备战2020高考英语阅读语篇精选：专题12 一位80岁的老太太成为阿拉巴马大学最年长的毕业生(解析版)

80-Year-Old Woman Becomes Alabama University’s Oldest

Graduate

一位80岁的老太太成为阿拉巴马大学最年长的毕业生

读前导读：

一：高级实词荟萃

1.remind提醒

2.accomplishments成就

3.dedicate奉献

4.likely可能的

5.proud自豪的

6.semester.学期。

7.foster 寄养

8.eventually最后9.enroll登记

10.quit退出

mitment承诺

12.strength力量

13.perseverance毅力

14.dedication奉献精神

passion同情

16.passion.激情

二：高级词汇拓展

1.accomplishments成就n. vt取得accomplish

2.dedicate奉献vt n. dedication奉献精神

3.proud自豪的adj n骄傲pride

4.foster寄养vt adj寄养的fostered

5.eventually最后adv adj 最后eventual

6.enroll登记vt n登记enrollment

mitment承诺n vt承诺；致力于；承诺commit

8.strength力量n adj强壮的strong vt增强strengthen

9.perseverance毅力n adj 毅力的perseverant

10.passion.激情n adj热情的passionate

passion同情n adj同情的compassionate英/kəmˈpæʃənət/三：高级短语荟萃

1.an 80-year-old woman一位80岁的妇女

2.make history创造历史

3.by becoming her university's oldest graduate成为她大学最年长的毕业生

4.walk across the stage走过舞台

5.get her bachelor's degree 获得学士学位

6.at a police department在警察局

7.earn an associate's degree获得副学士学位

te-night studying深夜学习

9.praise her persistence赞扬她的坚持

10.believe in yourself.相信你自己。

原汁文章思维能力提升训练

1.What do you think made 80-Year-Old Woman achieve her dream?

Firstly, she was determined and she never felt like quitting.

She is a fine example of "commitment and strength and perseverance and dedication and compassion and passion."

2.What can we do to achieve our dream?

If we have a dream, just finish that dream. And believe in ourselves. Never quit and be full of passion and energy.

五：报刊复杂句式品鉴。

She earned an associate's degree in 2017, but felt no need to stop there, eventually enrolling at A&M.

翻译：2017年，她获得了准学士学位，但华盛顿觉得没有必要就此罢休，她最终进入了阿拉巴马大学。

解析：本句中enrolling at A&M.为现在分词短语做状语，表示主动和结果。

双语赏析

80-Year-Old Woman Becomes Alabama University’s Oldest Graduate

— and She’s Magna Cum Laude!

An 80-year-old woman is hoping to remind others that age is nothing but a number after she made history by becoming her university's oldest graduate.

一位80岁的老奶奶创造了历史，是年纪最大的大学毕业生，她希望用自己的故事提醒他人，年龄不过是个数字而已。

Donzella Washington walked across the stage to get her bachelor's degree at Alabama A&M University — an accomplishment she said was dedicated to her late husband.

阿拉巴马农工大学，唐泽拉·华盛顿穿过舞台去领取她的学士学位，她表示要把这项成就献给她已故的丈夫

She likely would have made him very proud, considering Washington graduated magna cum laude with a 3.64 GPA — and a 4.0 in her final semester.

如果可能的话，华盛顿会让他感到非常骄傲的，老奶奶的毕业成绩是优等二级，平均学分绩点3.64，她最后一个学期是4.0。

Over the years, Washington and her husband Jeff fostered 32 children together at their home in California, and she worked at a police department and in a bank.

多年来，华盛顿和她的丈夫杰佛在加利福尼亚家中共同收养了32个孩子，她在警察局和银行上过班。

After Jeff's death, Washington moved to Alabama to live with her daughter, and eventually started taking college courses at Lawson State Community College in 2013.