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035 Pride goes before a fall.骄兵必败。

语法点介词before的意义和用法

说明

介词before的意思是“（在时间或位置上）在……之前”。如：

Turn your tongue seven times before speaking．话到嘴边留三分。

Before gold, even kings take off their hats．有钱能使鬼推磨。/阎王欠钱把帽脱。

填空练习

1．先工作，后享乐。

______ before pleasure.

2．黎明前是最黑暗的时刻。

The darkest ______ is that before the dawn.

（答案：1. Business 2. hour）

—What do you think about women's fashions (时尚) of today?

—Women's fashions are going back to 600 BC—Before Clothing.

(注：BC是Before Christ的缩写，意思是“公元前”。)

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