Daily Wisdom
2024-06-15
If you can't fly, then run; if you can't run, then walk; if you can't walk, then crawl; but whatever you do, you have to keep moving forward. - ·Martin Luther King
Translation
不能飞就用跑的，不能跑就用走的，不能走就用爬的，但不管你做什么，你必须继续往前。- 马丁·路德·金
attributive clause - 定语从句 - 关系代词that，指物的all,little,few,much和none时，用that 21:29
All that we need to do now is to practice English.
2024-06-14
If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants. - ·Isaac Newton
Translation
如果我看得比别人远，是因为我站在巨人的肩膀上。- 艾萨克·牛顿
attributive clause - 定语从句 - 关系代词that既可以指人也可以指物，先行词同时出现“人”和“物”，用that 20:44
The writer and his novels that the article deals whith are quite familiar to us.
2024-06-13
Hippiness lies not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort. - Franklin D.Roosevelt
Translation
幸福不在于拥有金钱，而在于获得成就时的喜悦以及产生创造力的激情。- 富兰克林·D·罗斯福
attributive clause - 定语从句 - 关系代词that既可以指人也可以指物，因此可替换which或who，做宾语常常可省略 20:21
The foreigners that/who visited our school yesterday are from Canada.
2024-06-12
Education is not the filling of a pail but the lighting of a fire. - William Butler Yeats
Translation
教育不是注满一桶水，而是点燃一把火。- 威廉·巴特勒·耶茨
attributive clause - 定语从句 - 关系代词which，先行词是一个句子 19:51
Tina was late, which surprised me.
2024-06-11
The secret to my success is that I've always been willing to listan and learn from others. - Wayne Gretzky
Translation
我成功的秘诀在于我总是愿意倾听并从他人那里学习。- 韦恩·格雷茨基
attributive clause - 定语从句 - 关系代词which，先行词是一个短语 18:25
He likes playing golf, which is a good exercise.
2024-06-10
We cannot change anything unless we accept it, Condemnation does not liberate, it oppresses. - Carl Jung
Translation
对于任何事物，要改变它就要先接受它。谴责不会解放而只会压迫。- 卡尔·荣格
attributive clause - 定语从句 - 关系代词which，作从句主语或宾语，先行词是"物"，可指单个名词或短语甚至从句。先行词是单个名词 18:20
A computer is a machine which can do many things for us.
2024-06-09
Life is about balance. The good and the bad. The highs and the lows. The thing everyone should realize is that the key to happiness is being happy by yourself and for yourself. - Ellen DeGeneres
Translation
生活就是平衡，好与坏，高山与低谷。每个人都应该意识到，幸福的关键是自己快乐，为自己快乐。- 艾伦·德杰尼勒斯
attributive clause - 定语从句 - 当of whom或of which修饰定语从句中的主语，是表示同位关系的代词both，all等时，不能用whose 16:57
I have two sons, both of whom are soldiers.
2024-06-08
The future is not a place we are going to, but a place we are creating. The paths taken are the places we reach. - Don DeLillo
Translation
未来不是我们将要去的地方，而是我们正在创造的地方。我们走过的路径就是我们到达的地方。- 唐·德里罗
attributive clause - 定语从句 - of whom或of which同数词或代词如：some、many，little等连用表示部分与整体，不用whose 16:18
There are 45 students in our class, 35 of whom are league members.
2024-06-07
For me, the act of writing is not about self-expression. It's more about trying to create a dialogue with the reader. - Travis Kalanick
Translation
对我来说，写作的行为不是关于自我表达。更多的是试图与读者建立对话。- 扎迪·史密斯
attributive clause - 定语从句 - whose具有兼做who和which的所有格双重功能，指物的时候用of which 代替 whose 15:11
Billy has written a novel whose name(=the name of which)I've completely forgotten.
2024-06-06
The true champions in the entrepreneurial world are those who can pick themselves up when the going gets tough and sprint towards the finish line. - Travis Kalanick
Translation
在创业世界中，真正的冠军是那些在逆境中能够振作起来，竭尽全力冲向终点的人。- 特拉维斯·卡兰尼克
attributive clause - 定语从句 - whose具有兼做who和which的所有格双重功能，故在指人可用of whom代替whose 14:53
This kind of book is for children whose native language(the native language of whom) is Chinese.
2024-06-05
A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities, and an optimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties. - Harry S. Truman
Translation
悲观主义者从机会中制造困难，乐观主义者从困难中创造机会。- 哈里·S·杜鲁门
attributive clause - 定语从句 - whose既可引导限制性定语从句 13:42
Could you pass me the notebook whose cover is brown?
2024-06-04
The only way to get ahead is to find errors in conventional wisdom. - Larry Ellison
Translation
取得进步的唯一方法就是发现传统智慧中的错误。- 拉里·埃里森
attributive clause - 定语从句 - whose引导非限制性定语从句 13:32
Mike, whose ambition is to become an astronaut, always works hard.
2024-06-03
Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway. - Earl Nightingale
Translation
永远不要因为需要时间而放弃梦想。反正时间会过去的。- 厄尔·南丁格尔
attributive clause - 定语从句 - whose可修饰从句中的主语、宾语、介词宾语等不同成分 12:05
His grandpa, whose arms were badly hrut, was quickly taken to hospital.
2024-06-02
Practice any art, music, singing, dancing, acting, drawing, painting, sculpting, poetry, fiction, essays, reportage, no matter how well or badly, not to get money and fame, but to experience becoming, to find out what's inside you, to make your soul grow. - Kurt Vonnegut
Translation
练习任何艺术，音乐，唱歌，跳舞，表演，素描，绘画，雕刻，诗歌，小说，散文，报告文学，无论好坏，不是为了获得金钱和名声，而是为了体验成长，发现你内心的东西，让你的灵魂成长。- 库尔特·冯内古特
attributive clause - 定语从句 - 关系代词whose的用法，作which的所有格，“某物的...”指代的先行词必须是物，本身在从句中作定语 11:10
The company whose name is Tesla is in the United States.
2024-06-01
The greatest gift we can give our children are the tools to think for themselves. - Dan Brown
Translation
我们能给予孩子们最大的礼物是让他们学会独立思考的工具。- 丹·布朗
attributive clause - 定语从句 - 关系代词whose的用法，所有关系，作用如同my、your、her、his、their和our一样，必须接名词，可以指人也可以指物“those+名词”从句中可作主语、动词的宾语或介词的宾语。whose为who所有格，作“某人的...”，先行词必须是人 10:04
The teacher wants to talk to the student whose homework hasn't been handed in.