新概念英语第二册逐句精讲语言点 第85课: 活到老学到老(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.

　　句子讲解：

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

　　他退休后，将投入园艺事业。

　　语言点 devote oneself to doing全身心地去做某事

　　devote：

　　vt.奉献; (给)，把…专用(于) 把…奉献;

　　过去式：devoted 现在分词：devoting 过去分词：devoted 第三人称单数：devotes

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

　　我会把自己奉献给公众.

　　扩展：

　　devote one's life/ one's time/oneself to sth/doing sth专心致力于, 献(身), 贡献

　　供奉, 供献

　　投身于

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

　　对他而言，这将是一种全新的爱好。

　　entirely：

　　adv.完全地; 完整地; 全部地; 彻底地;

　　[例句]But not entirely unexpected.

　　但也不是完全出乎意料.

　　扩展：

　　entirely与completely有什么区别?

　　作程度副词讲的时候没有区别,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因为是从形容词complete转化来的,它有圆满的意思在内.如：The work has been done completely.工作圆满完成.

　　The work has been done entirely.工作整个做完了.

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

　　但这没有关系，因为正如他常说的那样，人要活到老学到老。

　　never too old to learn：

　　[释义]学无止境，活到老学到老; 八十岁学吹打;

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

　　我们年纪大了，学不了那些东西了。

　　扩展：更多表达活到老学到老的短句：

　　Never too old to learn. --Thomas Middleto

　　活到老学到老。——米德尔顿

　　We are never too old to learn.

　　活到老,学到老.(直译为:我们永远不会老到学不了.

　　No one is so old but that he may learn.

　　年纪再大也可以学习，活到老学到老。

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

　　看来﹐我们得“活到老﹐学到老”了。

　　The teacher admonished the students against being late.

　　老师劝告学生不要迟到。