体现美国文化及价值观的英语口语
1You can't argue with success
Though you may tell someone they are doing something in a wrong way, you have to stop criticizing them if their method works。
2Nothing succeeds like success
Like money in a savings account, success seems to compound itself. Aperson who has a small success expects it to be followed by a biggerone。
3The end justifies the means
It doesnot matter how you succeed. Any method is all right if it works foryou. This proverb is not always accepted. Often one hears the opposite, the end doesn't justifies the means.
4If you can't beat them, join them
If you cannot compete successfully with a person or a group, stopcompeting and go join them. Then you can share in their success。
5Always a day late and a dollar short
A criticism of a person who never succeeds. The failures may not bedrastic but the pattern of small failures is annoying to others,especially in two areas that Americans value as highly as time andmoney。
6One thing at a time
Concentration leads to success. The person who tires to do too many things at once may fail at all of them。
7We'll cross that bridge when we come to it
We will not discuss or worry about a future problem. If and when the problem becomes urgent, we will deal with it。
8Don't put the cart before the horse
Do things in a sensible order. For example, do something to impressyour boss before you ask for a raise in pay. Don't ask for the raisefirst。
9All's fair in love and war
Do nottrust a rival or an enemy at all. His or her desire to succeed willoverrule everything else. Such a people may lie, cheat, attack or domany other things far more terrible than he or she would normally do。
10When in Rome do as the romans do
Flexibility leads to success in unfamiliar circumstances. People maychanges their normal way of doing things in order to fit in better withthose they are visiting。