活到老學(xué)到老

NevertooOldtoLearnNancy葉Lesson85

NevertoooldtolearnNowthatmyformerheadmaster,Mr.Page,isretiring,pupilsoftheschoolwillbesendinghimagiftandanalbumwiththesignaturesofallthosewhohavecontributed.Manyformerpupilswillbeattendingafarewelldinnerinhishonour.Afterhavingcompletedfortyyearsasateacher,Mr.Pagewilldevotehimselftogardening,whichwillbeanewhobbyfor

him,butoneisnevertoooldtolearn.Whatcanwelearnfromthispassage?Oldasheis,heiswillingtolearnnewthings,suchasgardening,withthebeliefthatoneisnevertoooldtolearn.Whatwouldyousaytoyourselves?Sinceweareyoungandenergetic,weshouldseizeeveryopportunitytolearnmoreknowledge,butnotjustsatisfiedwithwhatwehavelearned.Newwords1.informv.告訴，通知2.headmastern.校長3.contributev.捐助，援助4.giftn.禮物，贈品5.albumn.簽名簿，相冊6.patiencen.耐心7.encouragementn.鼓勵(lì)8.farewelln.告別Newwords9.honourn.敬意10.coincidencen.巧合11.totaln.總數(shù)12.devotev.致力于13.gardendingn.園藝14.hobbyn.愛好，嗜好BeautifulwordsandphrasesVt.通知，告知，報(bào)告informsbofsth/informsbthat/wh-從句Iinformedhermotherofhersafearrival.Iranghermother,informingthatshearrivedsafely.Adj.informed:有學(xué)識的，見聞廣博的，消息靈通的keepsbinformedofPleasekeepmeinformedofwhateverhappensinmyabsence.Well,tome,Iwouldprefernewspaper.Thefirstreasonisthatitcankeepmeinformedofthelatestnews.informationCollect/gatherinformation

about/onWehaveinformationthatthePrimeMinisterhasmadeuphismindtoresign.②vi.告發(fā)，檢舉（與against/on連用）

Heusedtoinformagainsthisclassmates.informMark

Vt.tocelebrateafestivaltomarkthetown’s200anniversaryShowposition做記號于…,留下痕跡；Shemarkedtheimportantwordswitharedpencil.弄臟；給…評分N.痕跡,污跡,斑點(diǎn)；記號,符號；分?jǐn)?shù),得分；成績Herwetfeetleftmarksonthefloor.Myteachergavemefullmarksfordictation.Pupilsoftheschool,oldandnew,willbesendinghimapresenttomarktheoccasion.remarkVt.

+that:

tosaysth,especiallyaboutsthyouhavejustnoticed“That’salovelyshirtyou’rewearing,”sheremarked.

remarkon(upon)sth:tonoticesththathashappenedandsaysthaboutitEveryoneremarkedonhisabsence.N.意見，評論，感想（與about/on搭配）Remarkable:usual,surprising,deservingattentionorpraiseShehasmaderemarkableprogress.…ashehasoftenremarked,oneisnevertoooldtolearn.他取得了非凡的進(jìn)步。contributeVt.Vi.

捐（款）給…,捐助，提供Hecontributed(alotofmoney)tothechurch.Vt.Vi.

投稿給…,投稿Ioftencontributed(essays)totheschoolpaper.Vt.

有貢獻(xiàn)，有助于contributeto/makeacontribution(contributions)toChinawillcontinuetomakecontributionsto

promotinganddeepeningtheworldpeace.

★

gift

（1）

n.

禮物，贈品、捐贈（present

指禮物的一般性用語，gift

是稍正式的說法）

a

Christmas

gift

；

a

birthday

gift

；

（2）

天賦、天資

a

boy

of

many

gift

多才多藝的少年

have

a

gift

for

music

/

painting

音樂天賦

a

gift

from

the

God

上天的恩賜devoteVt.

奉獻(xiàn)（人生、時(shí)間、勞力等）（于…）,把…專用于；致力于devotesthto/devoteoneselfto(doing)sthHedevotedhislifetopromoting(thepromotionof)worldpeace.devoted

(adj.)

忠實(shí)的，摯愛的Adevotedfriend;bedevotedtohisfriend專心致志于:bedevotedto

devotion

n.

獻(xiàn)身、摯愛

the

devotion

of

parents

to

their

children父母對孩子的愛Afterhehasretired,hewilldevotehimselftogardening.Moreverbphraseswith“to”adjustto;adaptto;be(get)usedto;beaccustomedto;beaddictedto;lookforwardto;payattentionto;getdownto;leadto;stickto;objectto;inadditionto;compareto;turnto;belongto;replyto;seeto;attendto;referto;berelatedto;haveaccessto;beaccessible(接近）to;agreeto(sth);pointto;beequaltobedressedin,belostin,beoccupiedin/with,bebusyin/with,beengagedin,beburiedin,becaughtin,befacedwith,belocatedin______________(devote)theirlivestoeducation,theteacherswerepraisedatthemeeting.________(devote)toeducation,theteacherswerepraisedatthemeeting.Deeply_____(lose)inthenewmagazinesthathadcomeinthemail,ShellaforgotallaboutthedogandtheTVset.______(face)withsomuchtrouble,wefailedtocompletethetaskontime._________(dress)inawhiteuniform,helooksmorelikeacookthanadoctor.___________(compare)theyouthtotherisingsunat8or9o’clocka.m.,MaoZedongexpressedhisgreathopefortheyoungmen.Michael’snewhouseislikeahugeplace,____________(compare)withhisoldone.DevotedDevotingHaving

devotedlostFacedDressedComparing

comparedremembersbforsthMr.Zhanglefttheschool,butheisrememberedforhiswonderfulteaching.remembertodo/doingsthremembersbtosbeg.Pleaseremembermetoyourfamily.giveone’sregardstosb;sayhellotosbrememberWeshallallrememberMrPageforhispatience…andfor…★

patience

n.

耐心、忍耐、毅力（impatience）

eg：This

kind

of

work

requires

much

patience

be

out

of

patience

with

對…..不能忍受、不耐煩Patientadj.

有耐心的（impatient）

be

patient

of

sth

be

patient

with

sb

對……有耐心

eg：You

should

be

more

patient

with

other

.

★

encouragement

n.

鼓勵(lì)、促進(jìn)、獎(jiǎng)勵(lì)eg：He

received

a

lot

of

encouragement

from

his

teacher

.

encourage

v.

鼓勵(lì)、激勵(lì)（discourage）

eg：The

good

news

encouraged

him

.

encourage

sb

to

do

鼓勵(lì)（某人）做……（今后怎么做）eg:The

teacher

encouraged

me

to

study

abroad

.

encourage

sb

in

鼓勵(lì)

(某人)做…

（目前正在做的事情）

eg:All

the

family

encouraged

the

boy

in

his

efforts

to

become

a

doctor

.

★farewell

（1）

再見！再會！（比goodbye正式）

eg：Farewell

to

arms

！永別了，武器！

（2）n.

告別adj.送別的

say

farewell

to

＝

bid

farewell

to

向….告別

a

farewell

party

歡送會

★

honor

（1）

n.

敬意

Show

honor

to

a

person

向某人表使敬意。

（2）

n.名譽(yù)、名聲、面子、體面eg:The

athletes

competed

for

the

honor

of

their

country

.

in

honor

of

為紀(jì)念do

the

honors

（口）（在宴會等）

盡地主之誼guardofhonour儀仗隊(duì)

inone‘shonour為紀(jì)念某人，對某人表示尊重

honorable

adj.

（1）

可敬的、值得尊敬的

eg：The

deceased

was

an

honorable

man

.

死者

（2）光榮的、高貴的eg：He

comes

of

an

honorable

family

.

他出身名門?！?/p>

coincidence

n.

巧合、

（事件等）同時(shí)發(fā)生

the

coincidence

of

two

accidents兩個(gè)意外的巧合eg：What

a

coincidence！真是太巧了！

by

a

strange

coincidence

奇妙的巧合

coincide

v.同時(shí)發(fā)生、巧合

coincide

with

符合,

與

...

一致

★

total

（1）

n.

總數(shù)

the

sum

total

總計(jì)、全部、總額；

a

total

of

總計(jì)（2）

全部的、總計(jì)的（entire

,

whole）

eg：What’s

the

total

population

of

china

？

（3）

adj.

完全的、全然的

（complete）

a

total

failure

徹底的失敗

；

total

silence

完全沉默

attendVt.

出席，參加；上（學(xué)）；服侍Vi.

注意，傾聽；專心，努力于…＋toImaybelate-Ihavegotoneortwothingstoattendto.attentionn.attract/capture/catch/command/draw/getsb’sattention

吸引某人的注意力focusone’sattentionon/devoteone’sattentionto/payattentiontoattentive

adj.

專注的，留意的；體貼的；有禮貌的Youshouldbeattentiveinclass.…willbeattendingafarewelldinner…DistinguishthesefourwordsorphrasesAttend:側(cè)重參加/出席會議或?qū)W術(shù)活動(dòng)等Join：普通用詞，指加入黨派、團(tuán)體或游戲活動(dòng)等Participate：正式用詞，特指參加團(tuán)體活動(dòng)，暗示以一個(gè)積極的角色參加Takepartin：側(cè)重參加某項(xiàng)群體性、集體性的事業(yè)、工作或活動(dòng)，突出參加者在其中發(fā)揮一定的作用Willyou_____usfordinner?Howmanypeople___________intheopeningceremony?Theschoolwas________almostentirelybylocalchildren.Areyougoingto_________intheschoolsportsmeeting?Ithinkyoucangainmarksforourclass.I'llpersuadehimto______ourclub.attendjointakepartparticipate

participatedattendedtakepartjoinjoinentirelyentire

整個(gè)的，全部的（whole）；全然的，完全的(complete)Duringtheweekend,Iwillspendtheentireafternoonsleeping.entirely:completelyAlthoughTimandMikecomefromentirelydifferentbackgrounds,theybecamegoodfriends.exactly,extremelyIsthisthedictionaryyouwant?Oh,that’snotexactlywhatIwant.ImeantheNewEnglish-ChineseDictionary.It’sreportedthattheextremelycoldweatherisapproaching.Thiswillbeanentirelynewhobby.5、AgreatmanyformerpupilswillbeattendingafarewelldinnerinhishonournextThursday.

inone’shonour=inhonourofsb.

為向……表示敬意，為紀(jì)念某人eg：Manypeopleattendedthepartyinhonourofthenewmanager.※

a

great

many

+（pl.）

許多

will

be

attending

將參加a

farewell

dinner

告別宴會

；

6、Itisacuriouscoincidencethatthedaybeforehisretirement,Mr.Pagewillhavebeenteachingforatotaloffortyyears.It’sisacuriouscoincidencethat…純屬巧合，……真是奇異的巧合

thedaybefore前一天；twodaysbefore前兩天willhavebeendoing將來完成進(jìn)行時(shí)atotalof總共

Themoneyshespentonthedinnerpartyreachedatotalof$200.8.But

this

does

not

matter,

for,

as

he

has

often

remarked,

one

is

never

too

old

to

learn.

※

matter

v.

有（沒有）關(guān)系，常使用一般時(shí)態(tài)

eg：Does

it

matter

？

有什么關(guān)系？

※

too

…..to

do

太……而不能做某事

not

too

…..to

do

＝

never

too

……to

do不會太……而不能做某事

It’s

never

too

late

to

mend

the

fold

even

after

the

sheep

is

lost

.

亡羊補(bǔ)牢，猶未晚矣eg：The

problem

was

too

complicated

for

us

to

solve

.enough

……to

足夠、可以

eg：It

is

easy

enough

for

me

to

understand

.

＊

as

he

has

often

remarked

正如他常說的那樣as

引導(dǎo)非限制定語從句eg：As

I

soon

learnt

,

he

was

English

himself

.

我立即意識到，他本人就是英國人。Beautifulsentences復(fù)合句

1)Attributiveclause(定語從句)2)Nounclause(名詞性從句)3)Adverbialclause(狀語從句)復(fù)雜句1)Subjunctivemood(虛擬語氣)2)Non-finites(非謂語動(dòng)詞)3)Emphasissentence(強(qiáng)調(diào)句型)4)Inversion(倒裝句型)5）with結(jié)構(gòu)1.Ihavejustreceivedaletterfrommyoldschool,informingmethatmyformerheadmaster,MrPage,willberetiringnextweek.2.Pupilsoftheschool,(oldandnew,)willbesendinghimapresenttomarktheoccasion.3.Allthosewhohavecontributedtowardsthegiftwillsigntheirnamesinalargealbumwhichwillbesenttotheheadmaster’shome.4.WeshallallrememberMrPageforhispatienceandunderstandingandforthekindlyencouragementhegaveuswhenwewentsounwillinglytoschool.that(Surprisingandhappy,)Tonystoodupandacceptedtheprize.Tomarrivedhome,(tiredandhungry).Itisacuriouscoincidencethatthedaybeforehisretirement,Mr.Pagewillhavebeenteachingforatotaloffortyyears.Butthisdoesnotmatter,for,ashehasoftenremarked,oneisnevertoooldtolearn.cannever/can’t與too,toomuch,enough,及比較級搭配表示“無論怎樣….都不過分”Whileyouaredoingyourhomework,youcan’tbecarefulenough.Heissuchagreatmanthatwecan’tpraisehimtoomuch.Youcanneverpaytoomuchattentiontoyourreadingskill,asitissoimportant.Ican’tagreewithyoumore.Howtoimproveyourwriting?Usetheadvancedwordsandphrases.inform,mark,remark,contribute…to,devote…to,remember…for,attend,entirely,Usethecomplicatedsentences.Theclauses;the-ing/-ed/-todoforms;theinvertedstructures;thesubjunctivemood;EmphasissentenceandsoonPracticewritingsentenceswiththeindicatedwords.1.他向警方報(bào)案說有些錢不見了。（inform)2.當(dāng)你有了Mary的消息時(shí)，請告訴我。(informed)3.慶祝祖國生日要舉行典禮。（mark）4.全體老師都全身心地投入工作，因此對我們學(xué)校的發(fā)展做出了很大的貢獻(xiàn)。(devote,contribute)WhenyouhearsthaboutMary,pleasekeepmeinformed.Heinformedthepolicethatsomemoneywasmissing.Therewillbeceremoniestomarkourcountry’sbirthday.Alltheteachersdevotethemselvestoworking,contributingalotto/makinggreatcontributionstothedevelopmentofourschool.5.所有那些參加了這次“希望工程”捐贈活動(dòng)，并在活動(dòng)中捐款的人，都會被當(dāng)?shù)氐暮⒆觽冇涀　?remember)6.在過去的十年里，學(xué)校發(fā)生了很大的變化，已完全不是原來的那個(gè)樣子了。(entirely)Allthosewhohaveparticipatedinthe“HopeProject”activityanddonatedsomemoneywillberememberedbythelocalchildren.Inthepasttenyears,therehavebeengreatchangestakingplaceintheschool/greatchangeshavetakenplaceintheschool.So,theschoolnowisentirelydifferentfromtheoneitwas.Practicewriting假如你是Mike，是學(xué)校校慶辦負(fù)責(zé)人，最近要寫一封信給在國外的淳中校友John，信中首先告知學(xué)校將于下個(gè)月舉行90周年校慶活動(dòng)，邀請他參加然后介紹：近幾年來學(xué)校所發(fā)生的變化：占地面積擴(kuò)大了一倍，班級個(gè)數(shù)及學(xué)生人數(shù)也翻了一翻；現(xiàn)在的學(xué)校已經(jīng)完全不同于10年前的學(xué)校了。

在校學(xué)生學(xué)習(xí)努力，教師工作勤奮,所有這些都對學(xué)校的發(fā)展起到了巨大的貢獻(xiàn)。請你以Mike的身份描述該份信的內(nèi)容，內(nèi)容為以上劃橫線部分。注意：1.詞數(shù)100－120；2.同時(shí)可以適當(dāng)增加細(xì)節(jié)，以使行文連貫；3.開頭語、結(jié)束語已為你寫好。提醒：注意連接詞的使用DearMike,It’shonorableformetowritethislettertoyou,_________DearMike,

It’shonorableformetowritethislettertoyou,

informingyouthattherewillbeaceremonytomarkthe90thanniversaryofourschoolnextmonth.Iwillappreciateitifyoucanparticipate.

Therehavebeengreatchangestakingplaceinthepast10years.Forexample,ourschoolnowcoversanareaof124,000squaremeters,whichistwicethesizeoftheareatenyearsago.Atthesametime,thenumberofclassesandstudentsisincreasingsorapidly

thattherearemore2,500students.Therefore,ourschoolnowisentirelydifferentfromtheoneitwaswhenyoustudiedhere.What’smore,studentsherestudyveryhardandteachersdevotethemselvestoteaching,bothcontributingalottothedevelopmentofourschool.

Asamatteroffact,everyonewhostudiedherewillberememberedforhiscontributionstotheschool.Soitisreallyourhonorifyoucouldcome.

Lookingforwardtoyourreply!Thebirdcoveredthedistanceinthreeminutes.(Line5,Lesson5)Duringthattimeshecoveredadistanceofeightmiles.(L6,L33)Nearlyeverybodyentersfor“TheNicestGardenCompetition”eachyear,but…(L2,L8)…,forifatrainenteredthistunnel,itwoulddrawinfreshairbehindit.(L9,L64)Ifyoureceivearequestlikethis,youwillnotfailtoobeyit.(L8,L16)Ithinkthatyoungchildrenoftenappreciatemodernpicturesbetterthananyoneelse.(L6,L26)Thisplatformwouldserveasaportandarailwaystation.(L4,L64)Tiredofsleepingonthefloor,ayoungmaninTeheransavedupforyearstobuyarealbed.(L1,L49)Glancingatthebitsofwoodandmetalthatlayaroundhim,themansadlypickedupthemattressandcarrieditintohishouse.(L9,L49)Lookingaround,IrealizedwithashockthatIwastheonlypassengerleftonthebus.(L8,L50)Armedwiththenewmachine,asearchpartywentintothecavehopingtofindburiedtreasure.(L6,L55)DressedupasFatherChristmasandaccompaniedbya“guardofhonor”ofsixprettygirls,hesetoffdownthemainstreetofthecityridingababyelephantcalledJumbo.(L2,L65)Veryexcited,thepartydugaholetwofeetdeep.(L9,L55)Nothingcouldhavebeenmoreannoying.(L6,L54)NosoonerhadIgotbacktothekitchenthanthedoor-bellrangloudenoughtowakethedead.(L10,L54)receivealetterfrommarktheoccasioncontributetowardssignone’snameremembersbforkindlyencouragementgounwillinglytoschoolagreatmanyattendafarewelldinnerinone’shonouracuriouscoincidenceatotalofdevoteoneselfto收到…的來信紀(jì)念這個(gè)日子為…捐款簽名