新概念英语第二册笔记-第85课(共22页).doc

精选优质文档-----倾情为你奉上Lesson 85 Never too old to learn 活到老学到老【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 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.【课文翻译】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 New words and expressions 生词和短语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【生词讲解】1. inform (1) v. 告诉，通知inform sb of 通知某人某事eg：I informed her mother of her safe arrival. 我告诉她的母亲，她安全抵达inform sb + that / wh- 告知某人某事eg：I informed her mother that she had safety arrived. 我告诉她的母亲说，她已平安抵达。

eg：We were informed that a big fire had broken out in the next town. 我们被告知，旁边的小城镇发生火灾eg: He was informed that he would receive an extra thousand pounds a year.他被告知他每年将得到1,000 英镑的额外收入eg：His letter informed us how and when he was expected to arrive in Beijing. 他的信告诉我们他预计抵达北京的时间和交通方式2) vi. 告发，检举（与against/on 连用）：eg: He used to inform against his classmates. 他过去常打同学的小报告eg: Several people have informed on him.好几个人告发了他※ informed adj. 消息灵通的、见闻广博的informed sources 消息灵通之士informative adj. 知识性的、给予知识的informer n. 告密者、提供情报者 police informer 向警察通风报信的人information n. 情报、数据、信息、知识a piece of information 一条信息collect information ＝ gather information收集情报cover up information 隐满消息 ； offer information 提供消息2. headmaster n. 校长美：常指私立学校的校长（head of school） 英：中、小学小长headmistress 女校长与head有关的词：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3. contribute （1） v. 捐助，援助eg：He contributed a lot of money to the charity .他捐很多钱给慈善机构。

eg：I contributed to the church. 我捐款给教会2） v.有贡献、有助于、成为……原因之一contribute to ＝ contribute towards 为 ... 作贡献, 为 ... 捐款或撰稿eg：The construction of a highway will contribute to the growth of the suburbs. 一条公路的建设将有助于郊区的发展contribution （1） 捐款eg：I give a ten-dollar contribution to the church every Sunday.（2）n. 贡献eg：He has made great contributions to a space development program.他对太空发展计划作出了巨大贡献contributor n. 捐赠者 、投稿人4. gift （1） n. 礼物，赠品、捐赠（present 指以物的一般性用语，gift 是稍正式的说法） a Christmas gift ； a birthday gift ； a graduation gift 毕业礼物（2） 天赋、天资a boy of many gift 多才多艺的少年have a gift for music / painting a gift from the God 老天爷的恩赐gifted adj. 有天资的、有天赋的a gifted musician 有天赋的音乐家5. album （1）n. 签名簿，相册、集邮册a photograph album 照相本 a stamp album 集邮册put a photograph in an album 放照片在相册里（2） 书集、文集6. 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。

eg：He had patience to hear my complaints . 他有耐心听我的投诉work with patience 工作有耐心be out of patience with 对…..不能忍受、不耐烦patient （1） adj. 有耐心的（反义词：impatient） be patient of sth ＝ be patient with sb 对……有耐心eg：You should be more patient with other. 你应该更有耐心对待其他人eg：He was patient of hardships. 他承受许多苦难2）adj. 勤快的、 （行动等）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 has a lot of patients. 医院有很多病人7. encouragement n. 鼓励、促进、奖励eg：He received a lot of encouragement from his teacher. 他的老师给了他很多鼓励 。

encourage v. 鼓励、激励（反义词：discourage） eg：The good news encouraged him. 那个好消息激励了他encourage sb to do 鼓励 （某人）做……（表示鼓励某人今后要做某事） eg：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）eg：All the family encouraged the boy in his efforts to become a doctor. 那位少年努力想成为一名医生，全家人都鼓励他eg： Don’t encourage him in his idle ways. 不可助长他懒惰成性＊ idle a.懒散的；空闲的；无用的 vi.懒散 vt.虚度8. farewell （1） 再见！再会！（比goodbye正式） eg： F。