第85课

Never too late to change.
Never too busy to call you.

inform v. 告诉，通知
information n. 信息
Please inform us of any changes of address.
地址若有变动请随时通知我们。
We need time to inform ourselves thoroughly of the problem.
我们需要时间对这个问题有个透彻的了解。

headmaster n. 校长
Master 主人，高手
My master ordered me not to deliver the message
我的主人命令我不要传递消息。
She was a master of the English language
她是英文高手。


contribute v. 贡献 起到作用
We contributed $ 5 000 to the earthquake fund.
我们向地震基金捐赠了 5 000 美元。
Human error may have been a contributing factor .
人为的失误可能是一个起作用的因素。
Medical negligence was said to have contributed to her death.
据说医务人员的玩忽职守是她死亡的原因之一。

gift n. 礼物，天赋
She has a great gift for music.
她极有音乐天赋。

album n. 相册 专辑

patience n. 耐心
It takes time and patience to photograph wildlife.
拍摄野生动物要肯花时间，要有耐心。
She has little patience with such views.
对于这类观点，她没有耐心。

patient adj. n.
She's very patient with young children.
她对幼儿特别有耐心。
English patient

encouragement n. 鼓励
a few words of encouragement
几句鼓励的话

farewell n. 告别
She said her farewells and left.
她告别后就离开了。
A Farewell to Arms 永别了，武器

honour n. 敬意 荣幸 v. 尊敬
the guest of honour 贵宾
It’s a great honour to be invited here today.
今天承蒙邀请到此，深感荣幸。
a man of honour 高尚的人
the honour of your country 你国家的荣誉
The President honoured us with a personal visit.
总统亲临，使我们感到荣幸。
Tu Youyou were honoured with the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 2015.
屠呦呦在2015年获得了诺贝尔医学奖。

coincidence n. 巧合
What a coincidence! I wasn't expecting to see you here.
真巧！我没料到会在这里见到你

total n. adj.v. 总数 完全的
the total profit
利润总额
The room was in total darkness.
房间里一片漆黑。
The repairs came to over £500 in total
修理费总共500多英镑。
Each student's points were totalled.
每个学生的总分都已计算出来



devote v. 致力于 献身
He decided to devote the rest of his life to scientific investigation...
他决定将自己的余生献给科学研究事业。

hobby n. 爱好，嗜好 有活动的爱好。
His hobbies include swimming and cooking.
他爱好游泳和烹饪。
Her main interests are music and history.
她的主要兴趣在音乐和历史。


1、Pupils of the school, old and new, will be sending him a present to mark the occasion.
student 通指所有的学生；pupil 指中小学的学生
mark the occasion 纪念这一时候
mark n. 标记；v. 做标记，给……作记号/留痕迹；纪念

2、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.
contribute towards/to sth. 对...有贡献

3、A great many former pupils will be attending a farewell dinner in his honour next Thursday.
in one’s honour = in honour of sb. 为向……表示敬意，为纪念某人