课文对话 · Never too old to learn 活到老学到老（课本 Lesson 85，印刷页 390-393）
1I 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。
2Pupils of the school, old and new, will be sending him a present to mark the occasion.
学校的新老学生将送给他一件礼物以纪念这个日子。
3All 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.
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。
4We 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。
5A great many former pupils will be attending a farewell /ˌfeə'wel/ n. 告别 dinner in his honour /'ɒnə/ n. 敬意 next Thursday.
许多以前的学生下星期四将出席为他举行的告别宴会。
6It 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.
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。
7After he has retired, he will devote /dɪ'vəʊt/ v. 致力于 himself to gardening /'ɡɑːdnɪŋ/ n. 园艺.
退休之后，他将致力于园艺。
8For him, this will be an entirely new hobby /'hɒbi/ n. 爱好，嗜好.
对他来说，这将是一种全新的爱好。
9But 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，一个人永远不会因为太老而不能学习。
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