英语四级写作范文句型详解：My Mother
解说:
a.elementary a.基本的，初等的
primary a.初级的
elementary school 小学
=primary school
junior high school 初中
senior high school高中
college n.学院
university n.大学
graduate school 研究所
b.retire vi.退休
retired a.退休的
retire into oneself 退出社交圈;不跟人交际
例:The lonely widower retired into. himself and refused to see anyone.
那个孤单又丧妻的男子退出了社交圈并拒见任何人。
The retired old man collects stamps as a hobby.
那位退休的老人以集邮为爱好.
2. She devoted herself to teaching for forty-five years
她献身教育达45年之久。
解说:
devote vt.致力，献身
devoted a.专心的，一心一意的
devote/dedicate oneself to+N/V ing致力/献身于……
=be devoted/dedicate to+N/V-ing
*dedicate vt.奉献，致力
例:The widow devoted herself to raising her children.
那位寡妇全心抚养她的小孩。
The teacher is devoted to teaching the handicapped.
该老师献身于教育残障人士。
3. That is .she spent the best part of her life educating her students.
换句话说，她把最美好的青春岁月用来教导她的学生。
解说:
a. That is, S+V 换句话说，......
=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.
老板强调守时的重要:换句话说，你上班最好不要迟到。
b.spend+时间名词+(in) + V-ing把时间花费于
*实际使用本短语时，in一定要省略。
例:Little Henry spent the whole day doing his homework.
小亨利把整天时间用来做家庭作业.
c.educate vt.教育
例:Professor Lee was educated at Cornell University.
李教授是在康乃尔大学受教育的.
4.Although she isn't a teacher now, she is still very much concerned about the development of education in Taiwan.
虽然她现在不是老师，但她仍然很关心台湾的教育发展。
解说:
a.be concerned about…关心……
例:All the employees are concerned about the future of the company.
所有员工都很关心公司的未来。
b.development n.发展
develop vt.发展;开发;培养
例:The company developed the land and made a fortune.
该公司开发那块地而发了财。
True friendship takes time to develop.
真正的友谊需要时间去培养。
5.Though Mom is no longer a career woman, she is busy all the time.
虽然妈妈不再是职业妇女，但她仍然无时无刻不在忙。
解说:
a.career a.职业的&n.职业
a career woman职业妇女
a career soldier职业军人
a career diplomat职业外交官
例:The debate team leader became a career diplomat when she grew up.
那个辩论队长长大后成为职业外交官。
Would you like to make teaching your career?
你想使教书成为你的职业吗?
b.all the time 总是，始终(=always)
例:If you worry all the time, you cannot be happy.
如果你老是忧虑，就不会快乐。
6.Each day she gets up early to prepare our breakfast and does all the housework.
她每天都早起准备我们的早餐和做所有的家务。
解说:
a. prepare vt.准备
prepare/fix/make breakfast/lunch/dinner 准备早餐/午餐/晚餐
例:Mom always makes us a substantial dinner.
妈妈总是为我们准备丰盛的晚餐。
b.housework n.家务
do the housework 做家务
例:The whole family helps with the housework on weekends.
每个周末全家人都会帮忙做家务。
7.In addition, she goes to a temple and volunteers to help the priests and worshippers with little chores.
此外，她也到一座寺庙去自愿帮助那些僧侣及信徒们做些小杂事。
解说:
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
克里斯吉他弹得很好;此外，他歌也唱得不错。
In addition to teaching English，John also teaches French.
除了教英文外，约翰也教法文。
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.
他脾气不好.此外，他又自私。
b.temple n.寺庙
c.volunteer vi.自告奋勇，自愿& n.志愿者
volunteer to V 自愿做……
例:Jim volunteered to clean up after the party.
吉姆自愿在派对后打扫卫生。
d.priest n.僧侣;(教会)神职人员
e.worshipper n.信徒;崇拜者
worship vt.崇拜;礼拜
例:Ben loves Sally so much that he worships the ground she walks on.
本深爱萨莉，连她走过的地面他都崇拜—喻他对她崇拜极了。
f.chore n.琐事，杂务
例:Mr. Brown sent Dave out on a chore.
布朗先生派戴夫外出办点琐事.
8.As Teacher's Day is drawing near, I wish her eternal health and happiness.
因为教师节快到了，我祝她永远健康快乐。
解说:
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.
我们快回家吧。台风马上就要来了。
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.永远的
eternity n.永远，永恒
例:Mr. White pledged his eternal love to his girlfriend.
怀特先生向他的女友保证永远爱她。
9.After all，mothers are the world's greatest educators.
毕竟，妈妈们是世界上最伟大的教育家。
a.After all，…毕竟，……
例:Don't rush. After all, we still have a lot of time.
别急，毕竟我们仍有很多时间。
b.educator n.教育家