新概念英語第二冊逐句精講語言點 第85課: 活到老學到老(3)

　　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.

　　句子講解：

　　7、After he has retired, he will devote himself to gardening.

　　他退休后，將投入園藝事業(yè)。

　　語言點 devote oneself to doing全身心地去做某事

　　devote：

　　vt.奉獻; (給)，把…專用(于) 把…奉獻;

　　過去式：devoted 現在分詞：devoting 過去分詞：devoted 第三人稱單數：devotes

　　[例句]I would devote my myself to the public.

　　我會把自己奉獻給公眾.

　　擴展：

　　devote one's life/ one's time/oneself to sth/doing sth專心致力于, 獻(身), 貢獻

　　供奉, 供獻

　　投身于

　　8、For him, this will be an entirely new hobby.

　　對他而言，這將是一種全新的愛好。

　　entirely：

　　adv.完全地; 完整地; 全部地; 徹底地;

　　[例句]But not entirely unexpected.

　　但也不是完全出乎意料.

　　擴展：

　　entirely與completely有什么區(qū)別?

　　作程度副詞講的時候沒有區(qū)別,如：

　　You're completely wrong= You're entirely wrong.

　　I'm completely satisfied with your performance.=I'm entirely satified with your performance.

　　但是compeltely因為是從形容詞complete轉化來的,它有圓滿的意思在內.如：The work has been done completely.工作圓滿完成.

　　The work has been done entirely.工作整個做完了.

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

　　但這沒有關系，因為正如他常說的那樣，人要活到老學到老。

　　never too old to learn：

　　[釋義]學無止境，活到老學到老; 八十歲學吹打;

　　[例句]We're too old to learn that stuff.

　　我們年紀大了，學不了那些東西了。

　　擴展：更多表達活到老學到老的短句：

　　Never too old to learn. --Thomas Middleto

　　活到老學到老。——米德爾頓

　　We are never too old to learn.

　　活到老,學到老.(直譯為:我們永遠不會老到學不了.

　　No one is so old but that he may learn.

　　年紀再大也可以學習，活到老學到老。

　　It seems like "live till old age, learn till the old age."

　　看來﹐我們得“活到老﹐學到老”了。

　　The teacher admonished the students against being late.

　　老師勸告學生不要遲到。