It is a curious coincidence that the day before his retirement, Mr.Page will have been teaching for a total of forty years.
佩奇先生退休的前一天正好是他执教满40年的日子，这真是奇妙的巧合。
新概念英语第二册
Lesson 85 Never too old to learn
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
adj. 好奇的; 好求知的;奇妙的; 稀奇的;
💡 cur关心+ious….的→关心的，好奇的
"They were very curious about the people who lived upstairs."
他们对住在楼上的人感到很好奇。
近义：odd, peculiar, rare, strange, uncommon, unconventional
反义：artless, modest, mundane, ordinary, pedestrian, average
n. 巧合;一致;同时存在;并存;
💡 co共同+in进+cid落下+ence名词后缀→巧合
"theories based on presupposition and coincidence"
基于假设和偶合的理论
近义：chance, concomitance, concomitancy, concurrence, concurrency, contingency
反义：separation, departure, deviation, difference, discrepance, discrepancy
n. 退休，退职;引退，隐居;退隐处;
💡 re 回、向后 + tire 疲劳+ ment 表示行为、行为的过程或结果 → n.退休, 引退, 退却, 撤退
"retirement and the consequential reduction in income"
退休与随之而来的收入减少
近义：pension, superannuation, pullback, pullout, recoil, retreat
adj. 总计的（金额等）;全部的;完全的;绝对的;
n. 总计，总数;全体数量;
vt.& vi. 总计达，计算…的总数;
💡 total-, tot- 表”所有的”
"total abstinence from strong drink"
戒绝烈性酒
近义：summate, tot, totalize, tote, level, overthrow
反义：quota, share, slice, snippy, patchy, fragmental
n. 页;（计算机的）页面;年史;<文>重要事件;
vt. 标记…的页数;翻页;喊出名字以寻找;（在公共传呼系统上）呼叫;
vi. 翻书页;浏览;
"Footnotes are given at the bottom of each page."
脚注附于每页的下端。
近义：summon, call, fetch, paginate, foliate, folio