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1 将下列成语译成英语 光阴似箭 Time flies like an arrow 挥金如土 spend money like water 猫哭老鼠 crocodile tears 一模一样 as like as two peas 衣冠禽兽 a wolf in sheep’s clothing 破釜沉舟 to burn one’s boat 1. Prevention is better than cure 2. Deeds are fruits, words are but leaves 3. Don’t cross a bridge until you come to it 4. It is an ill wind that blows nobody good 5. If you run after two hares, you will catch neither 6. Never put off till tomorrow what may be done today 7. Soon learnt, soon forgotten 8. Penny wise, pound foolish 9. Good advice is beyond price 10. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy 11. Easy come easy go 12. Rome was not built in a day. 13. Two eyes can see better than cure 14. Waste not, want not 15. More haste , less speed 16. There are two sides to every question 17. As they sow, so let them reap 18. A new broom sweeps clean. 19. It takes two to make a quarrel. 20. It never rains but pours British and American English 1 definition Stricly speaking, British English is the English spoken by the great majority of educated people in South and Southeat England, especially in London and its vicinity. American English is General American spoken by the great majority of American people. 2. History 1)The development of the E language in Britain Old English (450-1100) or Anglo-Saxon period Old English refers to the language used by the Romans, the Germanic tribes called Angles,Saxons, and Jutes, when they came to and took permanent control of the England in about the year of 450 . (2) Middle English (1150-1500) Old English began to undergone a great change when the Normans invaded England from France in 1066. The Norman Conquest started a continual flow of French words into English. Between 1250 and 1500 about 9,000 words of French origin poured into English. 75 percent of them are still in use today. (3) Modern English (1500- up to now) Modern English began with the establishment of printing in England. Considering the changes in vocabulary, it is necessary to s