Lesson 85 Never too old to learn活到老学到老
【New words and expressions】(14)
Inform v. 告诉,通知 headmaster n. 校长
contribute v. 捐助,援助 gift n. 礼物,赠品
album n. 签名簿,相册 patience n. 耐心
encouragement n. 鼓励 farewell n. 告别
honour n. 敬意 coincidence n. 巧合
total n. 总数 devote v. 致力于
gardening n. 园艺 hobby n. 爱好,嗜好
一.单词讲解:
★ inform v. 告诉,通知
inform sb of 通知某人某事
eg:I informed her mother of her safe arrival .goodluck 我告诉她的母亲,她安全抵达
inform sb + that / wh- 告知某人某事
eg:I informed her mother that she had safety arrived .
我告诉她的母亲说,她已平安抵达。
egca4235:We were informed that a big fire had broken out in the next town .
我们被告知,旁边的小城镇发生火灾。
eg:His letter informed us how and when he was expected to arrive in Beijing . 他的信告诉我们他预计抵达北京的时间和交通方式。
informed adj. 消息灵通的、见闻广博的
informed sources 消息灵通之士
informative adj. 知识性的、给予知识的
informer n. 告密者、提供情报者
a police informer 向警察通风报信的人
information n. 情报、数据、信息、知识
a piece of information 一条信息
collect information = gather information情报を収集する、取材する
cover up information 隐满消息 ; offer information 提供消息
★ headmaster n. 校长
美:常指私立学校的校长(head of school)
英:中、小学小长
headmistress 女校长
与head有关的词:
head nur 护士长 ; headman 酋长
headphone 耳机 ; headquarters 总部、总署、司令部
headsman 刽子手 ; headstone 基石
★ contribute [kənˈtribju:t](1) v. 捐助,援助
eg:He contributed a lot of money to the charity .
他捐很多钱给慈善机构。
eg:I contributed to the church . 我捐款给教会。
(2) v.有贡献、有助于、成为……原因之一
contribute to = contribute towards 为 ... 作贡献, 为 ... 捐款或撰稿
eg:The construction of a highway will contribute to the growth of the suburbs. 一条公路的建设将有助于郊区的发展。
contribution [ˌkɔntriˈbju:ʃən] (1) 捐款
eg:I give a ten-dollar contribution to the church every Sunday .
(2)n.贡献
eg:He has made great contributions to a space development program .
他对太空发展计划作出了巨大贡献。
contributor n. 捐赠者 、投稿人
★ gift (1) n. 礼物,赠品、捐赠
(prent 指以物的一般性用语,gift 是稍正式的说法)
a Christmas gif ; a birthday gift ; a graduation gift 毕业礼物
(ava addams2) 天赋、天资
a boy of many gift 多才多艺的少年
have a gift for music / painting
a gift from the God 老天爷的恩赐
gifted adj. 有天资的、有天赋的
a gifted musician 有天赋的音乐家
★ album (1) n. 签名簿,相册、集邮册
a photograph album 照相本
a stamp album 集邮册
put a photograph in an album 放照片在相册里
(2) 注册会计师待遇书集、文集
★ patience n. 耐心、忍耐、毅力(反义词:impatience)
eg:This kind of work requires much patience .
这种工作需要极大的耐心。
eg:He had patience to hear my complaints . 他有耐心听我的投诉。
work with patience 工作有耐心
be out of patience with 对…..不能忍受、不耐烦
patient (1) adj. 有耐心的(反义词:impatient)
be patient of sth = be patient with sb 对……有耐心
eg:You should be more patient with other . 你应该更有耐心对待其他人。
eg:He was patient of hardships . 他承受许多苦难。
(2)adj. 勤快的、 (行动等)需要耐心的
a patient worker 勤快工作者 ;patient rearches chf需要耐性的研究
(3)n. 病人
eg:The hospital has a lot of patients . 医院有很多病人。
★ encouragement n. 鼓励、促进、奖励
egjoshua:He received a lot of encouragement from his teacher .
他的老师给了他很多鼓励 princeling。
encourage v. 鼓励、激励(反义词:discourage)
eg:The good news encouraged him . 那个好消息激励了他
encourage sb to do 瑜伽进修培训鼓励 (某人)做……(表示鼓励某人今后要做某事)
eg:The teacher encouraged me to study abroad . 老师鼓励我出国留学
encourage sb in 鼓励(助长) 某人的…
(表示鼓励某人目前正在做的某种事情)
eg:All the family encouraged the boy in his efforts to become a doctor .
那位少年努力想成为一名医生,全家人都鼓励他。
抗拉强度英文eg:Don’t encourage him in his idle ways . 不可助长他懒惰成性。
* idle [ˈaidl] a.懒散的;空闲的;无用的 vi.懒散 vt.虚度
★oecd farewell (1) 再见!再会!(比goodbye正式)
eg:Farewell to arms !永别了,武器!
(2)n. 告别(做adj.使用) 送别的
say farewell to = bid farewell to 向….告别
eg:They made their farewells at the airport . 他们在机场告别。
a farewell party 欢送会
★ honor (1) n. 敬意
Show honor to a person 向某人表使敬意。
(2) n.名誉、名声、面子、体面
eg:The athletes competed for the honor of their country .
运动员们为国家争夺荣誉。
eg:It is a great honor to receive that prize . 获得这个奖项非常荣幸。
相关短语:
in honor of 为纪念、为庆祝
eg:There is a party tonight in honor of our new president .
今晚为庆祝新总统当选而招开宴会。
do the honors (口)(在宴会等) 尽地主之谊
have the hour of doing (have the honor to do ) 有做某事的荣幸
eg:May I have the honor of dancing with you ?我有荣幸与你跳舞?
honorable adj. (1) 可敬的、值得尊敬的
an honor dead 死的光荣
eg:The decead was an honorable man . 死者是一个受人尊敬的人。
(2)光荣的、高贵贵
die an honorable death 光荣舍身
eg:He comes of an honorable family . 他出身名门。
The Honorable 阁下
★ coincidence n. 巧合、 (事件等)同时发生