旨：意思。话很浅近，含义却很深远。

speak about something profound in plain language

指无所作为地把时间荒废掉了。

The years roll byspend ones life in fruitless efforts idle away ones time let time slip by without accomplishing anything The years drift by

殷：指商朝后期；鉴：镜子。指殷商子孙应以夏的灭亡为借戒。后泛指前人的教训就在眼前。

a lesson for Yin lies not far behind one need not look far back for a warning

荏苒：时间一点一点的流逝。指时间渐渐地过去了。

Time passes very quickly Day after day passed by Day and night alternate in quick succession The time slipped away Time sped past

吸收古代的优点，扬弃缺点，以使现代更进步。

make the past serve the present

对人抱着宽大的胸怀。

(with an offender) be magnanimous or lenient

抚：拍，摸，引伸为注意，注视；追：回想；昔：过去。看看现在，想想过去。

reflect on the past in the light of the present

三皇：伏羲、神农、黄帝；五帝：少昊、颛顼、帝喾、尧、舜。原为传说中我国远古的部落酋长。后借指远古时代。

Three August Ones and the Five Lords

象流星追赶月亮一样。形容行动迅速。

A shooting star chasing the moon

亘古：人人有责从古代到现在。从古到今都不曾有过。

unprecedented

呜呼：叹词，古代祭文末多有此词，后即以此为死亡的代称。指人死亡。

kick the bucket

原指古代经过阳关通向西域的大道，后泛指宽阔的长路，也比喻光明的前途。

an even highway a broad road a thoroughfare

从今到古无所不谈，无不评论。

Discuss the present and interpret the past

古调：古代的曲调。陈调不再弹。比喻过时的东西不受欢迎。

Stick to ancient tunes without playing

指散播谣言，中伤他人。

spread rumours and malicious gossip

是：认为对；非：认为不对，不以为然。指不加分析地肯定古代的，否认现代的。

praise the past to condemn the present

震动古人，显耀当世。形容事业或功绩伟大。

surpassing the ancients and amazing the contemporaries earthshaking

时间长，日子久。

with the passage of time

形容音乐高昂激荡，虽过了很长时间，好像仍在回响。

sonorous, resounding and prolonged

老马认识路。比喻对某种事物十分熟悉的人。

old horse who knows the way person of rich experiencea wise old bird