1、,Lesson 85,Never too old to learn,inform headmaster contribute gift album patience encouragement farewell honor coincidence total devote gardening hobby,v. 告诉，通知 n. 校长 v. 捐助，援助 n. 礼物，赠品 n. 签名簿，相册 n. 耐心 n. 鼓励 n. 告别 n. 敬意 n. 巧合 n. 总数 v. 致力于 n. 园艺 n. 爱好，嗜好,inform v. 告诉，通知 vt. 通知，告知 inform sb. of sth. 把
2、通知某人 谁把这个通知给你的？ Who informed you of this? inform that 通知 有人通知他，每年他将多挣1000英镑。 He was informed that he would receive an extra thousand pounds a year.,headmaster n. 校长 headmistress 女校长 与head有关的词： head nurse 护士长 headman 酋长 headphones 耳机 headquarters 总部、总署、司令部headsman 刽子手 headstone 基石,contribute （1） v. 捐
3、助，援助 He contributed a lot of money to the charity . （2） v.有贡献、有助于、成为原因之一 contribute to 为 . 作贡献, 为 . 捐款或撰稿 The construction of a highway will contribute to the development of the suburbs. Before his death, he contributed a large sum of money to the church. Bad weather contributed to my failure. Exerc
4、ise contributes to better health,contribution （1） 捐款 I give a ten-dollar contribution to the church every Sunday. （2）n.贡献 make (little/great)contribution to sth. He has made great contributions to the space development program .contributor n. 捐款人，捐助人 He is a major contributor to the Hope Project.,gi
5、ft （1） n. 礼物，赠品、捐赠 present 指礼物的一般性用语 gift 是稍正式的说法 （2） 天赋、天资 a boy of many gift 多才多艺的少年 gifted adj. 有天资的、有天赋的 a gifted musician,album n. 签名簿，相册、集邮册 a stamp album a photograph album我们把最好的照片放进一个相册里。 Weve put the best photos into an album. 他们的最新专辑很难听 Their new album sounds terrible.,patience n.耐心 Youll
6、need patience and understanding if youre going to be a host. It will take time and patience to get these changes accepted. You have to have such a lot of patience when youre dealing with kids. In the end I lost my patience and shouted at her.,sb have patience with sb./sth. I have patience with the e
7、xam. I lose my patience with English class.have/lose patience to do sth. I have little patience to dance with a fool.be out of patience with sth I am out of patience with him.,encouragement n. 鼓励 With encouragement, Sally is starting to play with the other children. He always likes to give us words
8、of encouragement. Children need lots of encouragement from their parents. I could never have achieved this your encouragement.,encourage v. 鼓励、激励（discourage） The good news encouraged him . encourage sb to do 鼓励（某人）做 The teacher encouraged me to study abroad . encourage sb in 鼓励某人的 My parents have al
9、ways encouraged me in my choice of career.,farewell n.告别 Farewell, arms 永别了武器 sb say farewell to sth 对永别/一去不复返China says farewell to evil guys. They said their farewells to me at the cafe.farewell party 欢送会 farewell speech 告别演说,honor n. 敬意，荣誉 Its my honor to do sth. Its my honor to talk with you. ha
10、ve the honor of doing something Earlier this year, I had the honor of meeting the President. a guard of honor 仪仗队,in ones honor/ in the honor of sb. 为纪念某人，对某人表示尊重 中国建立了个碑 为了纪念死去的战士 China erected a monument in honor of the dead soldiers.,coincidence n.巧合 What a coincidence! 好巧啊 I have seen the same p
11、erson on the same chair in the same bus at the same time. What a coincidence. It is a coincidence that It is a coincidence that I saw you twice in one day. coincidental adj.巧合的 They are all excited about their coincidental meeting in Shanghai after 10 years.,total n. 总数 a total of 我总共有10个好朋友. I have
12、 a total of 10 friends. 他总共吃了10个汉堡. He had a total of 10 hamburgers.in all,devote sth. to 把献给 他把生命献给祖国 He devoted his life to his motherland. 克林顿把这本书献给希拉里 Clinton devoted the book to Hillary. 我把自己献给了世界和平 I devoted myself to world peace.devotion n. 奉献,devote oneself to 把自己献给; 致力于 devote oneself to n.
13、 devote oneself to doing sth. 他致力于帮助穷孩子。 He devotes himself to helping the poor kid. 她致力于保护环境。 She devotes oneself to protecting environment.devotion n. 献身、挚爱 the devotion of parents to their children,gardening n. 园艺 gardener n. 园丁，园艺爱好者 garden n. 园地(用于种植花、果、菜) We have only a small garden . hobby n.
14、 爱好，嗜好 What are your bobbies ？ My bobby is playing cards. hobbyhorse 旋转木马,I have just received a letter from my old school, informing me that my former headmaster, Mr. Stuart Page, will be retiring next week. will be retiring 将来进行时,2. Pupils of the school, (old and new), will be sending him a presen
15、t to mark the occasion. The workers, thirsty and tired, took a rest under the trees. The villagers here, young and old, are interested in gardening. pupil 指中小学的学生 student 通指所有的学生send sb. sth. 送某人,mark the occasion 纪念这一时候mark n. 标记；v. 做标记，纪念 He marked all the foods which were forbidden with a red pen
16、cil. His death marked the end of an era.,3、All those (who have contributed towards the gift) will sign their names in a large album (which will be sent to the headmasters home.) all those who will do sth. All those who want to go on an excursion will sign their names. All those who will take part in
17、 the sports meeting will sign their names.,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. remember sb. for sth. 因为记住某人，记得某人的 我会永远记得你在背后设计陷害我。 Ill always remember you for having set me up in the
18、back!,我们不会忘记Jenny对我们的关心和理解，也不会忘记在我们沮丧时她给予我们的鼓励。 We shall remember Jenny for her care and understanding and for the encouragement she gave us when we were depressed.,willing adj. 自愿的，心甘情愿的 be willing to do sth. 心甘情愿做某事 unwilling adj. 不情愿的 be unwilling to do sth. 不愿意做某事 我特别愿意帮助那只淘气的狗。 I am really unwi
19、lling to help that naughty dog. unwillingly adv. 不情愿地，勉强地 we went so unwillingly to school.,5.A great many former pupils will be attending a farewell dinner in his honor next Thursday.in ones honor = in honor of sb. 为向表示敬意，为纪念某人 很多人参加了为新经理举办的派对。 Many people attended the party in honor of the new man
20、ager. 这是为她举行的告别演出。 This is a farewell performance in her honor.,6、It is a curious coincidence that the day before his retirement, Mr. Page will have been teaching for a total of forty years. Its is a curious coincidence that 纯属巧合，真是奇异的巧合 before his retirement. a total of 总共 The money she spent on th
21、e dinner party reached a total of $200.,7. After he has retired, he will devote himself to gardening. For him, this will be an entirely new hobby. entirely / completely / totally devote oneself to 致力于，献身于，专心于 玛丽致力于帮助穷人 Mary devotes herself to helping the poor. 他把大部分的空闲时间都用于翻译那些作品 Most of his spare t
22、ime was devoted to the translation of those works.,8.But this does not matter, for, as he has often remarked, one is never too old to learn. as +从句 正如 As you know, 正如你所知道的 does not matter,One is never too old to learn. can not/never too 无论怎样。也不过分 You cannot be too cautious. A man can never have too
23、many friends. You cannot be too careful in proofreading. You can never be too careful when crossing the road.,【Letter Writing】一封信的结尾： I am looking forward to seeing you soon.Best regards,Tom 可以用Best wishes，Yours或Love结尾。签名必须清楚，必须落在信末尾的下面。如果信写完后还想作些补充，可以写在签名下面。在所写的附言之前必须加上P.S.两个字母，这是“又及”的意思。,【Special Difficulties】 Too and Enough too adv. 太，过分 enough adv. 足够，十分too和enough都可作程度副词，但too通常位于它所修饰的形容词/分词之前，enough则位于它所修饰的词之后。在含有不定式的句型里，too经常具有否定的含义，enough则表示达到必要的程度：He is too heavy for me to lift.The pear is ripe enough for me to eat.,The end Thank you,
