英語口語練習小對話 第206期:爲紀念某人

迷你對話：

A: She has contributed to a new school.

她捐助了一所新學校。

B: Oh, I know. She is a famous woman and a focus of the newspaper now because of this thing.

我知道，她很有名氣，因爲這件事情又成了報紙的焦點報道。

A: I hear the school is very modern. It has the best equipments.

聽說學校十分現代化，配備了最好的設備。

B: Yes. Do you know its name.

是的，你知道它的名字嗎？

A: She said she would name it after her father.

她說她將以其父親的名字命名。

B: Oh, I think she wants to do this thing in memory of her father.

我想她做這件事情是爲了紀念她的父親。

地道表達：

in memory of：紀念

支持範例：

Eg. He wrote the poem in memory of his friend.

他爲懷念他的朋友而寫了那首詩。

Eg. They will build a monument in memory of the national hero.

他們將建造一座紀念碑來紀念這位民族英雄。

Eg. The Korean people set up a monument in memory of Comrade Luo Shengjiao.

朝鮮人民立了一個紀念碑紀念羅盛教同志。

Eg. I went to the exhibition in memory of Lei Feng.

我參觀了紀念雷鋒展覽會。

詞海拾貝：

1. contribute to：爲......做貢獻，爲......捐款，對......有幫助

Eg. He offered to contribute to the Red Cross.

他主動提出向紅十字會捐款。

Eg. Many specialistic techniques contribute to archaeology.

許多專業技術對考古學作出貢獻。

Eg. This new discovery will contribute to all humanity.

這個新發現將對全人類作出貢獻。

Eg. How do you think listening English songs will contribute to English study?

你認爲聽英文歌曲對學英語有何幫助？

2. because of：因爲

Eg. He is feeling wretched today because of the rain.

因爲下雨，他今天情緒很不好。

Eg. Because of the heavy rain, the public meeting has been declared off.

由於大雨，羣衆大會已宣佈取消。

Eg. He skipped the fourth grade because of his aptitude.

他因天資聰穎從三年級跳到了五年級。

Eg. I shall have to refuse your invitation because of a prior engagement.

我因有約在先, 所以只好謝絕你的邀請.

3. name after：以......命名

Eg. Tasmania was named after its discoverer, A. J. Tasman.

塔斯曼尼亞島是以其發現者塔斯曼的名字命名的。

Eg. The child was named after its father, given its father's first name.

這個小孩以他父親的名字而命名。