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-备战2020高考英语外刊话题阅读语篇精选（第一辑）

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。 一：高级实词荟萃 1. 8 ( 8 )原创精品资源学科网独家享有版权，侵权必究！ 2. remind vi 3. accomplishment n 4. dedicate vt 5. likely adj/adv 6. proud adj 7. semester. n 8. Foster vt 9. eventually adv 10. enroll vt 11. quit vi 12. commitment n 13. strength n 14. perseverance n 15. dedication n 16. compassion n 17. passion n 二：高级词汇拓展 1. accomplishments成就n. vt取得_____________________ 2. dedicate奉献vt n. ______________奉献精神 3. proud自豪的adj n骄傲______________ 4. foster寄养 vt adj寄养的 ______________ 5. eventually最后adv adj 最后______________ 6. enroll登记vt n登记______________ 7. commitment承诺n vt承诺；致力于；承诺______________ 8. strength力量 n adj强壮的______________ vt增强 ______________ 9. perseverance毅力 n adj 毅力的 ______________ 10. passion.激情 n adj热情的 ______________ 11. compassion同情 n adj同情的 ______________英 /kəmˈpæʃənət/  12. 三：高级短语荟萃 1. an 80-year-old woman 2. make history 3. by becoming her university's oldest graduate 4. walk across the stage 5. get her bachelor's degree a 6. at a police department 7. earn an associate's degree 8. late-night studying 9. praise her persistence 10. believe in yourself." 原汁文章思维能力提升训练 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. 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. 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. 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. After Jeff's death, Washington moved to Alabama to live with her daughter, and ev