新概念 2 L85 Never too old to learn 活到老学到老

词汇

  • inform v. 告诉，告知
    • inform the teacher
    • inform the police 报警
    • tell sb (about) sth
    • inform sb of sth
  • headmaster n. 校长
    • headmistress 女校长
    • president 大学校长
  • contribute v. 贡献
    • contribute A to B
    • devote v. 奉献（只能是精神领域的）
      • devote A to B
      • devote oneself to 全神贯注于，投身于
        • The boy devoted himself to the game.
        • = concentrate + on
  • album 相册
  • patience n. 耐心
    • patient a. 耐心的
    • impatient
    • be patient with 对…耐心
      • 对某人很生气 be angry with
      • 对…感到无聊 be bored with
      • 对…满意/失望 be popular with
      • 对…熟悉 be familiar with
      • 对…严格 be strict with
  • encouragement n. 鼓励
    • encourage vt. 鼓励
    • encourage sb to do
    • prevent sb from doing
  • farewell n. 告别
    • say farewell to sb
    • I have to say farewell to my childhood.
  • honour n. 荣誉
    • fight for the honour of our country
    • 个人荣誉 personal honour
    • 国家荣誉 national honour
    • It is an honour to speak to you
    • in sb’s honour = in honour of sb 向某人表达敬意
  • coincidence n. 巧合
    • co-worker 同事;帮手
    • co-exist 和平共处
  • total n. 总数
    • a total of 总共，总计
  • gardening n. 园艺
  • do some gardening
  • hobby 爱好

原文

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：

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。

  • 将来进行时 will be doing
    • =be going to do
    • 将正做着某事
  • be willing to do
  • curious 不寻常的
    = peculiar
  • will have been doing 将来完成进行时
  • too + adj. + to do
    • He is too excited to speak.
  • never too + adj. + to do
    • One is never too old to learn.