广播电视英语短句 第 146 课：黄金法则-4

For example, the nineteen thirties and forties were called the Golden Age of Radio. 例如，二十世纪三四十年代就被称为广播行业的黄金时期。

You may have heard the proverb silence is golden. 你可能听过一句谚语：沉默是金。

This means silence is of great value. It is sometimes better to say nothing than to speak. 它的意思是沉默是很有价值的.有些时候保持沉默比说出来好。

You might say your child was good as gold when he behaved well at school. 当你的孩子在学校表现的很好时你可能会说你的孩子很乖（good as gold）。

British writer Charles Dickens used this expression in eighteen forty-three. He was describing the child Tiny Tim in the book "A Christmas Carol." 英国作家Charles Dickens 在1843年的《圣诞颂歌》一书中用了这个词语来形容书中的一个名为蒂尼·齐姆的孩子。