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part i：单词与短语
never too old to learn活到老，学到老；inform vt.通知；headmaster n.小学校长；mark the occasion动词结构)纪念这个时刻；all those who…那些。。。的人；contribute towards动词结构)对。。。做出贡献；sign one’s name签名；album n.相册，纪念册，唱片专集；remember sb. for his patience and understanding记住某人的耐心和理解；kindly adj.善意的；encouragement n.鼓励；unwillingly adv.不情愿地；farewell dinner告别晚宴；in one’s honor为某人举行的；curious adj.好奇的；coincidence n.巧合；a curious coincidence凑巧的事情；retirement n.退休；devote oneself to…投身于；gardening n.园艺；entirely adv.完全地，全部地；hobby n.业余爱好；remark v.讲
part ii：语法学习
一般将来时与时间状语从句的搭配
概念解释：前面我们曾经讲过主句与时间状语从句皆表示将来含义，但只能在主句中体现将来，从句则需要用一般现在时；这里，我们对此规则进行一点扩展：从句使用现在完成时。
什么情况下采用这一模式呢？答案请记住：当从句动词与从句动词相对比之下先一步完成时，从句动词用现在完成时。
示例1：i’ll join you after i have finished eating my lunch.(先finish eating，后join you)
示例2：after i have talked to her, i’ll let you know the result.(先talk to her，再let you know)
part iii：综合训练
i have just received a letter from my old school, (1 inform) me (2) my former headmaster, mr. stuart page, will be retiring next week. pupils (3) the school, old and new, will be sending him a present (4) mark the occasion. all those (5) have contributed (6) the gift will sign their names (7) a large album (8) will be sent to the headmaster’s home. we shall remember mr. page (9) his patience and understanding and (10) the kindly encouragement he gave us (11) we went so unwillingly to school. a great many former pupils will be attending a farewell dinner (12) his honor next thursday. it is a curious coincidence (13) the day before his retirement, mr. page will have been teaching (14) a total (15) forty years. (16) he has retired, he will devote himself (17) gardening. (18) him, this will be an entirely new hobby, (19) this does not matter, (20), (21) he has often remarked, one is never too old to learn.
答案：
(1) informing; (2) that; (3) of; (4) to; (5) who; (6) towards//to; (7) in; (8) which; (9) for; (10) for; (11) when; (12) in; (13) that; (14) for; (15) of; (16) after; (17) to; (18) for; (19) but; (20) for; (21) as
part iv：句子翻译
1.我刚收到一封母校的来信，通知我说以前的校长，mr. stuart page下周将要退休。全校新老学生将送他一件礼物以作纪念。所有为礼物捐资者将把名字签在一个大签名簿上送到校长的家里。
2.我们不会忘记mr. page的耐心和理解以及他在我们很不情愿上学的时代给予我们的亲切鼓励。很多以前的学生将出席下周四为他举行的告别晚宴。真是太巧合了，他退休前的一天正好是mr. page从教整整四十年的日子。
3.退休后，他将致力于园艺。对他而言，这将是一个全新的爱好。但这无关紧要，因为，正如他经常讲的那样，活到老学到老。
答案：
1. i have just received a letter from 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.
2. we shall 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 honor 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.
3. 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.
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