1. Time flies.         时光易逝。

2. Time is money.        一寸光阴一寸金。

3. Time and tide wait for no man.     岁月无情；岁月易逝；岁月不待人。

4. Time tries all.       时间检验一切。

5. Time tries truth.       时间检验真理。

6. Time past cannot be called back again.      光阴一去不复返。

7. All time is no time when it is past.         光阴一去不复返。 

8. No one can call back yesterday;Yesterday will not be called again.

   昨日不复来。    

    9. Tomorrow comes never.         切莫依赖明天。  

10.One today is worth two tomorrows.           一个今天胜似两个明天。

11.The morning sun never lasts a day.    好景不常；朝阳不能光照全日。

12.Christmas comes but once a year.     圣诞一年只一度。

13.Pleasant hours fly past.      快乐时光去如飞。

14.Happiness takes no account of time.      欢娱不惜时光逝。

15.Time tames the strongest grief.     时间能缓和极度的悲痛。 

16.The day is short but the work is much.     工作多，光阴迫。

17.Never deter till tomorrow that which you can do today.

    今日事须今日毕，切勿拖延到明天。

18.Have you somewhat to do tomorrow,do it today. 明天如有事，今天就去做。

19.To him that does everything in its proper time,one day is worth three.

  事事及时做，一日胜三日。

20.To save time is to lengthen life.   节省时间就是延长生命。

A delighted Zi Lin Zhang, who became

China’s first Miss World

Her victory vindicated the decision of the Chinese government to lift its former ban on beauty contests and pay the organisers of the competition to host it for four out of the last five years.

Fireworks exploded over Sanya, a beach resort on Hainan Island off China’s south coast, as news of Miss Zhang’s win emerged.

But until her victory, the atmosphere inside the ￡6 million, purpose-built Beauty Crown theatre had been more subdued than electric.

The audience of around 2,000, including many families, had paid 800 RMB (￡52) a ticket, putting the event out of reach of ordinary Chinese, while there was a heavy police presence inside the auditorium. None of Britain’s four contestants reached the semi-final stage.

Since it was first held in Sanya in 2003, Miss World has become an invaluable publicity vehicle for the Chinese government. With a global television audience of more than two billion, according to organisers, it is one of the most-watched events on the planet.

This year, contestants helped promote the 2008 Beijing Olympics by singing the official anthem of the Olympic torch relay.

“We were asked to do it and we were happy to be part of it.
They didn’t say, ’You have to do it’,” said Julia Morley, the chairman of the Miss World Organisation.

The arrival of Miss World in China has created a craze for beauty pageants, after more than 50 years of being banned by the Communist Party as decadent and demeaning to women. 

As recently as 2002, police closed down the Miss China competition, saying it was not officially licensed.

Now, there are contests across China almost monthly, including Miss Artificial Beauty, for women who have had plastic surgery, and others for pensioners.

A business administration graduate and part-time model, Miss Zhang is one of the thousands of young Chinese women who were inspired to enter beauty pageants after Miss World came to Sanya.

“I think it is just a dream to be here,” she told The Sunday Telegraph a few hours before her win.

“When I was 18, I watched Miss World when it was first held in China and I thought it was fantastic. I knew then I wanted to be part of it.”

She had just three days to prepare for the month-long competition, which was held on World Aids Day and included a video message from Nelson Mandela promoting HIV awareness, having only become Miss China at the end of October.

Unlike the Miss World contests of old, contestants are no longer judged solely on their looks in a bikini.During the month-long competition they were put through sporting and singing tests. All 106 did appear briefly in bikinis, but they spent much longer in elaborate, designer gowns.

Miss Zhang won over the judges, who included former tennis player Annabel Croft and singer Duncan James, by expressing her desire to help promote the Beijing Olympics and to bring glory to her country. “I think education is more important that being beautiful,” she told The Sunday Telegraph.

Now, she believes she is the envy of most Chinese women.

“Miss World is very famous in China. I think deep down a lot of girls would like to take part in it,” said Miss Zhang, who at 182 cms (5ft 11 and a half inches) was the tallest of this year’s contestants.

Such sentiments are music to Mrs Morley’s ears.

A determined Londoner, she is the guiding light behind the contest, which was originally launched by her late husband Eric Morley in 1951 and remains enormously popular in Asia and South America.

She claims it has gone from strength to strength since the disastrous 2002 event, during which the contestants had to flee Nigeria after riots by Muslims protesting against it left 250 people dead.

The annual arrival of 100 beauty queens from around the globe has helped turn Sanya and Hainan Island into a booming tourist destination.

For hundreds of years, it was feared as the place where China’s emperors exiled those who had displeased them.

Now, it receives 16 million visitors a year, including more than half a million foreigners and is being promoted as the Hawaii of the Orient.

In April, Sanya’s director of tourism revealed the area had experienced an 83 per cent increase in international tourists since it first staged Miss World.     “It’s been a huge boost to their tourism and construction industries,” said Mrs Morley.     “They were so happy the property developers offered me a house. I said I’d rather have a children’s home for one of our charities, and so they built one.”     Sanya’s beaches have proved more popular with the contestants than Beijing, where they were taken to pose on the Great Wall and to attend a ball in aid of the Red Cross at the Great Hall of the People.     “To be honest, I prefer Sanya. Beijing was cold,” said Miss England, Georgia Horsley.     Isolated in a hotel with the other contestants, the 20 year-old from North Yorkshire hasn’t had much contact with the locals.

“I’ve not had much chance to speak to many Chinese. But I like China more than I thought I would,” she said.

   时来必须要趁时，不然时去无声息。

23.When an opportunity is neglected,it never comes back to you.

   机不可失，时不再来；机会一过，永不再来。

24.Make hay while the sun shines.

   晒草要趁太阳好。  

25.Strike while the iron is hot.

   趁热打铁。

   今朝有事今朝做，明朝可能阻碍多。 

27.Punctuality is the soul of business.    

   因循拖延是时间的大敌；拖延就是浪费时间。

30.Knowledge is power.

   知识就是力量。

31.Wisdom is more to be envied than riches.

    知识可羡，胜于财富。

    32.Wisdom is better than gold or silver.            知识胜过金银，  

33.Wisdom in the mind is better than money in the hand.        胸中有知识，胜于手中有钱。  

34.Wisdom is a good purchase though we pay dear for it.

     为了求知识，代价虽高也值得。 

35.Doubt is the key of knowledge.

      怀疑是知识之钥。

36.If you want knowledge,you must toil for it.    

      若要求知识，须从勤苦得。

37.A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

       浅学误人。

38.A handful of common sense is worth a bushel of learning.

      少量的常识，当得大量的学问。

39.Knowledge advances by steps and not by leaps.    

      知识只能循序渐进，不能跃进。

40.Learn wisdom by the follies of others.    

       从旁人的愚行中学到聪明。