新概念英语第二册 Lesson 85 · 语法精读与固定搭配分类
本课是一篇记事散文，写一位老校长退休引发的感想。语言点集中在 现在分词作状语（informing me that …）、将来进行时（will be sending / will be attending）、将来完成进行时（will have been teaching）、it is a … that … 这一强调结构，以及 devote oneself to、mark the occasion 等固定表达。
| 句子 | 语法点 |
|---|---|
| I have just received a letter from my old school, informing me that my former headmaster, Mr. Stuart Page, will be retiring next week. | receive a letter from 收到……的来信 · 现在分词短语作状语 informing me that … （补充说明信的内容，相当于 which informed me that …）· 宾语从句 that 引导 · 将来进行时 will be retiring（表示最近的将来，语气比 will retire 更委婉）· 同位语 Mr. Stuart Page 说明姓名 |
| Pupils of the school, old and new, will be sending him a present to mark the occasion. | pupils of the school 学校的学生 · 同位语 old and new 新老（指学生无论新旧）· 将来进行时 will be sending · mark the occasion 纪念这个日子（mark 是「庆祝、纪念」的意思） |
| 句子 | 语法点 |
|---|---|
| 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. | 定语从句 who 引导修饰 all those · contribute towards 为……捐钱 · sign one’s name 签名 · 定语从句 which 引导修饰 a large album · 用两个定语从句把「谁捐钱」「簿子送给谁」交代清楚 |
| 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. | remember sb. for sth. 因某事记得某人 · 两个并列的 for 短语（for his patience … and for the kindly encouragement …）· 定语从句 (that) he gave us 修饰 encouragement · 时间状语从句 when 引导 · go to school unwillingly 很不情愿地去上学 |
| 句子 | 语法点 |
|---|---|
| A great many former pupils will be attending a farewell dinner in his honour next Thursday. | a great many 许多（后接可数名词复数）· former pupils 以前的学生 · 将来进行时 will be attending · in one’s honour 为向某人表示敬意（此处指为佩奇先生举行的宴会）· next Thursday 下星期四 |
| It is a curious coincidence that the day before his retirement, Mr. Page will have been teaching for a total of forty years. | it is a … that … 强调结构的一种变体：it 是形式主语，that 引导主语从句 · a curious coincidence 奇怪的巧合 · 将来完成进行时 will have been teaching （到将来某时为止一直在做某事，强调持续四十年）· a total of 总数为 |
| 句子 | 语法点 |
|---|---|
| After he has retired, he will devote himself to gardening. | 时间状语从句 after 引导，用现在完成时 has retired 表示「将来某时之前已完成」，不可用 will have retired · devote oneself to 致力于……（to 是介词，后接名词或动名词）· gardening 园艺 |
| For him, this will be an entirely new hobby. | for him 对他来说 · an entirely new hobby 一种全新的爱好 · entirely 完全地，修饰 new |
| But this does not matter, for, as he has often remarked, one is never too old to learn. | this does not matter 这没有关系 · 并列连词 for 表示「因为」（比 because 正式，且不能置于句首）· 非限制性定语从句 as he has often remarked 正如他常说的那样 · never too old to learn 永远不会因太老而不能学（never too … to … 双重否定表肯定） |
| 短语 | 用法与例句 |
|---|---|
| receive a letter from | 收到……的来信：I have just received a letter from my old school。 |
| mark the occasion | 纪念这个日子：will be sending him a present to mark the occasion。 |
| contribute towards | 为……捐钱：those who have contributed towards the gift。 |
| sign one's name | 签名：will sign their names in a large album。 |
| remember sb. for sth. | 因某事记得某人：We shall all remember Mr. Page for his patience。 |
| in one's honour | 为向某人表示敬意：a farewell dinner in his honour。 |
| a great many | 许多（接可数名词复数）：A great many former pupils will be attending …。 |
| devote oneself to | 致力于……：he will devote himself to gardening。 |
| never too old to learn | 永远不会因太老而不能学：one is never too old to learn。 |