·單詞

inform v.????告訴，通知

????·inform sb. sth????告訴某人某事

????·information n.????消息，通知

headmaster n.????校長

contribute v.????捐助，援助

????·contribute towards the gift????為禮物捐款

????·They contributed food and clothing to the refugees.????他們向難民捐獻(xiàn)食物和衣服

gift n.????禮物，贈品

album n.????簽名冊，相冊

????·a photo album 相冊

????·a stamp album 集郵冊

patience n.????耐心

????·patient adj.????耐心的；n.????患者，病人

????·impatient adj.????不耐心的，不耐煩的

encouragement n.????鼓勵

????·kindly encouragement????親切的鼓勵

????·encourage v.????鼓勵

????????·encourage sb. to do sth.????鼓勵某人做某事

farewell n.????告別

????·a farewell dinner????告別晚餐

????·a farewell party????告別聚會

honour n.????敬意

????·in honour of sb. = in one's honour????為紀(jì)念，為慶祝 ...

coincidence n.????巧合

total n.總數(shù)

devote v.????致力于，奉獻(xiàn)

????·devote oneself to ...????奉獻(xiàn)某人自己向

????·He?will devote himself to gardening.????他將致力于園藝

????·I devote myself to helping the poor.????我致力于幫助窮人

????·與?contribute 的區(qū)別是，contribute 指身外之物（偏外在），devote 指自己投入（偏內(nèi)在）

gardening n.????園藝

hobby n.????愛好，嗜好

·本課句型

·課文

????I?have just received a letter from my old school,?informing me that my former headmaster, Mr. Regmald 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.

I?have just received a letter from my old school,?informing me that my former headmaster, Mr. Regmald Page, will be retiring next week.?

????·informing me that my former headmaster 修飾的是賓語 a letter，由于后面是介詞 from，為了防止造成歧義，就放在了后面

????·而?informing 是 doing，主動通知，不是我主動通知，而是這個信去主動通知我

????·will be doing????將來進(jìn)行時

old and new 是 pupils of theschool 的同位語。由并列連詞連接的兩個形容詞作定語時，要放在所修飾的詞的后面?

to mark????為了紀(jì)念

All these who have contributed towards the gift????所有湊錢買此禮品得人，contribute towards 是 “為 ... 捐款” 的意思

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 ... and for ...????記住 ...?因為?... 和 ...?

????·and 后面相同的主語被省略?

a farewell dinner in his honour????為他舉行的告別宴會，in one's honour 是 “為向 ... 表示致敬” 的意思

It is a curious coincidence that ...????... 真是奇異的巧合，that 引導(dǎo)主語從句

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

????·a total of????總共

????·will have been teaching????將來完成進(jìn)行時，站在將來往回看，強(qiáng)調(diào)事情進(jìn)行的過程

devote oneself to ...????致力于 ...，to 這里是介詞，后接名詞，動名詞

·知識拓展

too ... to ...

too + adj./adv. + to do sth.????太 ... 以至于不能 ...

????·too young to go to school????太年幼以至于不能上學(xué)

????·too tired to clean the room????太累了以至于不能打掃房間

????·too old to learn????太老了以至于不能學(xué)習(xí)

Never too old to learn

????·Never 否定，too ... to ...????否定，雙重否定表肯定

????·所以是：不可能太老以至于不能學(xué)習(xí)，活到老，學(xué)到老

it's never too late to open your heart.

????·敞開心扉，為時不晚

it's never too late to change your life.

????·改變生活，為時不晚

it's never too late to take a chance

????·把握時機(jī)，為時不晚