迷你对话：

A: She has contributed to a new school.

她捐助了一所新学校。

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

我知道，她很有名气，因为这件事情又成了报纸的焦点报道。

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

听说学校十分现代化，配备了最好的设备。

B: Yes. Do you know its name.

是的，你知道它的名字吗？

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

她说她将以其父亲的名字命名。

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

我想她做这件事情是为了纪念她的父亲。

地道表达：

in memory of：纪念

支持范例：

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

他为怀念他的朋友而写了那首诗。

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

他们将建造一座纪念碑来纪念这位民族英雄。

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

朝鲜人民立了一个纪念碑纪念罗盛教同志。

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

我参观了纪念雷锋展览会。

词海拾贝：

1. contribute to：为......做贡献，为......捐款，对......有帮助

Eg. He offered to contribute to the Red Cross.

他主动提出向红十字会捐款。

Eg. Many specialistic techniques contribute to archaeology.

许多专业技术对考古学作出贡献。

Eg. This new discovery will contribute to all humanity.

这个新发现将对全人类作出贡献。

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

你认为听英文歌曲对学英语有何帮助？

2. because of：因为

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

因为下雨，他今天情绪很不好。

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

由于大雨，群众大会已宣布取消。

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

他因天资聪颖从三年级跳到了五年级。

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

我因有约在先, 所以只好谢绝你的邀请.

3. name after：以......命名

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

塔斯曼尼亚岛是以其发现者塔斯曼的名字命名的。

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

这个小孩以他父亲的名字而命名。

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