英語四級寫作范文句型詳解：My Mother
解說:
a.elementary a.基本的，初等的
primary a.初級的
elementary school 小學
=primary school
junior high school 初中
senior high school高中
college n.學院
university n.大學
graduate school 研究所
b.retire vi.退休
retired a.退休的
retire into oneself 退出社交圈;不跟人交際
例:The lonely widower retired into. himself and refused to see anyone.
那個孤單又喪妻的男子退出了社交圈并拒見任何人。
The retired old man collects stamps as a hobby.
那位退休的老人以集郵為愛好.
2. She devoted herself to teaching for forty-five years
她獻身教育達45年之久。
解說:
devote vt.致力，獻身
devoted a.專心的，一心一意的
devote/dedicate oneself to+N/V ing致力/獻身于……
=be devoted/dedicate to+N/V-ing
*dedicate vt.奉獻，致力
例:The widow devoted herself to raising her children.
那位寡婦全心撫養她的小孩。
The teacher is devoted to teaching the handicapped.
該老師獻身于教育殘障人士。
3. That is .she spent the best part of her life educating her students.
換句話說，她把最美好的青春歲月用來教導她的學生。
解說:
a. That is, S+V 換句話說，......
=That is to say, S+V
=In other words, S+V
=To put it differently, S+V
例:The boss lays emphasis on punctuality. In other words, you'd better not be late for work.
老板強調守時的重要:換句話說，你上班最好不要遲到。
b.spend+時間名詞+(in) + V-ing把時間花費于
*實際使用本短語時，in一定要省略。
例:Little Henry spent the whole day doing his homework.
小亨利把整天時間用來做家庭作業.
c.educate vt.教育
例:Professor Lee was educated at Cornell University.
李教授是在康乃爾大學受教育的.
4.Although she isn't a teacher now, she is still very much concerned about the development of education in Taiwan.
雖然她現在不是老師，但她仍然很關心臺灣的教育發展。
解說:
a.be concerned about…關心……
例:All the employees are concerned about the future of the company.
所有員工都很關心公司的未來。
b.development n.發展
develop vt.發展;開發;培養
例:The company developed the land and made a fortune.
該公司開發那塊地而發了財。
True friendship takes time to develop.
真正的友誼需要時間去培養。
5.Though Mom is no longer a career woman, she is busy all the time.
雖然媽媽不再是職業婦女，但她仍然無時無刻不在忙。
解說:
a.career a.職業的&n.職業
a career woman職業婦女
a career soldier職業軍人
a career diplomat職業外交官
例:The debate team leader became a career diplomat when she grew up.
那個辯論隊長長大后成為職業外交官。
Would you like to make teaching your career?
你想使教書成為你的職業嗎?
b.all the time 總是，始終(=always)
例:If you worry all the time, you cannot be happy.
如果你老是憂慮，就不會快樂。
6.Each day she gets up early to prepare our breakfast and does all the housework.
她每天都早起準備我們的早餐和做所有的家務。
解說:
a. prepare vt.準備
prepare/fix/make breakfast/lunch/dinner 準備早餐/午餐/晚餐
例:Mom always makes us a substantial dinner.
媽媽總是為我們準備豐盛的晚餐。
b.housework n.家務
do the housework 做家務
例:The whole family helps with the housework on weekends.
每個周末全家人都會幫忙做家務。
7.In addition, she goes to a temple and volunteers to help the priests and worshippers with little chores.
此外，她也到一座寺廟去自愿幫助那些僧侶及信徒們做些小雜事。
解說:
a.In addition, S+V 此外......
addition to + N/V-ing 除了……之外
例:Chris plays the guitar well. In addition, he's good at singing
克里斯吉他彈得很好;此外，他歌也唱得不錯。
In addition to teaching English，John also teaches French.
除了教英文外，約翰也教法文。
注意:
besides亦表示“此外”，多用于有否定意味的句子中。
例:He is ill-tempered. Besides，he is selfish.
他脾氣不好.此外，他又自私。
b.temple n.寺廟
c.volunteer vi.自告奮勇，自愿& n.志愿者
volunteer to V 自愿做……
例:Jim volunteered to clean up after the party.
吉姆自愿在派對后打掃衛生。
d.priest n.僧侶;(教會)神職人員
e.worshipper n.信徒;崇拜者
worship vt.崇拜;禮拜
例:Ben loves Sally so much that he worships the ground she walks on.
本深愛薩莉，連她走過的地面他都崇拜—喻他對她崇拜極了。
f.chore n.瑣事，雜務
例:Mr. Brown sent Dave out on a chore.
布朗先生派戴夫外出辦點瑣事.
8.As Teacher's Day is drawing near, I wish her eternal health and happiness.
因為教師節快到了，我祝她永遠健康快樂。
解說:
a. be drawing near快到，接近
=be around the corner
=be fast approaching
例:Let's hurry home. The typhoon is fast approaching.
我們快回家吧。臺風馬上就要來了。
b.wish vt.祝，愿
wish+人+事物 祝某人……
例:I wish you a pleasant flight.
祝你旅途愉快.
c.eternal a.永遠的
eternity n.永遠，永恒
例:Mr. White pledged his eternal love to his girlfriend.
懷特先生向他的女友保證永遠愛她。
9.After all，mothers are the world's greatest educators.
畢竟，媽媽們是世界上最偉大的教育家。
a.After all，…畢竟，……
例:Don't rush. After all, we still have a lot of time.
別急，畢竟我們仍有很多時間。
b.educator n.教育家