36组最容易出错的单词
1) quite 相当 quiet 安静地
10) pat 轻拍 tap 轻打 slap 掌击 rap 敲，打
11) decent 正经的 descent n 向下, 血统 descend v 向下
12) sweet 甜的 sweat 汗水
13) later 后来 latter 后者 latest 最近的 lately adv 最近
14) costume 服装 custom 习惯
15) extensive 广泛的 intensive 深刻的
16) aural 耳的 oral 口头的
17) abroad 国外 aboard 上（船，飞机）
18) altar 祭坛 alter 改变
19) assent 同意 ascent 上升 accent 口音
2) affect v 影响, 假装 effect n 结果, 影响
20) champion 冠军 champagne 香槟酒 campaign 战役
21) baron 男爵 barren 不毛之地的 barn 古仓
22) beam 梁， 光束 bean 豆 been have 过去式
23) precede 领先 proceed 进行，继续
24) pray 祈祷 prey 猎物
25) chicken 鸡 kitchen 厨房
26) monkey 猴子 donkey 驴
27) chore 家务活 chord 和弦 cord 细绳
28) cite 引用 site 场所 sight 视觉
29) clash （金属）幢击声 crash 碰幢，坠落 crush 压坏
3) adapt 适应 adopt 采用 adept 内行
30) compliment 赞美 complement 附加物
31) confirm 确认 conform 使顺从
32) contact 接触 contract 合同 contrast 对照
33) council 议会 counsel 忠告 consul 领事
34) crow 乌鸦 crown 王冠 clown 小丑 cow 牛
35) dose 一剂药 doze 打盹
36) drawn draw 过去分词 drown 溺水
4) angel 天使 angle 角度
5) dairy 牛奶厂 diary 日记
6) contend 奋斗, 斗争 content 内容, 满足的 context 上下文 contest
竞争, 比赛
7) principal 校长, 主要的 principle 原则
8) implicit 含蓄的 explicit 明白的
9) dessert 甜食 desert 沙漠 v 放弃 dissert 写论文
与“love”有关的词汇和谚语
Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder.情人眼里出西施。
Faults are sick when love is thin.一朝情意淡，样样不顺眼。
He knows not what love is that has no
children.没有孩子的人不知道什么叫爱。
love affair 风流韵事
love all 双方打成零比零
Love at first sight.一见钟情
Love cannot be forced. 爱情不能强求。
love child 私生子
love game 一方得零分的一局
Love in a cottage. 清贫而和谐的婚姻或爱情生活
Love is blind.
爱情是盲目的。（意指看不见对方的缺点，即所谓的"情人眼里出西施"。）
Love is never without jealousy. 爱生嫉妒。
Love is the reward of love. 只有去爱，才会被爱。
love letter 情书
Love lives in cottage as well as in courts.
爱情不分贫贱与富贵。
Love me, love my dog. 爱屋及乌。
Love should not be all on one side.
单恋不成爱。（爱情不应该是单方面的。）
lovebird 恋爱中的人
love-hate relationship 爱恨交加的关系
love-nest 情人幽会处
love-sick 害相思病的
Love谚语
maternal love 母爱
One love drives out another. 新欢逐旧爱。
puppy love 早恋
Unlucky in love, lucky at play. 情场失意, 赌场得意。
白领必看：外企生存十大英语关键词
1、Performance (n.) 业绩、表现
His performance this month has been less than satisfactory.
他这个月的业绩不是很令人满意。
2、Performance Evaluation 定期的员工个人评定
The performance evaluation test is a way of seeing how efficient a worker's performance is.
定期的员工个人评定是一种考察员工的工作有多高效的手段。
3、Challenge (v.) 在外企的英文中它不当“挑战”讲而是“谴责、批评、指责”
His poor performance gave rise to the challenge from his boss.
他差劲的表现遭到了老板的批评。
4、Presentation (n.) 做介绍（一般指打投影仪的那种汇报）
His presentation on the Earth Summit proves that we really need to pay more attention to the global environment.
他在地球峰会上的报告证实了我们的确要更加关注全球的环境。
5、Quota (n.) 员工的（一年或半年的）任务量
Have you reached your predicted quota for this quarter?
你达到了本季度预期的任务量了吗？
6、Solid (n.) 可靠的、稳妥的
Their partnership is solid as a rock.
他们的伙伴关系像岩石一样坚不可摧。
7、Complicated (adj.) 复杂的
English grammar is very complicated.
英语语法非常复杂。
8/9、Vacation = Leave 休假 (n.)
It is my vacation soon, I think I'll go to Huang Shan to relax.
我马上就要休假了。我想我会去黄山放松一下。
10、Follow up把某件事情继续负责追究到底
Have you been following up on the news recently?
你有跟踪调查最近的新闻吗？
Note：
colleague (n.) 同事
elevator (n.) 电梯
analysis (n.) 分析，解析
tiring (n.) 令人厌倦的
barrier (n.) 障碍
overcome (v.) 克服，战胜
statistic (n.) 统计数值
instantly (adj.) 立即，即刻
英语中有关动物的谚语
(1) A cat has nine lives.猫有九条命；吉人天相。
(1) Kill two birds with one stone. 一箭双雕；一举两得。
(2) A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
双鸟在林不如一鸟在手。
(2) Cats hide their claws. 知人知面不知心。
(3) All cats are grey in the dark..
黑暗之中猫都是灰色的。（人未出名时看起来都差不多。）
(3) Birds of a feather flock together. 物以类聚，人以群分。
(4) A gloved cat catches no mice.
戴手套的猫，老鼠抓不到。（不愿吃苦的人成不了大事业。）
(4) It’s an ill bird that fouls own nest. 家丑不可外扬。
(5) Fine feathers make fine birds. 人要衣装，马要鞍。
(5) When the weasel and the cat make a marriage, it is a very ill
presage. 黄鼠狼和猫结亲，不是好事情。）
(6) A bird is known by its note, and a man by his talk.
听音识鸟，闻言识人。
(6) Who will bwll the cat?
谁去给猫系铃？（谁愿意为大家冒风险？）
(7) Each bird loves to hear himself sing.
鸟儿都爱听自己唱。（自我欣赏）
(7) The cat shuts its eyes when stealing cream.
帽偷吃奶油的时候总是闭着眼睛。（掩耳盗铃）
(8) There are more ways of killing a cat than by choking it with
butter. 杀猫的办法很多。（达到目的的途径很多。）
(8) You cannot catch old birds with chaff.(粗糠).
用粗糠捉不住老鸟。（有经验的人难骗。）
(9) Birds in their little nests agree. 同巢之鸟心儿齐。
(9) Care kill a cat. 忧虑愁死猫。
3. Chicken
(1) Don’t count your chickens before they’re hatched.
鸡蛋未孵出，先别数小鸡。（不要过早乐观。）
4. Crow
(1) A crow is never the whiter for washing herself often.
江山易改，本性难移。
(1) He who would hang his dog gives out first that it is mad.
欲加之罪，何患无词.
(10) Every dog is a lion at home. 狗在家门口就成了狮子。
(11) Don’t be a dog (lying) in the manger.
莫学狗占马槽不吃草。（不要占着茅坑不拉屎。）
(12) Dog does not eat dog. 同类不相残。
(13) Scornful dogs will eat dirty puddings.
狗再傲慢也会吃脏布丁。
(14) A son never thinks his mother ugly,and a dog never shuns its
owner’s home however shabby it is.儿不嫌母丑，狗不嫌家贫。
(2) A staff is quickly found to beat a dog with.
欲加之罪，何患无词.
(3) Love me, love my dog. 爱屋及乌.
(4) Too much pudding will choke a dog. 布丁太多噎死狗。
(5) Every dog has his day. 人人皆有得意时。
(6) Barking dogs don’t (seldom) bite. 爱叫的狗很少咬人。
(7) Let sleeping dogs lie. 勿惹事生非。
(8) Dead dogs bite not. 死狗不咬人。
(9) All are not thieves that dogs bark at.
狗见了叫的不一定都是贼。（不要以貌取人。）
6. Frog
(1) The fox may grow grey, but never good.
狐狸毛色可变灰，但是本性难移。
(1) The frog in the well knows nothing of the great ocean.
井底之蛙，不知大海。
(2) The fox preys farthest from his hole.
狐狸捕食，远离洞府。（兔子不吃窝边草。）
(3) When the fox preaches, then take care of your geese.
每当狐狸说教，当心鹅群被盗。
(4) When the fox says he is a vegetarian, it’s time for the hen to
look out. 狐狸说它吃素的时候，母鸡就得注意。
8. Fish
(1) The best fish swim near the bottom. 好鱼常在水底游。
(2) Never offer to teach fish to swim. 不要班门弄斧。
(3) Go to the sea, if you would fish well. 不入虎穴，焉得虎子。
(4) There’s as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it. 海里的好鱼多的是。
(5) It is a silly fish that is caught twice with the same bait. 智者不上两次档。
(6) If water is noisy, there are no fish in it. 咆哮的水中无鱼。（夸夸其谈者无真才实学。）。
9. Hare
(1) You cannot run with the hare and hunt with the hounds(猎狗).
不能既和野兔一起跑又和猎狗一起追。（人不应两面讨好。）
(2) The tortoise wins the race while the hare is sleeping.
兔子睡懒觉，乌龟跑赢了。
10. Horse
(1) You can take a horse to the water, but you can’t make him
drink. 带马到河边容易，逼马饮水难。
(10) Hair by hair you will pull out the horse’s tail.
一根一根拔，拔光马尾巴。（水滴石穿）
(2) Don’t ride the high horse. 勿摆架子。
(3) A good horse cannot be of a bad colour. 好马不会毛色差。
(4) A horse may stumble on four feet.
马有四条腿，亦有失蹄时。
(5) A running horse needs no spur. 奔马无需鞭策。
(6) Don’t put the cart before the horse.
不要将大车套在马前面。（处理问题应按先后次序，不要本末倒置。）
(7) The common horse is worst shod. 公用之马，掌子最差。
(8) Lock the barn door after the horse is stolen.
失马之后锁马厩。（亡羊补牢）
(9) Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth. 馈赠之马，勿看牙口。
11 . Mouse
(1) It is a poor mouse that has only one hole. 狡兔三窟。
(2) The mouse that has but one hole is quickly taken.
只有一个洞的老鼠，很快就被抓住。
(3) A speck of mouse dung will spoil a whole pot of porridge.
一粒老鼠屎，坏了一锅粥。
12. Sheep
(1) If one sheep leaps over the ditch, all the rest will follow.
榜样的力量是无穷的。
(2) A lazy sheep thinks its wool heavy. 懒羊嫌毛重。
(3) He that makes himself a sheep shall be eaten by the wolf.
甘心做绵羊，必然喂豺狼。
13.Swallow
(1) One swallow does not make a spring. 孤燕不报春。
(2) One swallow does not make a summer. 一燕不成夏。
14. Tiger
(1) If you don’t enter a tiger’s den, you can’t get his cubs.
不入虎穴，焉得虎子。
15. Wolf
(1) Don’t trust a goat with the kitchen-garden,or a wolf with
sheepfold. 不能请羊管菜园，不能请狼管羊圈。
(2) Who keeps company with wolves, will learn to howl.
和狼在一起，就会学狼叫。
(3) Man is a wolf to man. 人对人是狼。（人心狠，人吃人）
(4) A growing youth has a wolf in his belly.
年轻人，在成长，吃起饭来像饿狼
