新概念英語第二冊+Lesson+85+Never+too+old+to+learn+課件

Lesson

85Never

toooldtolearninformv.告訴，通知headmaster

n.校長contribute

v.捐助，援助gift

n.禮物，贈品album

n.簽名簿，相冊patience

n.耐心encouragement

n.鼓勵farewell

n.告別New

wordshonour

n.敬意coincidence

n.巧合total

n.總數(shù)devote

v.致力于gardening

n.園藝hobby

n.愛好，嗜好1.inform

v.通知，告訴通知某人某事inform

sb

of/

about

sth地址若有變動請通知我們。Pleaseinformusofanychangesofaddress.通知…inform

that…我們很遺憾的通知你，你的邀請未被接受。We

regrettoinformyouthatyourinvitationhasbeenrejected.拓展：informal

adj.

1）非正式的2）輕松有好的，不拘禮節(jié)的informant

n.告密者（informer）information

n.消息informed

adj.見多識廣的，消息靈通的well-informed/

ill-informed

informative

adj.資料豐富的2.contributev.1)捐助向…捐助…contributesth

to/

towards…志愿者為工程奉獻(xiàn)出自己的時間。Thevolunteerscontributetheirtimetotheproject.拓展1:contribution

n.貢獻(xiàn)對…做出貢獻(xiàn)make

a

contribution

to/

towards…他對項目的成功作出了非常積極的貢獻(xiàn)。Hemadeaverypositivecontributiontothesuccessoftheproject.拓展2:contributor

n.捐助人contributory

adj.促成的，促進(jìn)的，起作用的3.

devote

v.致力于致力于devote

sth

to

sth他致力于電影劇本的創(chuàng)作。Hedevotedhisenergiestowritingfilms.集中精力于…

devote

oneself

to…拓展：1）devoted

adj.投入的，摯愛的熱衷于…

be

devoted

to…2）devotion

n.摯愛對…的摯愛devotion

to…4.

honorn.1）榮幸，光榮；敬意做某事深感榮幸Itisan/one’shonortodosth先生，大駕光臨，深感榮幸。It

isanhonortohaveyouhere,sir.為了表示對某人/某事的崇敬in

honor

of

sb/sth

=

in

one’s

honor將舉辦一次特別晚宴向她致敬。A

special

dinner

will

be

held

in

her

honor.有幸做某事have

the

honor

of

sth/

doing

sth能賞光和我跳下一曲舞嗎？MayIhavethehonorofthenextdance?v.尊重做某事感到榮幸feel/

be

honored

to

do他在講話中提到了我，真是榮幸。Iwashonoredtohavebeenmentionedinhisspeech.拓展：honorable

adj.光榮的，值得尊敬的TextIhavejustreceivedaletterfrommyoldschool,informingmethatmyformerheadmaster,Mr.StuartPage,willberetiringnextweek.Pupilsoftheschool,oldandnew,willbesendinghimapresenttomarktheoccasion.Allthosewhohavecontributedtowardsthegiftwillsigntheirnamesinalargealbumwhichwillbesenttotheheadmaster’shome.WeshallallrememberMr.Pageforhispatienceandunderstandingandforthekindlyencouragementhegaveuswhenwewentsounwillinglytoschool.AgreatmanyformerpupilswillbeattendingafarewelldinnerinhishonournextThursday.Itisacuriouscoincidencethatthedaybeforehisretirement,Mr.Pagewillhavebeenteachingforatotaloffortyyears.Afterhehasretired,hewilldevotehimselftogardening.Tex