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【对应原书85课】

1.中英文逐句转述 

女士们先生们，我们今天欢聚在此，来表达我们对于前任校长佩奇先生的敬爱之情。

Ladies and gentlemen, We're here today to show our respect and love for our former principal, Mr. Page.

【注意：校长的英文怎么表达？

英国：中小学校长headmaster（男性） 

headmistress（女性）

head teacher（不强调性别）

美国：中小学校长principal（私立学校有时会用Head of School）

大学校长president：The President of Harvard University】

大家知道，佩奇先生将于下周五退休。

As you all know , Mr. Page will be retiring next Friday.

届时，他将恰好执教满40周年。

By then, he will have been teaching for exactly forty years.

这真是一个令人惊讶的巧合，不是么？

It is quite an amazing coincidence, isn’t it?

就像摩西历经四十年带领他的人民去向理想中的乐土，佩奇先生在他的任期中也用了同样长的时间引着他的学生们。

Like Moses who s pent 40 years leading his people to the promised land, Mr. Page has spent exactly that long leading students during his tenure.

【注意：The promised land指的是the land of Canaan】

在这段时间中，他改变影响了我们的人生。

He has touched our lives during this time.

每当我们遇到麻烦，我们知道佩奇先生是那个我们可以求助的人，他总是能给我们帮助。

Whenever we were in trouble , we knew Mr. Page was our "go-to" person who was always available to help.

我们都需要向他表达我们最诚挚的感谢，感谢他的耐心和理解，以及感谢他在我们不愿上学的时候给我们的那些温暖人心的鼓励。

We all need to express our sincerest gratitude to him for his patience and understanding, and for the heartwarming encouragement he gave us when we were reluctant to go to school.  

【gratitude n.感激之情

be reluctant to do = be unwilling to do

heartwarming adj.温暖人心的】

为了纪念这个难忘的时刻，我们为佩奇先生准备了一份特殊的告别礼物,其中包括了一个很大的签名册，上面有他教过的所有学生的名字和照片。

To mark this memorable occasion, we have prepared a special farewell present for Mr. Page, including a large album with the names and photos of all the students he has taught.

【album可以指相册，签名册，还可以指音乐的专辑。The singer will soon release his new album.】

你可能好奇他退休后会做什么。

You may wonder what he will do during retirement.

嗯，据我所知，他将会把时间花在园艺上，一个对他来说全新的爱好。

Well, as far as I know, he will devote his time to gardening, an entirely new hobby for him. 

【garden v.干园艺活  gardening n.园艺活  gardener n.园丁

He has green fingers/green thumb.  】

但这完全没有关系,因为这是他喜欢做的事。

But it doesn't matter at all, because that is what he loves to do.

正如他常说的，开启一项全新的事业，去做那些你一直想做的事，永远不会太晚。

As he often puts it, it is never too late to start something new, and to do things that you have been longing to do.

尽管我们对于他的离开感到难过，但是我们祝福佩奇先生有一个宁静而幸福的退休生活。

Though we are all sad about his departure, we wish him a quiet and happy retirement.

【Departure is the act of leaving a place.】

2.全英文转述 

Ladies and gentlemen, We're here today to show our respect and love for our former principal, Mr. Page.

As you all know , Mr. Page will be retiring next Friday. By then, he will have been teaching for exactly forty years.It is quite an amazing coincidence, isn’t it? Like Moses who s pent 40 years leading his people to the promised land, Mr. Page has spent exactly that long leading students during his tenure.

He has touched our lives during this time.Whenever we were in trouble , we knew Mr. Page was our "go-to" person who was always available to help.

We all need to express our sincerest gratitude to him for his patience and understanding, and for the heartwarming encouragement he gave us when we were reluctant to go to school. To mark this memorable occasion, we have prepared a special farewell present for Mr. Page, including a large album with the names and photos of all the students he has taught.

You may wonder what he will do during retirement. Well, as far as I know, he will devote his time to gardening, an entirely new hobby for him.  But it doesn't matter at all, because that is what he loves to do. As he often puts it, it is never too late to start something new, and to do things that you have been longing to do.

Though we are all sad about his departure, we wish him a quiet and happy retirement.

3.东欣文化点睛： 关于学习的至理名句

这课是一个特别充满温情和正能量的小故事。佩奇校长话，也给了我们很多人力量。我知道，在我们这门课程的学员里不仅仅有学生和职场人士，还有许多退休的前辈们，他们活到到学到老的精神令人感动。

当然，“Never too old to learn.”不仅仅是是献给他们的，也是给予我们所有希望不断成长的学员们。因为,今天我们已经进入了终身学习时代. We now live in an era of life-long learning, when everybody should keep learning and growing.

关于学习态度：

“You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great. ”

--- Zig Ziglar

【解读：It reminds people that the only way to never reach your goals is to never start.】

“Perfect is the enemy of good.”--- Voltaire

解读：Don’t worry about doing things perfectly. If you do, you’ll never get things done.     Tolerate imperfection, but keep upgrading.

关于学习方法：

“Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.”

-- Benjamin Franklin

解读：It is a reminder of the importance of active learning.

关于终身学习：

“Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. ”

  --- Henry Ford.

解读：Learning is what keeps the mind young. 

Anyone who keeps learning is young, whether at twenty or eighty.

“ Live as if you were to die tomorrow.

Learn as if you were to live forever. ”  --- Mahatma Gandhi  （印度圣雄甘地）

解读：Make each day count and never stop learning and growing.