1.花费 spend … on sth./ doing sth.…

2. Poets have compared sleep to death.

3. Things could be a lot worse!还有比这更恶劣的呢！

4. You can only do so much.你能做的都已做了。（你尽了全力）事情虽没办成，我也不能怪你。You can't do everything.你无法面面俱到。

5. 此外，我们不应忽视…

6. Stop crying.(Dry you eyes.擦干眼泪。Cut out the tears.少在那里哭哭涕涕。

7. It's over with.这已成了昨日黄花。（重提无益。Make no sense in reminding it.）

8. 我们有理由相信…

9. Failure is the mother of success.失败乃成功之母。

10. Every man has his weak side.人人都有缺点?

11. 表时间的过渡语:first, at first, then, later, in the end, finally, afterwards, after that, since then, for the first time, at last, as soon as, the next moment, meanwhile, later on, soon, finally等?

12. 世上没有什么比…更令我高兴。

13. Everything turns out for the best.气运自会好转。

14. The world's not going to end.世界还没到尽头。（不必绝望，还有生机）

15. It’s adj for sb to do 做…对某人来说…

16. It's not the end of the world.这不是世界末日。

17. Easy come, easy go.来得快,去得快?

18. We’re going to pull through.我们会克服这重难关。（reassurance to someone that we'll survive this difficulty.）

19. 据说/一般认为/大家都知道/据报导/据预料/据估计/大家都相信…

20. 所以，我们应该了解…

21. 在我的求学过程中，我忘不了…

22. Please compare your translation with the model translation on the blackboard.

23. Don't fall apart on me now.现在可别倚在我身上嚎啕大哭。(fall apart = break down into tears)

24. you gotta have faith.你非得有信心不可。

25. Into each life a little rain must fall.一生中，难免遭到少许挫折。(a little rain = setback;failures)

26. 如此，我相信…

27. “the last＋不定式/形容词从句”。意思是“最不大可能的、最不适的”。

28. Sometimes faith is what keeps you going.有时信心是支撑你继续奋斗的原动力。（keeps you going =鼓舞你做事motivates you;助你坚忍不拔helps you persevere）

29. 每当我听到/做/遭遇/看到…，我就忍不住感到…

30. Every cloud has a silver lining.每件事都有好的一面。(每片乌云的上层，都朝向绚丽的阳光。Encourage looking towards the bright side.)

31. 别人可能认为这是事实，但我不是。我认为…

32. 就我所知…