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Lesson 85 Never too old to learn 活到老学到老

Summary writing摘要写作

Make a summary of the passage in not more than 80 words. Write two different paragraphs using the points and connections given below.巴士英语www.xiao84.com

用不超过80个单词的篇幅写一篇本课课文的摘要,用以下要点和连词写出两段不同的文字。

Composition作文

write two paragraphs in about 150 words using the ideas given below:

按以下思路写出两段文字,字数为150个词左右:

1  The headmaster's speech----he thanked the pupils----he remembered pupils past and present----many successful careers----humorous incidents.

2  His own future----memories----old pupils welcome to come and visit him----how he would spend his time----it would  take him forty years to put his garden in order.

Letter writing书信写作

How to end a letter. Study this example:

如何结束一封信:细读以下例子:

I am looking forward to seeing you soon.

Best regards,

Tom

This is how we usually end letters to friends. We may end‘Best wishes,’‘Yours,’or‘Love,’.

这是我们通常给朋友的书信的结束方法。我们可以用“Best wishes”,“Yours”或“Love”结尾。

Exercise练习

How would you end letters to each of the following?

你将如何结束给以下各位的信:

Your mother; your best friend; an acquaintance.

Key structures关键句型

What will happen? What will be happening? What will have been happening? 一般将来时,将来进行时,将来完成进行时(KS13,37,61)(复习第13,37,61课关键句型)

Exercises练习

A  Study the use in the passage of all the verbs which express the future.

注意课文中表示将来的动词的用法。

B  Give the correct form of the verb in parentheses. Do not refer to the passage until you finish the exercise.

用正确的动词填空,完成练习后再对照课文核对你的答案:

I have just received a letter from my old school informing me that my former headmaster, Mr. Stuart Page,____(retire) next week. Pupils of the school, old and new, ____ (send) him a present to mark the occasion. All those who have contributed towards the gift____(sign) their names in a large album which____(send) to the headmaster's home. We 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____(attend)a farewell dinner in his honour next Thursday. It is a curious coincidence that the day before his retirement, Mr. Page ____(teach) for a total of forty years. After he____(retire), he____(devote) himself to gardening.

For him, this____(be) an entirely new hobby.

Special difficulties难点

Words often confused 经常容易混淆的词

Too(太,过分) and Enough(足够,十分).

Study the following sentences:

细读以下句子:

One is never too old to learn. (1.12)

It is too difficult for me to understand.

它太难了,我理解不了。

It is easy enough for me to understand.

它十分容易,我能理解。

Exercise练习

Join the sentences below in the way shown in these examples:

按例句连接以下句子:

a  The wall is high. I cannot climb it. (too)

The wall is too high to climb.

The wall is too high for me to climb.

b  The wall is low. I can climb it. (enough)

The wall is low enough to climb.

The wall is low enough for me to climb.

1  This car is expensive. I cannot buy it. (too)

2  This car is cheap. I can buy it. (enough)

3  The tea is hot. I cannot drink it. (too)

4  This piece of music is difficult. I cannot play it. (too)

5  This piece is easy. I can play it. (enough)

Multiple choice questions多项选择题

Comprehension理解

1  The pupils who will be signing the in album are those who ____.

(a)are at the school now

(b)used to go to the school

(c)will attend the farewell dinner

(d)have given money to buy the headmaster a present

2  The headmaster ____.

(a)believes it's too late to take up gardening

(b)thinks that only young people should take up gadening

(c)has no intention of taking up gardening

(d)doesn't believe it's too late to take up gardening

Structure句型

3  He will be retiring next week. He ____be retiring next year.

(a)willn't

(b)won't

(c)shall not

(d)shan't

4  We went so unwillingly to school. We were ____unwilling pupils.

(a)such

(b)so

(c)so much

(d)such an

5  The farewell dinner will be ____Thursday.

(a)in

(b)on

(c)the

(d)at

6  How long ____teaching? Forty years.

(a)will he have been

(b)he will have been

(c)will have he been

(d)will have been he

7  One is never too old to learn. ____are never too old to learn.

(a)We

(b)You

(c)They

(d)Everyone

Vocabulary 词汇

8  They informed me about it. That's the____ I received.

(a)inform

(b)informs

(c)informations

(d)information

9  They will put their ____in an album.

(a)signs

(b)signatures

(c)signals

(d)marks

10 He gave us encouragement. He was always ____.

(a)courageous

(b)helpful

(c)helpless

(d)thankful

11 We shall attend a farewell dinner to say____ to him.

(a)hullo

(b)something

(c)our good wishes

(d)goodbye

12 It's entirely new to him. It's____ new to him.

(a)eventually

(b)finally

(c)completely

(d)fully

Sentence structure句子结构

Join these sentences, then check your answer against the text.

连接以下句子,然后对照课文第4-6行,核对你的答案。

They have contributed towards the gift. They will sign their names in a large album. It will be sent to the headmaster's home.

All those ___________________________________________.