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

1）pupil，學生。注意pupil, disciple, scholar, student的區別：pupil特別指由老師親自照顧和指導的對象，主要指小學生或中學生；disciple一般和宗教有聯繫，作“追隨者，門徒”解；scholar作“學生”解時，現在特別指那些大學裡的“獎學金獲得者，津貼生”；student適用於任何學習或喜愛學習的人,但通常指上大學、技術學校、專業學校或夜校的“學生”。

2）old and new，用作同位語，補充說明pupil的人群範圍。

3）mark the situation，紀念這個場合。

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.

1）who引導的是限定性定語從句，修飾先行詞those。

2）contribute towards，對...作出貢獻，相當於contribute to。

3）sign one's name，簽名。

4）which引導的是限定性定語從句，修飾先行詞a large album。

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!

1）注意句中的shall不是表將來，相當於其過去式should的意思，表示“應當”。

2）remember sb. for sth.，因某事記住某人。

3）patience，耐心。源自形容詞patient（耐心的）。

4）kindly encouragement，親切的鼓勵。

5）he gave us用作先行詞encouragement的定語從句，中間省略了關係代詞that/which。

6）unwillingly，不情願地。

A great many former pupils will be attending a farewell dinner in his honour next Thursday.

1）a great many，許多、大量。

2）attend，參加、出席。

3）a farewell dinner，送別晚宴。farewell，再見、道別，其常見的短語用法是：bid farewell to sb.，跟某人道別。

4）in one's honour，為向某人表示敬意。

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

1）It is a curious coincidence that...，...真是奇妙的巧合。curious，好奇的、充滿求知慾的。coincidence，巧合；該詞由前綴co-（聯合；伴同）和incidence（發生）構成。

2）a total of，總共。

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）devote oneself to sth./doing sth.，致力於...。注意devote的名詞為devotion。

2）gardening，園藝。

3）entirely，完全地、徹底地。

4）for引導的是表原因的並列句，起著補充說明的作用。

5）as引導的是方式狀語從句，在此插入到for後面，主要是起著補充說明作用。

6）remark，評論。

7）One is never too old to learn. 活到老，學到老。