【故事复现】活到老学到老
• Step 1: Listen and answer the question.
第一步：听Freya慢速朗读的故事，回答下列问题。
Question: How long has Mr. Page been teaching?
问题：佩奇先生已经教书多少年了？
• 词汇准备
• inform 告诉，通知
• headmaster 校长
• contribute 捐助，援助
• gift 礼物，赠品
• album 签名簿，相册
• patience 耐心
• encouragement 鼓励
• farewell 告别
• honor 敬意
• coincidence 巧合
• total 总数
• devote 致力于
• gardening 园艺
• hobby 爱好，嗜好
• Step 2: Intensive reading.
第二步：故事精读。
I have just received a letter from my old school, informing me that my former
headmaster, Mr. Page, will be retiring next week.
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。
Pupils of the school, old and new, will be sending him a present to mark the occasion.
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。
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.
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。
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.
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。
A great many former pupils will be attending a farewell dinner in his honor next
Thursday.
很多老同学都准备参加下星期四为他举行的告别宴会。
It is a curious coincidence that the day before his retirement, Mr. Page will have been
teaching for a total of forty years.
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。
After he has retired, he will devote himself to gardening. For him, this will be an
entirely new hobby.
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。
But this does not matter, for, as he has often remarked, one is never too old to learn.
但这没有关系，因为正如他常说的那样，人要活到老学到老。
• Step 3: Summary writing.
第三步：摘要写作。
CONNECTIONS POINTS
Now that 1 Former headmaster, Mr. Page,
retiring.
2Pupils--gift.
3 Album--signatures
and with 4 Attending farewell dinner in honor.
After having 5 Completed forty years as teacher.
6 Devote-gardening.
which for him 7 New hobby.
but 8 Never too old.
Answer: Now that my former headmaster, Mr. Page, is retiring, pupils of the
school will be sending him a gift and an album with the signatures of all those
who have contributed. Many former pupils will be attending a farewell dinner
in his honor. After having completed forty years as a teacher, Mr. Page will
devote himself to gardening, which will be a new hobby for him, but one is
never too old to learn.
• Exercise: Sentence structure and vocabulary.
课外练习：句型及词汇训练。
1.The pupils who will be signing their names in the album are those who _______.
(a)are at the school now
(b)used to go to the school
(c)will attend the farewell dinner
(d)have given money to buy the headmaster present
2. The headmaster __________.
(a)believes it's too late to take up gardening
(b)thinks that only young people should take up gardening
(c)has no intention of taking up gardening
(d) doesn't believe it's too late to take up gardening
3. He will be retiring next week. He ________ be retiring next year.
(a) willn't
(b)won't
(c)shall not
(d)shan't
4. We went so unwillingly to school. We were _________ unwilling pupils.
(a)such
(b)so
(c)so much
(d) such an
5. The farewell dinner will be ________ Thursday.
(a)in
(b)on
(c)the
(d)at
6. How long ________ teaching? Forty years.
(a) will he have been
(b)he will have been
(c) will have he been
(d) will have been he
7. One is never too old to learn. _________ are never too old to learn.
(a)We
(b)You
(c)They
(d) Everyone
8. They informed me about it. That's the _________ I received.
(a)inform
(b)informs
(c)informations
(d)information
9.They will put their _________ in an album.
(a)signs
(b)signatures
(c)signals
(d)marks
10.He gave us encouragement. He was always __________.
(a)courageous
(b)helpful
(c)helpless
(d)thankful
11.We shall attend a farewell dinner to say ________to him.
(a)hello
(b)something
(c)our good wishes
(d) goodbye
12.It's entirely new to him. It's ________ new to him.
(a)eventually
(b)finally
(c)completely
(d)fully
Key: 1d 2d 3b 4a 5b 6a 7b 8d 9b 10b 11d 12c
第六十五单元【语法点拨】
语法综合测试六
1. We'll visit Europe next year _________ we have enough money.
A. lest
B. until
C. unless
D. provided
1.D
2. The British are not so familiar with different cultures and other ways of doing
things, _________ is often the case in other countries.
A.as
B. what
C.so
D. that
2.A。
3. _________ might be expected, the response to the question was very mixed.
A. As
B. That
C. It
D. What
3.A。
4. Government cannot operate effectively ________it is free from such interference.
A. so long as
B. so that
C. unless
D. because
4.C。
5.Some women _________ a good salary in a job instead of staying at home, but they
decided not to work for the sake of the family.
A. must make
B. should have made
C. would make
D. could have made
5.D
6. Mr. Smith advised us to withdraw ________.
A. so that to get not involved
B. so as to get not involved
C. so as not to get involved
D. so that not to get involved
6.C。
7. Although Anne is happy with her success she wonders ______ will happen to her
private life.
A. that
B. what
C.it
D. this
7.B。
8. I have heard both teachers and students _________ well of him.
A. to speak
B. spoken
C. to have spoken
D. speak
8.D
9. You will see this product _______ wherever you go.
A. advertised
B. advertising
C. advertise
D. to be advertised
9.A。
10. This crop has similar qualities to the previous one, _______ both wind-resistant
and adapted to the same type of soil.
A. being
B. been
C. to be
D. having been
10.A
以下内容放进讲义：
11. She never laughed, ________ lose her temper.
A. or she ever did
B. nor did she ever
C. or did she ever
D. nor she ever did
11.B.以 neither, nor和so开头的句子或分句,用来表示不同主语的相同看法,或同一
主语的不同看法,要用倒装结构。 neither或nor用于否定句,so用于肯定句。
12. The computer works very fast, _______ data at the speed of light.
A. having handled
B. handled
C. handling
D. handles
12.C.现在分词短语作状语,表示伴随状况。
13. _______ the earth to be flat, many feared that Columbus would fall off the edge of
the earth.
A. Having believed
B. Believing
C. Believed
D. Being believed
13.B.现在分词短语作原因状语,只是叙述过去的事实,并不强调时间的先后,所以
不用完成时。
14. The British constitution is _______ a large extent a product of the historical
events described above.
A. within
B.to
C.by
D.at
14.B. to large extent为固定搭配,意为“在很大程度上”
15. In the experiment we kept a watchful eye _______ the development and recorded
every detail.
A.in
B. for
C. on
D.at
15.C. keep an eye on为固定搭配,意为“密切注视,留意”。
16. The bridge was named _______ the hero who gave his life for the cause of the
people.
A. after
B. by
C. with
D. from
16.A. name after为固定搭配,意为“以…起名/命名”。
17. When he realized the police had spotted him, the man _______ the exit as quickly
as possible.
A. made off
B. made out
C. made for
D. made up
17.C. make for在本句中意为 “向…方向走去”; make off意为 “急忙离开,急忙逃
走”; make out意为“勉强分辨出,理解”; make up意为“和好,和解;化妆;编造”
18. _______ seeing the damage he had done, the child felt ashamed.
A. By
B. At
C. On
D. For
18.C. on doing意为 “一……就…” 。
19. There are other problems which don't propose to _______ at the moment.
A. go into
B. go around
C. go for
D. go up
19.A. go into在本句中意为“详细调查; go around意为“四处走走;(谣言、疾病等)
流传”;go for意为“去拿;去(做)”;go up意为“登上,爬上;(价格、气温等)上升”
20.Then the speaker ________ the various factors leading to present economic crisis.
A. went after
B. went into
C. went for
D. went on
20.B. go into在本句中意为“详细叙述;go after意为“追赶”; go for意为“去拿;去
(做)”;go on意为“继续;进行;(时间)经过,过去”。
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第六十六单元