新概念英語第二冊(cè)筆記-第85課(共17頁)

1、精選優(yōu)質(zhì)文檔-傾情為你奉上Lesson 85 Never too old to learn 活到老學(xué)到老【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 c

2、ontributed 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

3、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

4、not matter, for, as he has often remarked, one is never too old to learn.【課文翻譯】我剛剛收到母校的一封信，通知我說以前的校長斯圖亞特.佩奇先生下星期就退休了。為了紀(jì)念這個(gè)日子，學(xué)校的學(xué)生 無論老同學(xué)還是新同學(xué)將送他一件禮物。所有湊錢買此禮品的人都將自己的名字簽在一本大簽名簿上，簽名簿將被送到校長的家里。我們不會(huì)忘記佩奇先生 對(duì)我們既有耐心又充滿理解，也不會(huì)忘記在我們不愿去上學(xué)時(shí)他給予我們的親切鼓勵(lì)。很多老同學(xué)都準(zhǔn)備參加下星期四為他舉行的告別宴會(huì)。佩奇先生退休的前一天 正好是他執(zhí)教滿40年的日子，這真是奇妙的巧合。他退休

5、后，將致力于園藝。對(duì)于他來說，這將是一種全新的愛好。但這沒有關(guān)系，因?yàn)檎缢Ｕf的那樣，人要 活到老學(xué)到老。 New words and expressions 生詞和短語Inform v. 告訴，通知 headmaster n. 校長contribute v. 捐助，援助 gift n. 禮物，贈(zèng)品album n. 簽名簿，相冊(cè) patience n. 耐心encouragement n. 鼓勵(lì) farewell n. 告別honour n. 敬意 coincidence n. 巧合total n. 總數(shù) devote v. 致力于gardening n. 園藝 hobby n.

6、愛好，嗜好【生詞講解】1. inform (1)v. 告訴，通知inform sb of 通知某人某事eg：I informed her mother of her safe arrival. 我告訴她的母親，她安全抵達(dá)inform sb + that / wh- 告知某人某事eg：I informed her mother that she had safety arrived. 我告訴她的母親說，她已平安抵達(dá)。eg：We were informed that a big fire had broken out in the next town. 我們被告知，旁邊的小城鎮(zhèn)發(fā)生火災(zāi)。eg: H

7、e was informed that he would receive an extra thousand pounds a year.他被告知他每年將得到1,000 英鎊的額外收入。eg：His letter informed us how and when he was expected to arrive in Beijing. 他的信告訴我們他預(yù)計(jì)抵達(dá)北京的時(shí)間和交通方式。(2) vi. 告發(fā)，檢舉（與against/on 連用）：eg: He used to inform against his classmates. 他過去常打同學(xué)的小報(bào)告。eg: Several people

8、have informed on him.好幾個(gè)人告發(fā)了他。 informed adj. 消息靈通的、見聞廣博的informed sources 消息靈通之士informative adj. 知識(shí)性的、給予知識(shí)的informer n. 告密者、提供情報(bào)者 police informer 向警察通風(fēng)報(bào)信的人information n. 情報(bào)、數(shù)據(jù)、信息、知識(shí)a piece of information 一條信息collect information gather information收集情報(bào)cover up information 隱滿消息 ； offer information 提供消息2.

9、 headmaster n. 校長美：常指私立學(xué)校的校長（head of school） 英：中、小學(xué)小長headmistress 女校長與head有關(guān)的詞：head nurse 護(hù)士長 ； headman 酋長headphone 耳機(jī) ； headquarters 總部、總署、司令部headsman 劊子手 ； headstone 基石3. contribute （1）v. 捐助，援助eg：He contributed a lot of money to the charity .他捐很多錢給慈善機(jī)構(gòu)。 eg：I contributed to the church. 我捐款給教會(huì)。（2） v

10、.有貢獻(xiàn)、有助于、成為原因之一contribute to contribute towards 為 . 作貢獻(xiàn), 為 . 捐款或撰稿e(cuò)g：The construction of a highway will contribute to the growth of the suburbs. 一條公路的建設(shè)將有助于郊區(qū)的發(fā)展。contribution （1） 捐款eg：I give a ten-dollar contribution to the church every Sunday.（2）n. 貢獻(xiàn)eg：He has made great contributions to a space de

11、velopment program.他對(duì)太空發(fā)展計(jì)劃作出了巨大貢獻(xiàn)。contributor n. 捐贈(zèng)者 、投稿人4. gift （1）n. 禮物，贈(zèng)品、捐贈(zèng)（present 指以物的一般性用語，gift 是稍正式的說法） a Christmas gift ； a birthday gift ； a graduation gift 畢業(yè)禮物（2） 天賦、天資a boy of many gift 多才多藝的少年have a gift for music / painting a gift from the God 老天爺?shù)亩髻ngifted adj. 有天資的、有天賦的a gifted music

12、ian 有天賦的音樂家5. album （1）n. 簽名簿，相冊(cè)、集郵冊(cè)a photograph album 照相本 a stamp album 集郵冊(cè)put a photograph in an album 放照片在相冊(cè)里（2） 書集、文集6. patience n. 耐心、忍耐、毅力（反義詞：impatience） eg：This kind of work requires much patience.這種工作需要極大的耐心。eg：He had patience to hear my complaints . 他有耐心聽我的投訴。work with patience 工作有耐心be out

13、 of patience with 對(duì).不能忍受、不耐煩patient （1） adj. 有耐心的（反義詞：impatient） be patient of sth be patient with sb 對(duì)有耐心eg：You should be more patient with other. 你應(yīng)該更有耐心對(duì)待其他人。eg：He was patient of hardships. 他承受許多苦難。（2）adj. 勤快的、 （行動(dòng)等）需要耐心的a patient worker 勤快工作者 ；patient researches 需要耐性的研究（3）n. 病人eg：The hospital ha

14、s a lot of patients. 醫(yī)院有很多病人。7. encouragement n. 鼓勵(lì)、促進(jìn)、獎(jiǎng)勵(lì)eg：He received a lot of encouragement from his teacher. 他的老師給了他很多鼓勵(lì) 。encourage v. 鼓勵(lì)、激勵(lì)（反義詞：discourage） eg：The good news encouraged him. 那個(gè)好消息激勵(lì)了他encourage sb to do 鼓勵(lì) （某人）做（表示鼓勵(lì)某人今后要做某事） eg：The teacher encouraged me to study abroad. 老師鼓勵(lì)我出國留學(xué)

15、encourage sb in 鼓勵(lì)（助長） 某人的（表示鼓勵(lì)某人目前正在做的某種事情）eg：All the family encouraged the boy in his efforts to become a doctor. 那位少年努力想成為一名醫(yī)生，全家人都鼓勵(lì)他。eg： Dont encourage him in his idle ways. 不可助長他懶惰成性。 idle a.懶散的；空閑的；無用的 vi.懶散 vt.虛度8. farewell （1） 再見！再會(huì)?。ū萭oodbye正式） eg： Farewell to arms！永別了，武器?。?）n. 告別（做adj.使用）

16、 送別的say farewell to bid farewell to 向.告別eg：They made their farewells at the airport. 他們?cè)跈C(jī)場(chǎng)告別。a farewell party 歡送會(huì)9. 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.運(yùn)動(dòng)員們?yōu)閲覡帄Z榮譽(yù)。eg： It is a great honor to receive that prize. 獲得這

17、個(gè)獎(jiǎng)項(xiàng)非常榮幸。相關(guān)短語：in honor of 為紀(jì)念、為慶祝eg：There is a party tonight in honor of our new president. 今晚為慶祝新總統(tǒng)當(dāng)選而招開宴會(huì)。do the honors （口）（在宴會(huì)等） 盡地主之誼have the hour of doing （have the honor to do ） 有做某事的榮幸eg： May I have the honor of dancing with you ？我有榮幸與你跳舞？honorable adj. （1） 可敬的、值得尊敬的an honor dead 死的光榮eg：The de

18、ceased was an honorable man. 死者是一個(gè)受人尊敬的人。（2）光榮的、高貴貴 die an honorable death 光榮舍身eg：He comes of an honorable family. 他出身名門。The Honorable 閣下10. 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

19、合, 與 . 一致eg：I didnt go to meet him because his arrival coincided with an important conference.我不能去接他是因?yàn)樗麃頃r(shí)，我正好有個(gè)很重要的會(huì)議。11. 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） （反義詞：partial） eg：Whats the total population of china？ 中國總?cè)丝谑嵌嗌?？the total amount 總額（3） adj. 完全的、全然

20、的 （complete）a total failure 徹底的失敗 ； total silence 完全沉默（4） v. 合計(jì)為 （vt./vi.不用被動(dòng)態(tài)）eg：The expenses totaled 1000. the expenses totaled up to 1000. 開銷總計(jì)1000美元12. devote v. 致力于devote + sth + to (doing) sth 完全致力于，全身心投入eg：He devoted his life to promoting world peace.He devoted his life to the promotion of wo

21、rld peace .他畢生致力于促進(jìn)世界和平。devote oneself + to 獻(xiàn)身、熱愛、專心eg：She devoted herself to tennis in her teens. 她在少年時(shí)代熱衷于網(wǎng)球。devoted adj. 忠實(shí)的 、摯愛的 ； a devoted friend 忠實(shí)的朋友eg：She is devoted to her husband .她很愛她的丈夫。devotion n. 獻(xiàn)身、摯愛the devotion of parents to their children 父母對(duì)子女的摯愛the devotion of too much time to s

22、ports 花太多時(shí)間在運(yùn)動(dòng)上13. gardening n. 園藝horticulture n.園藝學(xué)gardener n. n.園丁，園藝愛好者garden n. 園地(用于種植花、果、菜)eg：We have only a small garden. 我們只有一個(gè)小花園。區(qū)別：yard 是指房屋四周的土地，可能有草坪、道路等 。gardens 公園 ； zoological gardens 動(dòng)物園 botanical gardens 植物園 ； garden city 花園城市14. hobby n. 愛好，嗜好eg：What are your bobbies ？ 你有什么嗜好？eg：M

23、y bobby is playing cards. 我的嗜好是打撲克牌。hobbyhorse 旋轉(zhuǎn)木馬【課文講解】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 現(xiàn)在分詞短語做狀語 receive表示“客觀上收到.”；而accept則表示“主觀上(愿意）接受.”eg: Li Ming was accepted as a League

24、member last week.eg: He received a gift, but he didn't accept it. （他收到了一件禮物，但他沒有接受。）  will be retiring 將來進(jìn)行時(shí)將來進(jìn)行時(shí)主要表示將來某一時(shí)刻正在進(jìn)行的動(dòng)作，或表示要在將來某一時(shí)刻開始，并繼續(xù)下去的動(dòng)作。常用來表示禮貌的詢問、請(qǐng)求等。例如：    1）This time next day they will be sitting in the cinema.    2）What will you be doing

25、at six tomorrow evening?2. Pupils of the school, old and new, will be sending him a present to mark the occasion. pupil 學(xué)生、兒童（美：常指小學(xué)生、其他主要用student ）（英：指中、小學(xué)生）、瞳孔pupil   小學(xué)生（美語elementary，primary school students）   school student   中小學(xué)生   junior (middle school)

26、student   初中生   senior (middle school) student   高中生  school leaver   中小學(xué)的輟學(xué)生  freshman   大學(xué)一年級(jí)新生  sophomore   大學(xué)二年級(jí)學(xué)生  junior    大學(xué)三年級(jí)學(xué)生  senior    大學(xué)四年級(jí)學(xué)生  undergraduate 

27、60; 大學(xué)本科生  bachelor   學(xué)士  graduate student(postgraduate)   研究生  master   碩士  doctor   博士 old and new 同位語由并列連詞連接的兩個(gè)adj. ，作定語時(shí)要放在所修飾的詞的后面。old and new 為pupils 的非限定性定語，因?yàn)橛卸禾?hào)把它與句子的其他成分隔開，并且去掉它對(duì)句子的意義影響不大。有時(shí)這種兩個(gè)連用的形容詞（或分詞）相當(dāng)于狀語，這時(shí)它可以位于句子中間，也可以位于句首

28、：eg: The workers, thirsty and tired, took a rest under the trees. 工人們又渴又累，在樹底下休息了一會(huì)兒。（thirsty and tired 可以換到句首，相當(dāng)于狀語） The villagers here, young and old, are interested in gardening. 這里的村民們，無論年輕的還是年長的，都對(duì)園藝感興趣。 mark the occasion 紀(jì)念這個(gè)日子 mark 本義為“給.作記號(hào)/留痕跡”，在這里表示“紀(jì)念”：eg: Prices are marked on the goods.

29、商品上都標(biāo)有價(jià)目。mark A with B or mark B on A（在某物上作記號(hào)）mark one's name on one's clothesmark one's clothes with one's name在自己的衣服上標(biāo)上自己的名字eg: The route has been marked so that it is easy to follow.這條路線已標(biāo)有記號(hào)，很容易跟著走。 occasion1. 場(chǎng)合,時(shí)刻;重大活動(dòng),盛典C2. 時(shí)機(jī),機(jī)會(huì)(+for)eg: He seized the occasion to invite her h

30、ome for dinner. 他抓住機(jī)會(huì)邀請(qǐng)她回家里吃飯。3. 起因,近因(+of)eg: Her departure was the occasion of much sadness. 她的離別是令人十分悲傷的起因。4. 理由;需要(+for)+to-veg: You have no occasion to buy another car. 你沒有必要再買一輛汽車。3. All those who have contributed towards the gift will sign their names in a large album which will be sent to th

31、e 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. remember for 因記住 這個(gè)長句子的主要框架是remember sb. for stb（因某事記住某人），介詞for 有3 個(gè)并列賓語：patience，understanding 和encouragement，最后這個(gè)賓語又帶有自己的定語從

32、句，定語從句又有自己的時(shí)間狀語從句。for 后面跟的可以是某人的品德、特征等：eg: Jeremy is remembered for his great sense of humour.人們不會(huì)忘記杰里米那絕妙的幽默感。remember as 記得 （人、物） 是eg：I remember him as a naughty boy. 我記得他是一個(gè)頑皮的孩子。remember doing 記得做過某事eg：I remember having met her somewhere.我記得在什么地方見過她。remember to do 記得去做某事eg：I remembered to mail t

33、he letter. 我記得要把信寄出去。 kindly 在這里為形容詞，表示“仁慈的”、“和藹的”、等，這個(gè)詞既可以作形容詞，也可以作副詞：eg: She gave me a kindly smile. 她對(duì)我和藹的笑了一下。（形容詞）eg: Dan kindly invited us to lunch yesterday. 丹昨天友好地/好心地邀請(qǐng)我們吃午飯。（副詞）eg: I greeted her and she smiled kindly. 我向她打招呼，她親切地微微一笑。 so 在這里是一種非正式的用法，表示程度，相當(dāng)于very：eg: This new cheese is so

34、good! 這新奶酪如此之好！ unwillingly不情愿地;勉強(qiáng)地 4. A great many former pupils will be attending a farewell dinner in his honour next Thursday. a great many +（pl.） 許多 表示“許多”的英語短語：(1) 修飾可數(shù)名詞復(fù)數(shù)形式的有 many, a good/great many, quite a few, a large (或great)/small number of等，其后的謂語動(dòng)詞用復(fù)數(shù)形式。(2) 修飾不可數(shù)名詞的有much, a great deal

35、of, quite a little, an amount of等。其后的謂語動(dòng)詞用單數(shù)形式。(3) 既能修飾可數(shù)名詞，又能修飾不可數(shù)名詞的有 a lot of, lots of, plenty of, a great quantity of等，謂語動(dòng)詞根據(jù)主語是可數(shù)或不可數(shù)決定單復(fù)數(shù)形式。 a number of +可數(shù)名詞，謂語用復(fù)數(shù)，意為許多，大量的 the number of +可數(shù)名詞，謂語用單數(shù)，意為的數(shù)目 will be attending 將參加 attend to sb/sth專心，仔細(xì)考慮eg: Attend to your work and stop talking專心工

36、作，不要說話 接待eg: Are you being attended to?有人接待您嗎？（店員問顧客） 出席 attend a wedding參加婚禮 attend a meeting參加會(huì)議  farewellfarewell 比goodbye 要正式，可以單獨(dú)使用：Farewell！（再見！再會(huì)！一路平安?。┧部梢宰髅~或形容詞用：say farewell to sb/sth 向某人/某事物告別eg: You can say farewell to seaside holidays. 你可以向海濱假日告別了。eg: He said farewell to his mothe

37、r and got on the plane. 他向母親告別后便登上了飛機(jī)。（名詞） 作形容詞辭行的，告別的eg: When Frank retired, they held a farewell party. 弗蘭克退休時(shí)，他們開了個(gè)歡送會(huì)。（形容詞）a farewell speech告別演講a farewell dinner 告別宴會(huì) ； in his honor 為他所舉行的 in sb.'s/sth.'s honour 作定語，表示“為向某人/某事表示敬意”、“為紀(jì)念某人/某事”等，也可以說in honour of sb/sth：eg: Many people atte

38、nded the party in honour of the new manager. 很多人參加了為新經(jīng)理舉辦的晚會(huì)。eg: This is a farewell performance in her honour. 這是一場(chǎng)為她舉辦的告別演唱/演奏會(huì)。 honour榮幸，光榮eg: It's a great honour to be invited. 承蒙邀請(qǐng)，十分榮幸 a man of honour品德高尚的人 an honour to sth/sb為.增光的人或事物eg: She is an honour to her profession. 她是同行的光榮 on my ho

39、nour我發(fā)誓，我以人格擔(dān)保eg: I promise I'll pay you back on my honour 我以我的人格擔(dān)保一定把錢還給你。 have the honour of sth獲得某種特殊的榮幸 do sb the honour of doing stheg: May I have the honour of this dance?eg: Will you do me the honour of dancing with me? 可以賞光和我跳這個(gè)舞嗎？eg: I feel highly honoured by your trust. 我得到您的信任感到十分榮幸。5

40、. It is a curious coincidence that the day before his retirement, Mr. Page will have been teaching for a total of forty years. curious富于好奇心的，有興趣的be curious about sth/to do stheg: I am curious to know what she said. 我真好奇的想知道她說了什么。1) 愛管閑事的eg: She's always so curious about my work.她總愛打聽我的工作2) 奇特的，不

41、尋常的eg: It's curious that he didn't tell you.他沒有告訴你實(shí)在反常。curiosity好奇心 6. After he has retired, he will devote himself to gardening. For him, this will be an entirely new hobby. entirely全部地，一生地eg: He devoted himself entirely to music.他將一生奉獻(xiàn)給了音樂。eg: His success is entirely due to hard work.他的成功完

42、全是努力工作的結(jié)果。7. 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(huì)太而不能做某事eg：Its never too late to mend the fold even after the sheep is lost . 亡羊補(bǔ)牢,猶未為晚eg：The pro

43、blem was too complicated for us to solve. 這道題太復(fù)雜,我們解決不了。對(duì)比：enough to 足夠、可以eg：It is easy enough for me to understand. 這是對(duì)我來說很容易理解。 as he has often remarked 正如他常說的那樣as 引導(dǎo)非限定性定語從句eg：As I soon learnt, he was English himself. 我立即意識(shí)到,他本人就是英國人。 remark vi.1. 談?wù)?議論;評(píng)論(+on/upon)eg: Prof. Smith remarked on the difference between the two dictionaries.史密斯教授談到了這兩本詞典的不同之處。2. vt.注意到, 留意; 述說as remarked above如上所述eg:Did you remark the similarity between them?你注意到他們之間的相似之處嗎?6. in ones honour 7. devote oneself to (doing) sth8. does not matter9. a total of10. be never too old to learn【關(guān)鍵