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NevertooOldtoLearnNancy叶Lesson85

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

him,butoneisnevertoooldtolearn.Whatcanwelearnfromthispassage?Oldasheis,heiswillingtolearnnewthings,suchasgardening,withthebeliefthatoneisnevertoooldtolearn.Whatwouldyousaytoyourselves?Sinceweareyoungandenergetic,weshouldseizeeveryopportunitytolearnmoreknowledge,butnotjustsatisfiedwithwhatwehavelearned.Newwords1.informv.告诉，通知2.headmastern.校长3.contributev.捐助，援助4.giftn.礼物，赠品5.albumn.签名簿，相册6.patiencen.耐心7.encouragementn.鼓励8.farewelln.告别Newwords9.honourn.敬意10.coincidencen.巧合11.totaln.总数12.devotev.致力于13.gardendingn.园艺14.hobbyn.爱好，嗜好BeautifulwordsandphrasesVt.通知，告知，报告informsbofsth/informsbthat/wh-从句Iinformedhermotherofhersafearrival.Iranghermother,informingthatshearrivedsafely.Adj.informed:有学识的，见闻广博的，消息灵通的keepsbinformedofPleasekeepmeinformedofwhateverhappensinmyabsence.Well,tome,Iwouldprefernewspaper.Thefirstreasonisthatitcankeepmeinformedofthelatestnews.informationCollect/gatherinformation

about/onWehaveinformationthatthePrimeMinisterhasmadeuphismindtoresign.②vi.告发，检举（与against/on连用）

Heusedtoinformagainsthisclassmates.informMark

Vt.tocelebrateafestivaltomarkthetown’s200anniversaryShowposition做记号于…,留下痕迹；Shemarkedtheimportantwordswitharedpencil.弄脏；给…评分N.痕迹,污迹,斑点；记号,符号；分数,得分；成绩Herwetfeetleftmarksonthefloor.Myteachergavemefullmarksfordictation.Pupilsoftheschool,oldandnew,willbesendinghimapresenttomarktheoccasion.remarkVt.

+that:

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

remarkon(upon)sth:tonoticesththathashappenedandsaysthaboutitEveryoneremarkedonhisabsence.N.意见，评论，感想（与about/on搭配）Remarkable:usual,surprising,deservingattentionorpraiseShehasmaderemarkableprogress.…ashehasoftenremarked,oneisnevertoooldtolearn.他取得了非凡的进步。contributeVt.Vi.

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

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

有贡献，有助于contributeto/makeacontribution(contributions)toChinawillcontinuetomakecontributionsto

promotinganddeepeningtheworldpeace.

★

gift

（1）

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）

a

Christmas

gift

；

a

birthday

gift

；

（2）

天赋、天资

a

boy

of

many

gift

多才多艺的少年

have

a

gift

for

music

/

painting

音乐天赋

a

gift

from

the

God

上天的恩赐devoteVt.

奉献（人生、时间、劳力等）（于…）,把…专用于；致力于devotesthto/devoteoneselfto(doing)sthHedevotedhislifetopromoting(thepromotionof)worldpeace.devoted

(adj.)

忠实的，挚爱的Adevotedfriend;bedevotedtohisfriend专心致志于:bedevotedto

devotion

n.

献身、挚爱

the

devotion

of

parents

to

their

children父母对孩子的爱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

对…..不能忍受、不耐烦Patientadj.

有耐心的（impatient）

be

patient

of

sth

be

patient

with

sb

对……有耐心

eg：You

should

be

more

patient

with

other

.

★

encouragement

n.

鼓励、促进、奖励eg：He

received

a

lot

of

encouragement

from

his

teacher

.

encourage

v.

鼓励、激励（discourage）

eg：The

good

news

encouraged

him

.

encourage

sb

to

do

鼓励（某人）做……（今后怎么做）eg:The

teacher

encouraged

me

to

study

abroad

.

encourage

sb

in

鼓励

(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）

再见！再会！（比goodbye正式）

eg：Farewell

to

arms

！永別了，武器！

（2）n.

告别adj.送別的

say

farewell

to

＝

bid

farewell

to

向….告別

a

farewell

party

欢送会

★

honor

（1）

n.

敬意

Show

honor

to

a

person

向某人表使敬意。

（2）

n.名誉、名声、面子、体面eg:The

athletes

competed

for

the

honor

of

their

country

.

in

honor

of

为纪念do

the

honors

（口）（在宴会等）

尽地主之谊guardofhonour仪仗队

inone‘shonour为纪念某人，对某人表示尊重

honorable

adj.

（1）

可敬的、值得尊敬的

eg：The

deceased

was

an

honorable

man

.

死者

（2）光荣的、高贵的eg：He

comes

of

an

honorable

family

.

他出身名门。★

coincidence

n.

巧合、

（事件等）同时发生

the

coincidence

of

two

accidents两个意外的巧合eg：What

a

coincidence！真是太巧了！

by

a

strange

coincidence

奇妙的巧合

coincide

v.同时发生、巧合

coincide

with

符合,

与

...

一致

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total

（1）

n.

总数

the

sum

total

总计、全部、总额；

a

total

of

总计（2）

全部的、总计的（entire

,

whole）

eg：What’s

the

total

population

of

china

？

（3）

adj.

完全的、全然的

（complete）

a

total

failure

彻底的失败

；

total

silence

完全沉默

attendVt.

出席，参加；上（学）；服侍Vi.

注意，倾听；专心，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.

专注的，留意的；体贴的；有礼貌的Youshouldbeattentiveinclass.…willbeattendingafarewelldinner…DistinguishthesefourwordsorphrasesAttend:侧重参加/出席会议或学术活动等Join：普通用词，指加入党派、团体或游戏活动等Participate：正式用词，特指参加团体活动，暗示以一个积极的角色参加Takepartin：侧重参加某项群体性、集体性的事业、工作或活动，突出参加者在其中发挥一定的作用Willyou_____usfordinner?Howmanypeople___________intheopeningceremony?Theschoolwas________almostentirelybylocalchildren.Areyougoingto_________intheschoolsportsmeeting?Ithinkyoucangainmarksforourclass.I'llpersuadehimto______ourclub.attendjointakepartparticipate

participatedattendedtakepartjoinjoinentirelyentire

整个的，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.

为向……表示敬意，为纪念某人eg：Manypeopleattendedthepartyinhonourofthenewmanager.※

a

great

many

+（pl.）

许多

will

be

attending

将参加a

farewell

dinner

告別宴会

；

6、Itisacuriouscoincidencethatthedaybeforehisretirement,Mr.Pagewillhavebeenteachingforatotaloffortyyears.It’sisacuriouscoincidencethat…纯属巧合，……真是奇异的巧合

thedaybefore前一天；twodaysbefore前两天willhavebeendoing将来完成进行时atotalof总共

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）关系，常使用一般时态

eg：Does

it

matter

？

有什么关系？

※

too

…..to

do

太……而不能做某事

not

too

…..to

do

＝

never

too

……to

do不会太……而不能做某事

It’s

never

too

late

to

mend

the

fold

even

after

the

sheep

is

lost

.

亡羊补牢，犹未晚矣eg：The

problem

was

too

complicated

for

us

to

solve

.enough

……to

足够、可以

eg：It

is

easy

enough

for

me

to

understand

.

＊

as

he

has

often

remarked

正如他常说的那样as

引导非限制定语从句eg：As

I

soon

learnt

,

he

was

English

himself

.

我立即意识到，他本人就是英国人。Beautifulsentences复合句

1)Attributiveclause(定语从句)2)Nounclause(名词性从句)3)Adverbialclause(状语从句)复杂句1)Subjunctivemood(虚拟语气)2)Non-finites(非谓语动词)3)Emphasissentence(强调句型)4)Inversion(倒装句型)5）with结构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与too,toomuch,enough,及比较级搭配表示“无论怎样….都不过分”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.他向警方报案说有些钱不见了。（inform)2.当你有了Mary的消息时，请告诉我。(informed)3.庆祝祖国生日要举行典礼。（mark）4.全体老师都全身心地投入工作，因此对我们学校的发展做出了很大的贡献。(devote,contribute)WhenyouhearsthaboutMary,pleasekeepmeinformed.Heinformedthepolicethatsomemoneywasmissing.Therewillbeceremoniestomarkourcountry’sbirthday.Alltheteachersdevotethemselvestoworking,contributingalotto/makinggreatcontributionstothedevelopmentofourschool.5.所有那些参加了这次“希望工程”捐赠活动，并在活动中捐款的人，都会被当地的孩子们记住。(remember)6.在过去的十年里，学校发生了很大的变化，已完全不是原来的那个样子了。(entirely)Allthosewhohaveparticipatedinthe“HopeProject”activityanddonatedsomemoneywillberememberedbythelocalchildren.Inthepasttenyears,therehavebeengreatchangestakingplaceintheschool/greatchangeshavetakenplaceintheschool.So,theschoolnowisentirelydifferentfromtheoneitwas.Practicewriting假如你是Mike，是学校校庆办负责人，最近要写一封信给在国外的淳中校友John，信中首先告知学校将于下个月举行90周年校庆活动，邀请他参加然后介绍：近几年来学校所发生的变化：占地面积扩大了一倍，班级个数及学生人数也翻了一翻；现在的学校已经完全不同于10年前的学校了。

在校学生学习努力，教师工作勤奋,所有这些都对学校的发展起到了巨大的贡献。请你以Mike的身份描述该份信的内容，内容为以上划横线部分。注意：1.词数100－120；2.同时可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；3.开头语、结束语已为你写好。提醒：注意连接词的使用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…的来信纪念这个日子为…捐款签名