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Unit Two Task 1 A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner. 平静的大海决不能造就出熟练的水手。/ 花盆里生长不出参天大树。/ 温室里长不出栋梁之才。 He who would search for pearls must dive below. 不入虎穴，焉得虎子。/ 欲寻珍珠就要潜到水里。/ 欲寻珍珠欲潜入水。 Living without an aim is like sailing without a compass. 生活没有目标如同航行没有罗盘。/ 没有目标的生活如同没有罗盘的航行。 To have another fish to fry 另有要事 / 另有事情得做 The water that bears the boat is the same that swallows it up. 水能载舟，亦能覆舟。(The same knife cuts bread and fingers.) 前人栽树，后人乘凉。 One sows and another reaps. / One man sows and another reaps. / One generation plants the trees in whose shade another generation rests. / The precedence planted, the later generations enjoy its cool. 斩草不除根，逢春又发青。 If the grass is only cut, then the next spring it will revive. / Cut weeds and dig up the roots. 种田不用问，深耕多上粪。 Planting has no better measures but ploughing deeply and fertilizing much more. 生米煮成熟饭。What has been done cannot be undone. / The rice is already cooked. 巧妇难为无米之炊。 One can’t make bricks without straw. / Of nothing comes nothing. / You can’t make something out of nothing. / Nobody can accomplish anything without the necessary means. / If you have no hand, you can’t make a fist. Task 2 Man proposes, God disposes. 谋事在人,成事在天。(The planning lies with man, the outcome with Heaven.) God helps those who help themselves. 天助自助者。/ 上帝帮助那些自己帮自己的人。 Forbidden fruit is sweetest. 禁果格外甜。/ 得不到的往往是最好的。 as poor as a church mouse 一贫如洗 ( as poor as a church / as poor as a rat ) The devil dances in an empty pocket.饥寒起盗心。 借花献佛 present Buddha with borrowed flowers – to borrow sth. to make a gift of it / to make (offer) presents provided by sb. else 跑了和尚跑不了庙 The monk may run away, but the temple can’t run with him. / A monk may run away, but the temple remains. / The runaway monk can’t run away with the temple. 做一天和尚撞一天钟 take a passive attitude towards one’s work / do one’s job perfunctorily Go on tolling the bell as long as one is a monk. 平时不烧香，临时抱佛脚。 Never burn incense when all is well, but clasp Buddha’s f