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新概念英语二册超详讲义笔记Lesson 85

Never too old to learn 活到老学到老

Lesson 85 Never too old to learn 活到老学到老

【New words and expressions】（14）

inform v. 告诉，通知

headmaster n. 校长

contribute v. 捐助，援助

gift n. 礼物，赠品

album n. 签名簿，相册

patience n. 耐心

encouragement n. 鼓励

farewell n. 告别

honour n. 敬意

coincidence n. 巧合

total n. 总数

devote v. 致力于

gardening n. 园艺

hobby n. 爱好，嗜好

★inform v. 告诉，通知

inform sb. of sth.

eg. I informed her mother of her safe arrival.

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告知某人某事

我告知她妈妈她平安到达。

inform sb. + that/wh- 告知某人某事

eg. I informed her mother that she had safely arrived.

我告知她妈妈她平安到达。

We were informed that a big fire had broken out in the next town.

我们被告知旁边的小镇发生一起火灾。

His letter informed us how and when he was expected to arrive in

Beijing. 他在信里告诉我们他预计到达北京的时间和交通方式。

informed adj. 消息灵通的，见闻广博的

eg. informed sources 消息灵通人士

informative adj. 知识性的，给予知识的

informer n. 告密者，提供情报者

eg. a police informer 向警察通风报信的人

information n. 情报，资料，信息，知识

eg. a piece of information 一条资料

collect information 收集信息，收集情报

= gather information

cover up information 隐瞒消息

offer information 提供消息

★headmaster n. 校长

（美：常指私立学校的校长 ：head of school)

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（英：中，小学校长）

headmistress n. 女校长

与head 有关的词：

eg. head nurse 护士长

headman 酋长

headphone 耳机

headquarters 总部，总署，司令部

headsman 刽子手

headstone 基石

★contribute v. 捐助，援助

v. 捐助，提供

eg. He contributed a lot of money to the charity.

他向慈善团体捐了很多钱。

I contributed to the church. 我捐款给教会。

v. 有贡献，有助于，成为…的原因之一

contribute to/contribute towards 对…有贡献

eg. The construction of a highway will contribute to the growth of the

suburbs. 公路的建设将有助于郊区的发展。

contribution

n. 捐助

eg. I give a ten-dollar contribution to the church every Sunday.

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我每天给教会捐助10美元。

n. 贡献

eg. He has made great contributions to a space development program.

他对太空发展计划作出巨大贡献。

contributor n. 捐赠者，投稿人

★gift n. 礼物，赠品

n. 礼物，赠品，捐赠

（present指礼物的一般性用语，gift是稍正式的说法）

eg. a Christmas gift 圣诞礼物

a birthday gift 生日礼物

a graduation gift 毕业礼物

n. 天赋，天资

eg. a boy of many gifts 多才多艺的少年

have a gift for music 有音乐天赋

have a gift for painting 有绘画天赋

a gift from the God 天赐良机，好机会

gifted adj. 有天资的，有天赋的

eg. a gifted musician 有天赋的音乐家

★album n. 签名簿，相册

签名簿，相册，集邮册

eg. a photograph album 相册

a stamp album 集邮册

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put a photograph in an album 把照片放进相册

(2) 书集，文集

★patience n. 耐心，忍耐，毅力

（反义词：impatience)

eg. This kind of work requires much patience.

这种工作需要极大的耐心。

He had patience to hear my complaints. 他耐心地听我抱怨。

work with patience 耐心地工作

be out of patience with 对…不能忍受，不耐烦

patient

adj. 有耐心的（反义词：impatient）

eg. be patient of sth. 对某事物有耐心

be patient with sb. 对某人有耐心

You should be more patient with others. 你应该对别人更耐心。

He was patient of hardships. 他承受了许多苦难。

adj. (人)勤快的；(行动等)需要耐心的

eg. a patient worker 勤快的工

patient researches 需要耐性的研究

n. 病人

eg. The hospital has a lot of patients. 这个医院有很多病人。

★encouragement n. [u]鼓励，激励，奖励，促进

eg. He received a lot of encouragement from his teacher.

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他得到老师很多鼓励。

encourage v. 鼓励，激励

（反义词：discourage v. 使泄气，使沮丧）

eg. The good news encouraged him. 这个好消息鼓励了他。

encourage sb. to do sth. 鼓励某人做某事

（表示鼓励某人今后要做某事）

The teacher encouraged me to study abroad. 老师鼓励我出国留学。

encourage sb. in 鼓励（助长）某人的…

（表示鼓励某人目前正在做的某种事情）

All the family encouraged the boy in his efforts to become a doctor.

那个少年努力想当医生，全家人都鼓励他。

Don’t encourage him in his idle ways.

不可助长他懒惰成性。

★farewell n. 告别

n. 再见！再会！（比goodbye正式）

eg. Farewell to arms! 永别了，武器！

n. 告辞（做adj.使用）送别的

eg. say farewell to 向…告别

= bid farewell to

They made their farewells at the airport. 他们在机场告别。

a farewell party 欢送会

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★honour n. 敬意

n. 敬意

eg. show honour to a person 对某人表示敬意

n. 名誉，名声，面子，体面

eg. The athletes competed for the honour of their country.

选手们为了国家的荣誉而互相竞赛。

It is a great honour to receive that prize.

能得到那个奖项是极大的荣誉。

相关短语：

in honour of 为纪念，为庆祝

eg. There is a party tonight in honour of our new president.

今晚将为庆祝新总统的当选而召开宴会。

do the honours (口)(在宴会等)尽地主之宜

have the honour of doing sth. 有做某事的荣幸

= have the honour to do sth.

eg. May I have the honour of dancing with you

我能有荣幸和你跳支舞吗？

guard of honour 仪仗队

in one's honour 为纪念某人，对某人表示尊重

eg. We will give him a party in his honour.

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We will give him a dinner in his honour.

It's my honour. 是我的荣幸

eg. It's my honour to do sth. 做某件事情是我的荣幸

It's my honour to talk with you.

I'm honoured to do sth. 我感到荣幸

eg. I'm honoured to talk with you.

I'm honoured to stand here and give you lessons.

I'm honoured to be your teacher.

honorable adj.

可敬的，值得尊敬的

eg. an honorable deed 可敬的行为

The deceased was an honorable man. 死者是个值得尊敬的人。

光荣的，高贵的

eg. die an honorable death 光荣舍身

He comes of an honorable family. 他出身名门。

The Honorable 阁下

★coincidence n. （事件等）同时发生，巧合

eg. the coincidence of two accidents 两件意外同时发生

What a coincidence! 多么巧合啊！

by a strange coincidence 由于不可思议的巧合，巧得出奇

coincide v. 同时发生，巧合

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eg. coincide with sth. 与某事同时发生

I didn’t go to meet him because his arrival coincided with an

important conference.

我不能去接他是因为他来时，我正好有个很重要的会议。

★total n. 总数

n. 合计，总计

eg. the sum total

总额

a total of

adj. 全部的，总计的（= entire = whole)

(反义词：partial 部分的)

eg. What’s the total population of China

多少？

the total amount

adj. 完全的，全然的（= complete)

eg. a total failure

total silence

v. 合计为…（vt./vi.不用被动语态）

eg. The expenses totaled $1000.

1000美元。

= The expense totaled up to $1000.

★devote v. 致力于

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总计，全部，总共

中国的全部人口是总额，总和

完全的失败

完全的安静

开销总计为

devote to + doing 致力于…（to 是介词）

eg. He devoted his life to promoting world peace.

= He devoted his life to the promotion of world peace.

他毕生致力于世界和平。

devote oneself to 献身，热爱，专心

eg. She devoted herself to tennis in her teens.

在她十几岁的时候她十分热爱网球。

devoted adj. 忠实的，挚爱的

eg. a devoted friend 忠实的朋友

She is devoted to her husband. 她很爱她的丈夫。

devotion n. 献身，挚爱

eg. the devotion of parents to their children 父母对于子女的挚爱

the devotion of too much time to sports 花太多时间在运动上

★gardening n. 园艺

horticulture n. 园艺，园艺学

gardener n. 花匠，园丁，园艺家

garden n. 庭院，花园，菜园，果园

eg. We have only a small garden.

区别：

yard 是指房屋四周的土地，可能有草坪，道路等

gardens 公园

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zoological gardens 动物园

botanical gardens 植物园

garden city 花园城市

★hobby n. 爱好，嗜好

eg. What are your hobbies 你有什么爱好？

My hobby is playing cards. 我的爱好是打牌。

hobbyhorse 旋转木马

【Text】

I have just received a letter from my old school, informing me that my

former headmaster, Mr. Stuart Page, will be retiring next week. Pupils of

the school, old and new, will be sending him a present to mark the

occasion. All those who have contributed towards the gift will sign their

names in a large album which will be sent to the headmaster's home. We

shall all remember Mr. Page for his patience and understanding and for

the kindly encouragement he gave us when we went so unwillingly to

school. A great many former pupils will be attending a farewell dinner in

his honour next Thursday. It is a curious coincidence that the day before

his retirement, Mr. Page will have been teaching for a total of forty years.

After he has retired, he will devote himself to gardening. For him, this

will be an entirely new hobby. But this does not matter, for, as he has

often remarked, one is never too old to learn.

参考译文

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我刚刚收到母校的一封信，通知我说以前的校长斯图亚特.佩奇先生下星期就退休了。为了纪念这个日子，学校的学生——无论老同学还是新同学——将送他一件礼物。所有凑钱买此礼品的人都将自己的名字签在一本大签名簿上，签名簿将被送到校长的家里。我们不会忘记佩奇先生对我们既有耐心又充满理解，也不会忘记在我们不愿去上学时他给予我们的亲切鼓励。很多老同学都准备参加下星期四为他举行的告别宴会。佩奇先生退休的前一天正好是他执教满40年的日子，这真是奇妙的巧合。他退休后，将致力于园艺。对于他来说，这将是一种全新的爱好。但这没有关系，因为正如他常说的那样，人要活到老学到老。

【课文讲解】

1、I have just received a letter from my old school, informing me that my

former headmaster, Mr. Stuart Page, will be retiring next week.

informing me that 中informing是现在分词短语作状语，that从句作inform的宾语

will be retiring 将来进行时

（是对将来行为、动作的推测，比一般将来时态更有把握）

former adj. 前任的，以前的

2、Pupils of the school, old and new, will be sending him a present to

mark the occasion.

pupil n. 学生，儿童

（美：常指小学生，其它主要用student;

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英：指中、小学生），瞳孔

old and new (同位语）

（由并列连词连接的两个adj.作定语时，要放在所修饰的词的后面）

will be sending （将来进行时态）

send sb. sth. 送某人……

mark the occasion 纪念这一时候

mark n. 标记；v. 做标记，给……作记号/留痕迹；纪念

3、All those who have contributed towards the gift will sign their names

in a large album which will be sent to the headmaster's home.

All those who have contributed towards the gift中who引导定语从句修饰those 所有那些凑钱买礼物的人

in a large album which will be sent to the headmaster’s home中which引导定语从句修饰album

contribute towards/to sth. 为…捐款，提供给…

eg. Before his death, he contributed a large sum of money to the church.

A few of us contributed towards Mary’s present on her birthday.

present和gift都表示“礼物，赠品”，但gift相对要正式些：

4、We shall all remember Mr. Page for his patience and understanding

and for the kindly encouragement he gave us when we went so

unwillingly to school.

remember sb. for sth. 因为…记住某人

remember as 记得（人，物）是…

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eg. I remember him as a naughty boy. 我记得他是个淘气的孩子。

remember doing sth. 记得做过某事

eg. I remember having met her somewhere. 我记得在哪儿见过他。

remember to do sth. 记得去做某事

eg. I remembered to mail the letter. 我记得去邮这封信。

he gave us是个定语从句修饰encouragement

be willing to do sth. 心甘情愿做某事

unwillingly adv. 不情愿地

5、A great many former pupils will be attending a farewell dinner in his

honour next Thursday.

a great many + (pl.) 许多

will be attending （将来进行时，表示对未来的事情更有把握）

a farewell dinner 告别宴会

in one’s honour = in honour of sb. 为向…表示敬意，为纪念某人

6、It is a curious coincidence that the day before his retirement, Mr. Page

will have been teaching for a total of forty years.

It is a curious coincidence that the day before his retirement中that从句是真正的主语，而it is a curious coincidence是形式主语

纯属巧合，……真是奇异的巧合

the day before 前一天 ；two days before 前两天

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will have been teaching

（将来完成进行时，表示到将来某时为止一直进行着）

a total of 总共

7、After he has retired, he will devote himself to gardening.

devote oneself to… 致力于……，献身于，专心于

（to为介词，后跟代词、名词或动名词）

8、For him, this will be an entirely new hobby.

entirely = completely 完完全全地

9、But this does not matter, for, as he has often remarked, one is never

too old to learn.

matter v. 有（没有）关系（常使用一般时态。）

eg. Does it matter 有关系吗？

too … to do 太…不能…

反义：not too … to do/ never too … to do 不太…能够…

eg. It’s never too late to mend the fold even after the sheep is lost.

亡羊补牢，为时不晚。

The problem was too complicated for us to solve.

这个问题太复杂了，我们解决不了。

对比：enough … to

eg. It is easy enough for me to understand.

这足够容易，我能明白。

as he has often remarked 中as引导非限定性定语从句：正如他常说的

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as + 从句 正如…

eg. As I soon learnt, he was English himself.

正如我很快明白的，他正是英国人。

As you know,… 正如你所知道的……

【Letter Writing】

一封信的结尾：

I am looking forward to seeing you soon.

Best regards,

Tom

可以用Best wishes，Yours或Love结尾。

签名必须清楚，必须落在信末尾的下面。如果信写完后还想作些补充，可以写在签名下面。在所写的附言之前必须加上P.S.两个字母，这是“又及”的意思。

【Key Structures】

一般将来时：

be going to + 动词原形/will + 动词原形

将来进行时：

will be + v.-ing

将来完成进行时：

will have been + v.-ing

【Special Difficulties】

Too and Enough

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too adv. 太，过分

enough adv. 足够，十分

too和enough都可作程度副词，但too通常位于它所修饰的形容词/分词之前，enough则位于它所修饰的词之后。在含有不定式的句型里，too经常具有否定的含义，enough则表示达到必要的程度：

He is too heavy for me to lift.

The pear is ripe enough for me to eat.

【Summary Writing】

Now that my former headmaster, Mr. Page, is retiring, pupils of the

school will be sending him a gift and an album with the signatures of all

those who have contributed. Many former pupils will be attending a

farewell dinner in his honour. After having completed forty years as a

teacher, Mr. Page will devote himself to gardening, which will be a new

hobby for him, but one is never too old to learn.

After twenty-eight years as headmaster, Mr. Page is retiring. Pupils of

the school will not only be sending him a gift, but also an album with

their signatures. Many former pupils will be attending a farewell dinner

in honour of a man who has completed forty years as a teacher. Now

he will devote himself to gardening. Though it will be a new hobby for

him, this does not matter because one is never too old to learn.

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