GRE写作素材:文化篇
A great poem is a fountain forever overflowing with the waters of wisdom and delight .(P. B. Shelley , British poet )
伟大的诗篇即是永远喷出智慧和欢欣之水的喷泉。(英国诗人 雪莱. P. B)
A novel is a mirror walking along a main road .( Stendhcl , French writer )
一部小说犹如一面在大街上走的镜子。 (法国作家 司汤达)
Art is a lie that tells the truth .( Picasso , Spanish painter )
美术是揭示真理的谎言。 (西班牙画家 毕加索)
Humor has been well defined as thinking in fun while feeling in earnest. (Mark Twain , American novelist )
幽默被人正确地解释为"以诚挚表达感受,寓深思于嬉笑"。(美国小说家 马克•吐温)
The decline of literature indicates the decline of a nation ; the two keep in their downward tendency.( Johan Wolfgang von Goethe , German poet )
文学的衰落表明一个民族的衰落。这两者走下坡路的时间是齐头并进的。(德国诗人 歌德 . J . W .)
When one loves one's art no service seems too hard .( O. Henry, American novelist )
一旦热爱艺术,什么奉献也不难。 (美国小说家 欧•亨利)
GRE写作素材:经验篇
Experience is the best teacher.
经验是最好的教师。
Experience is the father of wisdom and memory the mother.
经验是知识之父,记忆是知识之母。
Dexterity comes by experience.
熟练来自经验。
Practice makes perfect.
熟能生巧。
Experience keeps a dear school,but fools learn in no other.
经验学校学费高,愚人旁处学不到。
Experience without learning is better than learning without experience.
有经验而无学问,胜于有学问而无经验。
Wit once bought is worth twice taught.
由经验而得的智慧,胜于学习而得的智慧;一次亲身的体会,胜过两次的教师教导。
Seeing is believing.
百闻不如一见。