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1. I have just received a letter from my old school,informing me that my former headmaster,Mr. Stuart Page,will be retiring next week. 我刚刚收到母校的一封信，通知我说以前的校长斯图亚特·佩奇先生下星期就要退休了。
2. Pupils of the school,old and new,will be sending him a present to mark the occasion. 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份礼物。
mark the occasion: 纪念这个日子
3. 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. 我们不会忘记佩奇响声先生对我们既有耐心又充满理解，也不会忘记在我们不愿去上学时他给予我们的亲切鼓励。
remember sb. for sth.: 因某事记得某人
4. 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 retired,he will devote himself to gardening. 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。他退休后，将致力于园艺。
a total of: 总共
devote oneself to doing: 致力于……
5. 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: 活到老，学到老
Special difficulties
too: 太…… The wall is too high for me to climb.
enough: 足够…… 常用于形容词后或名词前
例句1：It"s easy enough for me to understand.
例句2：She hasn"t got enough money for a holiday.
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