2018年雅思口語(yǔ)素材：Birds

　　Spring would not be spring without bird songs.

　　Francis M. Chapman、

　　鳥(niǎo)、比喻、道理 (Birds are used in metaphor, analogy, figure of speech )

　　a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush (saying 諺)一鳥(niǎo)在手, 勝于二鳥(niǎo)在林(最好滿(mǎn)足于現(xiàn)有的, 以免因貪心而失去一切)

　　A bird in the hand is a certainty, but a bird in the bush may sing.

　　Bret Harte

　　the early bird catches the worm (saying 諺) the person who arrives, gets up, etc first will be successful 早起的鳥(niǎo)才能捉到蟲(chóng); 捷足先登.

　　Did you ever see an unhappy horse? Did you ever see bird that had the blues? One reason why birds and horses are not unhappy is because they are not trying to impress other birds and horses.

　　Dale Carnegie

　　Use those talents you have. You will make it. You will give joy to the world. Take this tip from nature: The woods would be a very silent place if no birds sang except those who sang best.

　　Bernard Meltzer

　　Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings.

　　C. Archie Danielson