--- url: https://gaojian.site/new-concept/book-2/85-never-too-old-to-learn.md description: 新概念英语第二册：Never too old to learn。精读、词块回忆、双向译练、句法、逻辑与FSRS复习。 --- # 活到老学到老 ## 课文学习台 {#study} ### 第1段 I have just received a letter from my 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. 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. A great many former pupils will be attending a farewell dinner in his honour 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. 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. 中文理解：我刚刚收到母校的一封信，通知我说以前的校长斯图亚特·佩琦先生下星期就退休了。 为了纪念这个日子，学校的学生——无论老同学还是新同学——将一起送他一件礼物。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。我们不会忘记佩琦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。很多老同学都准备参加下星期四为他举行的告别宴会。佩琦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。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。但这没有关系，因为正如他常说的那样，人要活到老学到老。 * **in his honour**：投身于 / 为向某人致敬；devote 的 to 是介词，后接名词或 -ing。 #### 1. I have received a letter… 复合句，主句主谓宾结构，后面informing 所接的句子可以看作是现在分词作非限制性定语，informing = which informed，该分词短语的逻辑主语是a letter. inform 后面所接为双宾语结构，所以that 引导了一个宾语从句，该从句为主谓结构. 时态上需要留意将来进行时，will be retiring. 本句的Page 我们为避免和动画片形象小猪佩奇使用同样的名字，特将奇改为琦. #### 2. Pupils of the school will be sending him a present… 简单句，主谓 + 双宾语结构，同样使用了将来进行时，will be sending. #### 3. All those who have contributed will sign their names…which will be sent. 复合句，主句为主谓宾结构，主句的主语those 由一个who 引导的定语从句修饰，该定语从句为主谓结构. 后面有一个which 引导的定语从句修饰album 签名簿；从句 which will be sent 为被动结构，没有主动句的直接宾语，被送去. #### 4. We shall remember Mr. Page. 本句的主句为简单句，主谓宾结构，但后面for 引导的两个原因状语中，第二个原因状语里面包含了完整的句子，包括定语从句he gave us，以及when 引导的时间状语从句，主谓结构. \[语法符号讲解] 本句第二个for 引导的是一个原因状语，并非从句，故其第二个中括号“].”是在点句号里面的，而when 引导的时间状语从句则需要把中括号标记在点句号外面，“.]”，再加上to school 地点状语的中括号，故而最后是“]].]”的标法. #### 5. A great many former pupils will be attending a farewell dinner… 简单句，主谓宾结构，同样使用了将来进行时，will be attending. #### 6. It is a coincidence that Mr. Page will have been teaching… 复合句，主句主系表结构，it 作形式主语，that 引导的主语从句作真正的主语，该从句为主谓结构，这里是将来完成进行时. #### 7. After he has retired, he will devote himself… 复合句，主句 he will devote himself to gardening 是主谓宾结构，himself 是 devote 的反身宾语，to gardening 说明投入精力的方向；句首 after 从句为主谓结构。 #### 9. this does matter, for, as he has remarked, one is too old to learn. 并列句，for 为并列连词，前句为主谓结构；后句为主系表结构，而在后句中，又有一个as 引导的定语从句，修饰整个句子，为主谓宾结构. ## 学完这一课 换一个时间、人物或地点，用三句话讲一件自己的小事。 [Nce · 本册复习台](/new-concept/book-2/review) · [三册选择地图](/new-concept/) *译文与解析据吴应时整理资料及本站首轮审校稿；词伙与练习提示为本站学习设计。原PDF第208—209页，2022年3月第1版。*