Lesson 85 Never too old to learn

I have just received a letter from my old school informing me that my former headmaster, Mr. Stuart Page, will be retiring next week. Pupils of the school, old and new, will be sending him a present to mark the occasion. 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. We shall 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 will be attending a farewell dinner in his honour next Thursday. It is a curious coincidence that the day before his retirement, Mr. Page will have been teaching for a total of forty years. After he has retired, he will devote himself to gardening. For him, this will be an entirely new hobby. But this does not matter, for, as he has often remarked, one is never too old to learn.

1. 为了纪念这个日子，学校的学生---无论老同学还是新同学---将送他一件礼物。

the school's pupils, new or old, will send him a present to mark the day.

原文：Pupils of the school, old and new, will be sending him a present to mark the occasion.

2. 所有凑钱买此礼品的人都将自己的名字签在一本大签名簿上，签名簿将被送到校长的家里。

all those who contributed the money to the present will sign their name in a big sign book which later will be sent to headmaster's house.

原文：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.

3. 佩奇先生退休的前一天正好是他执教满40年的日子，这真是奇妙的巧合。

the day before Mr. Page's retiring, Mr, Page will have been teaching for 40 years, what a marvelous coincidence.

原文： It is a curious coincidence that the day before his retirement, Mr. Page will have been teaching for a total of forty years.

4. 但这没有关系，因为正如他常说的那样，人要活到老学到老。

but this doesn't matter, as he always says, people are never too old to learn.

原文： But this does not matter, for, as he has often remarked, one is never too old to learn.

语音知识：

H

This sound is simply made by passing air through a very slightly constricted passage, either between the tongue or the roof of the mouth; or in the throat

this is an unvoiced consonant.

the jaw is relaxed, the lips part.

嘴唇不受影响，所以在发这个音H的时候，你的嘴唇可以摆出下一个音的嘴型。

how（ow的嘴型其实没有自己想象中那么大）

NG sound

TO make this sound, the jaw drops a little bit, the lips part, and the back of the tongue stretches all the way up to the soft palate, the tongue tip is forward, because the soft palate is lowered, air comes up through the nasal passages.

THIS makes it a nasal consonant.

You can feel the vibration in your nose.

发这个音时，因为在口腔后部发声，所以你看不清楚里头舌头的情况。

练习感悟：

今天超级想放水，放水…

明年要来了，要开个好头～