美文赏析
People_in_their_sixties_should_go_to_university_to_retrain__because_they_will_be_expected_to_work_for_longer_before_retirement，the_Government_has_suggested.
Older workers who take courses to keep their skills uptodate
will be more likely to keep their jobs，claims David Willetts，the higher education minister.He said the age limit on student loans to cover tuition fees had been lifted，making a degree course“great value”for older people.His comments followed a government report
which found that the country's future economic success would depend on the skills and contributions of older workers.
One in four people will be older than 65 by 2033 and
economists have warned that the aging① population will place a
heavy burden on taxpayers unless more people work for longer. The state pension② age is to rise to 67 by 2028.Ministers have
warned that they have no idea when younger workers in their thirties will be able to retire.
Mr Willetts，who is accompanying③ David Cameron in India，urged workers older than 60 to give further education serious consideration. “There is certainly a pressure for continuing to get retrained and upskilled，”he said.“Higher education has an economic benefit in that if you stay uptodate with knowledge and skills you will be more employable.”
Mr Willetts said a university course had“wider”benefits，making people more likely to lead healthy lives.“Education is such a good thing
that it is not reserved for only younger people，”he said.“There will be people of all ages who will want to study.There is great value in lifelong learning.”Under previous rules，students in England would get a loan to cover tuition fees only if they were younger than 54.
Latest figures showed that only 1,940 undergraduates④ starting courses last year were older than 60，out of a total of 552,240 students in Britain.Some 6,455 were aged between 50 and 60，according to the Higher Education Statistics Agency.
【解题导语】 本文是一篇资讯报道。英国政府呼吁年逾花甲者回归校园接受培训，以应对老龄化问题。
一、阅读与积累
1．攻克疑难词汇
①aging adj.变老的
②pension n．养老金，退休金
③accompany v．陪伴，陪同
④undergraduate n．本科生
2.攻克疑难句
His comments followed a government
report which found that the country's future economic success would depend on the skills
and contributions of older workers.
结构分析 此句含有一个定语从句which found that the country's future economic success would
depend on the skills and contributions of older workers，修饰先行词a government report，定语从句中含有一个that引导的宾语从句。
尝试翻译 他的此番评论是在政府公布一份报告之后发表的。政府报告指出，国家今后的经济发展能否取得成功取决于老年工作者的技术与贡献。
二、理解与书面表达
1．理解文章主旨
The passage mainly tells us that the_Government_calls_for_older_workers_to_retrain.
2．理解与书面表达
文中画线的句子结构是写作中常用到的，请你写出此句的类型：________。
答案 状语从句
3．精通句式：状语从句
(1)说明：在复合句中起状语作用的从句叫状语从句。状语从句按其意义可分为时间、地点、原因、目的、结果、条件、比较、方式、让步等种类。
在英语写作中，状语从句的运用也是高考英语高分作文的必需条件，所以考生必须学会并熟练运用状语从句。
状语从句修饰主句中的动词、形容词和副词，由从属连词引导，可位于句首，也可位于主句后。状语从句在句首时，往往用逗号把从句与主句隔开。
(2)例句感悟
①Although/Though he was over sixty，(yet)he began to learn French.
②Wherever you go，you must obey the law.
③Difficulties are nothing if we are not afraid of them.
④They worked harder than usual so that they could finish the work ahead of time.
⑤I was walking along the street when suddenly someone patted me on the shoulder from behind.
(3)用状语从句翻译下列句子。
①今天放学之前我们在课堂上就琥珀屋是否该归还给俄国进行了一次辩论会。
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②有些学生认为它应该立即归还俄国。
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③因为普鲁士国王把它送给了彼得大帝，因此它属于俄国人。
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④作为琥珀屋的故乡，德国有权利拥有它。
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⑤在我看来，俄国应该是它的归属地，因为它是被当作礼物给俄国的。
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答案 ①A debate about whether the Amber Room should be returned to Russia was held in our class before school was over today.
②Some students believe that it should be returned to Russia immediately.
③Because the King of Prussia gave it to Peter Great，it belongs to the Russian people.
④Being the home of the Amber Room，Germany has the right to keep it.
⑤As far as I'm concerned，Russia is the very place it should go to because Russia got it as a gift from Prussia.
(4)加入适当的连词或句子将上面五句话改写成一篇关于琥珀屋是否应该归还俄国的优秀的小短文。
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【参考范文】
A debate about whether the Amber Room should be returned to Russia was held in our class before school was over today.
Because the King of Prussia gave it to Peter Great，it belongs to the Russian people.So some students believe that it should be returned to Russia immediately.But the other students have the opposite view.They believe that being the home of the Amber Room，Germany has the right to keep it.
As far as I'm concerned，Russia is the very place it should go to because Russia got it as a gift from Prussia.