(
课件网) Daily Proverb Opportunities are like sunrises—if you wait too long, you miss them. 机会如同日出———等的太久就会错过。 Lesson 85 Never too old to learn Part 1 Words New Words and expressions inform headmaster contribute gift album patience encouragement farewell honour coincidence total devote gardening hobby inform, contribute, patience, encouragement, farewell, coincidence, devote Part 2 TEXT Let's look at the picture 1. What can you see 2. What is the man doing Let's listen and answer 1. Mr. Stuart Page will be retiring _____. A. next year B. next week 2. _____ will send him a present. A. His pupils B. His colleagues 3. Mr. Page will devote himself to _____. A. gardening B. reading Never too old to learn 这个宫殿对于我来说太贵了，我不能买它。 This palace is too expensive for me to buy it. 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. He _____ an invitation from her and _____ it happily. received accepted informing 非谓语动词 inform = tell v. 通知，告诉 tell sb sth inform sb of sth eg. 1. inform the passergers of the delay of the flight The doctor informed me of my symptoms. 医生告诉我我的症状。 我们被告知今晚有罢工。 sb informed us of the strike. We were informed of the strike. former adj 以前的，早先的 former school former president former boyfriend ex ex-headmaster ex-president will be doing = be going to do 打算做... 将来进行时主要表示将来某一时刻正在进行的动作，或表示要在将来某一时刻开始，并继续下去的动作。 2. Pupils of the school, old and new, will be sending him a present to mark the occasion. pupil 小学生 初中/高中/大学 student 学士 bachelor 硕士 master 博士 doctor old and new pupils of the school 的同位语 mark v. 标志，纪念 occasion n. 时刻，时候 / ke . n/ mark the occasion 纪念这个日子 3. 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. contribute v. 捐助，援助 把A捐给B contribute A to B devote v. 奉献，献身 把A奉献给B devote A to B 精神层面 捐钱给孩子们 志愿者把他们自己的时间奉献给了这个项目 contribute some money to childen The volunteers devote their own time to the project. 精神/物质 devote oneself to doing 投身于..., 全神贯注于... pay attention to doing 我全神贯注于背单词。 focus on I devoted myself to remembering English words. album n. 4. 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. for = because patience n. 耐心 patient adj. 耐心的 important different convenient distant confident impatient be patient with 对...耐心 be adj with be bored with be popular with be pleased/satisfied/disappointed with be strict with be angry/mad/annoyed with be busy with 对某人生气 对...感到无聊 受...欢迎 对...满意/失望 对...熟悉 对...严格 忙于某事 be familiar with encouragement n. 鼓励 encourage vt. 鼓励 encour ... ...
