Know something like the palm of one's hand
了如指掌
What's your nationality, please?
请问你是哪国人？
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今天的几个句子都是询问国籍的：1.Where are you from? 2. Where do you come from? 3. You are from the United States, right? 4. Well, I'm form Japan actually.口语中经常用1或2来提问。当有人猜测你的国籍时，如果他猜错了，我们可以用actually礼貌地否定对方。猜测别人的国籍一定要小心。如果你对一个苏格兰人说“You are from England, right?”或Are you an Englishman？"他可能会很敏感，甚至会感到愤怒。
One may sooner fall than rise
跌倒容易爬起难
it is a perfectly item,thanks a lot
How long have you been studying Chinese?
你学汉语多久了？
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今天的几个句子都是有关闲聊的：1. How long have you been in Shenyang? 2. Where did you grow up? 3. Where were you brought up?4. I moved to Shanghai two years ago.与老外聊天时，应尽量避免如：politics, religion, sexual affairs, income之类太过敏感、太过私人的问题。但谈论对方在哪里长大、experience、TV programmes、films、tralelling等话题是普遍可以接受的。
Lack of knowledge is darker than night.
没有知识比黑夜还要黑。
Life is measured by thought and action, not by time.
Lubbock
衡量生命的尺度是思想和行为，而不是时间。
卢伯克
I went hiking in the mountains on Saturday
我周六爬山去了。
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今天的几个句子都是谈论周末的：1. How was weekend? 2. What did you do yesterday? 3. I did some laundry.4. I went to bed early. 谈论周末是普遍可以接受的话题。句1就是周末过后人们见面时最普遍的寒暄话语。这种闲谈不仅能获得信息，而且还能增加相互的了解，拉近人与人之间的距离。
Too much liberty spills all. 自*由放任，一事无成。
Hope for the best , but prepare for the worst. 抱最好的希望，做最坏的打算。
Honesty and diligence should be your eternal mates.
Brnjamin Franklin
诚实与勤勉应该成为你永久的伴侣。
美国总统富兰克林.B.
