Our cruel and unrelenting enemy leaves us the choice of brave resistance or the most abject submission.
敵人冷酷無情/鐵石心腸,我們要么頑強抵抗,要么屈膝投降。
The age of 30s leaves you the choice of marriage or remaining a bachelor.
年過三十,要么成婚,要么單身。
2. be the instrument of sth 引來某事物的人或事 (使動類經典句)
能夠讓你幸福,我愿意付出我的一切。
If I can be the instrument of your happiness, I will sacrifice all my belongings.
3. it was the memory / memories of 追溯到… (回憶類經典句)
Perhaps it was the memories of the 1964 Tokyo Olympics and the 1988 Seoul Olympics, which were considered turning points in their nations' development.
追溯到1964年東京及1988年漢城舉辦的奧運會,可能分別被視為日韓兩國發展的轉折點。
It was the memory of 1945 Hiroshima and Nagasaki suffered from the attacks of atomic bomb, from which originated the term of “Zero Ground”.
追溯到1945年廣島和長崎遭受原子彈攻擊,從而形成了“零地帶”這個術語。
4. on the premise / ground / prerequisite / proposition / hypothesis / presuposition that 基于一個前提… (假設類經典句)
The Chinese declared to implement the policy of peaceful reunification on the premise that the then Taiwan authorities maintained that there is only one China in the world and Taiwan is only one part of China.
Advice to investors was based on the premise that interest rates would continue to fall.
對投資者的建議是以利率會繼續下跌為根據的。
5. be bound to 必定…;一定… (意愿類經典句)
西部大開發一定能成為溝通世界各國和中國的一座橋梁,促進中國和世界經濟共同發展,共同繁榮。
The Great Western Development is bound to be a bridge between China and the rest world, promoting the common economic development and prosperity of China and the world at large.
Just wars are bound to triumph over wars of aggression.
正義戰爭必然要戰勝侵略戰爭。
6. a matter of sth/doing sth 與…有關的情況或問題(描述類經典句)
Considering the following statements, made by the same man eight years apart. “Eventually, being 'poor' won't be as much a matter of living in a poor country as it will be a matter of having poor skills.”
Dealing with these problems is all a matter of experience.
處理這些問題全憑經驗。
7. This is the similar case with/when 這恰如;正如;也會 (比較類經典句)
這恰如我們雖然看不懂莫扎特樂曲的總譜,卻照樣能同它的主旋律產生共鳴,擊節稱贊。
This is the similar case when the main melody can evoke a strong echo for us to clap our hands in admiration despite our disability to understand the score of Mozart's musical pieces.
除此以外,老百姓的服務性消費,如教育,信息,旅游等消費也會大量增長。
Besides, this is also the case with the citizen's expenditure such as education, information, traveling.