blue moon

Example: We work on different schedules. I only see him once in a blue moon.

 

Very rarely.

 

2. Bite off more than you can chew

Example: Nancy started to repair her car by herself, but she realized that she had bitten off more than she could chew.

 

Doing something that's too hard for her.