全文 9 句（男女对话）· 14 个生词和短语（加粗 + 红色音标 / 词性 / 释义）
我1. I have just received a letter from my old school, informing /ɪn'fɔːmɪŋ/ v. 告诉，通知 me that my former headmaster /ˌhed'mɑːstə/ n. 校长, Mr. Stuart Page, will be retiring next week.
我2. Pupils of the school, old and new, will be sending him a present to mark the occasion.
我3. All those who have contributed /kən'trɪbjuːtɪd/ v. 捐助，援助 towards the gift /ɡɪft/ n. 礼物，赠品 will sign their names in a large album /'ælbəm/ n. 签名簿，相册 which will be sent to the headmaster's home.
我4. We shall all remember Mr. Page for his patience /'peɪʃns/ n. 耐心 and understanding and for the kindly encouragement /ɪn'kʌrɪdʒmənt/ n. 鼓励 he gave us when we went so unwillingly to school.
我5. A great many former pupils will be attending a farewell /ˌfeə'wel/ n. 告别 dinner in his honour /'ɒnə/ n. 敬意 next Thursday.
我6. It is a curious coincidence /kəʊ'ɪnsɪdəns/ n. 巧合 that the day before his retirement, Mr. Page will have been teaching for a total /'təʊtl/ n. 总数 of forty years.
我7. After he has retired, he will devote /dɪ'vəʊt/ v. 致力于 himself to gardening /'ɡɑːdnɪŋ/ n. 园艺.
我8. For him, this will be an entirely new hobby /'hɒbi/ n. 爱好，嗜好.
我9. But this does not matter, for, as he has often remarked, one is never too old to learn.
我1. 我刚收到母校的一封信，通知我说以前的校长斯图亚特·佩奇先生下星期就要退休了。
我2. 学校的新老学生将送给他一件礼物以纪念这个日子。
我3. 所有捐钱买这份礼物的人都将把自己的名字签在一个大签名簿上，这个签名簿将被送到校长家里。
我4. 我们都会记得佩奇先生的耐心和理解，也会记得在我们很不情愿去上学时他给予我们的亲切鼓励。
我5. 许多以前的学生下星期四将出席为他举行的告别宴会。
我6. 令人奇怪的是，佩奇先生退休的前一天，正好是他执教满四十年的日子。
我7. 退休之后，他将致力于园艺。
我8. 对他来说，这将是一种全新的爱好。
我9. 但这没有关系，因为正如他常说的那样，一个人永远不会因为太老而不能学习。