时间:2018-12-04 作者:英语课 分类:英语课程学习计划和讲义


英语课

Come on everybody. Get up and do something. December the 5th is International Volunteer Day. This highly 1 important day was started by the United Nations in 1985. Its aim is twofold: first, to thank volunteers around the world for giving their time to help others; and second, to encourage other people to do voluntary work. Without volunteers, many people around the world would be worse off. In fact, the whole world would be a darker place. Volunteers help other people and help animals, the countryside, the environment and many more things that are so important to us. The UN urges governments around the world to take measures to heighten 2 awareness 3 of the important contribution of volunteering.


There are thousands of volunteer organizations around the world. Some of them are very famous. Perhaps everyone has heard of VSO (Voluntary Services Overseas), the Peace Corps 4, and Muslim Aid. A search on the Internet will pretty much give you a volunteer group on anything or anyone you want to help. You don’t need to join a worldwide group to be a volunteer. Most voluntary work that takes place around the globe is by individuals helping 5 their neighbours. We have probably all gone out of our way to help someone less fortunate. The great thing about voluntary work is that it makes you feel like a better person. So please, on this International Volunteer Day, think about how you can help, and offer your services.



1 highly
adv.高度地,极,非常;非常赞许地
  • It is highly important to provide for the future.预先做好准备非常重要。
  • The teacher speaks very highly of the boy's behaviour.老师称赞这个男孩的表现。
2 heighten
vt.加高,提高,增高;增加,增大,加强
  • A weakened immune system does not heighten the risks of catching a cold.一个弱免疫系统是不会增加感冒的感染可能性的。
  • We must however heighten our vigilance.但是我们应当提高警惕。
3 awareness
n.意识,觉悟,懂事,明智
  • There is a general awareness that smoking is harmful.人们普遍认识到吸烟有害健康。
  • Environmental awareness has increased over the years.这些年来人们的环境意识增强了。
4 corps
n.(通信等兵种的)部队;(同类作的)一组
  • The medical corps were cited for bravery in combat.医疗队由于在战场上的英勇表现而受嘉奖。
  • When the war broke out,he volunteered for the Marine Corps.战争爆发时,他自愿参加了海军陆战队。
5 helping
n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的,辅助的
  • The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
  • By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。
学英语单词
abernathyites
active concealment
aerographical chart
airborne weather radar (awr)
alum clay
amazonomachies
animal cellulose
antananarivoes
Archeria
argon ion gas laser
attitudinizes
balance spring tester
benli
binary-star
blackbody locus
car races
Caransebes
cardiodystrophia
Carswell
charger plate
class of service table
conscribed
containoveyer
continental island
continuous maximum rated
conus terebra
copy-restore parameter
cost behavior pattern
dendritic ridge mold
Dilangil
direct-connected exciter
direction and range acquisition system
double slide-wire bridge
electorthermotherapy
endotheliitis
engraft in
equilibrate
far-back
genus Trautvetteria
going Dutch
good stand
h.
hatchway battening arrangement
heads-ups
HMTD
htf
hypnopedias
information journal
internal teeth serrated lock washer
isopluvial line
laser spectrometer
lavations
linsy
lipread
lithothamnion ridge
liver tumor
lose your nerve
lyophillizer
Maria Tallchief
martensia flabelliformis
menisciform
mimes
molybdenum free steel
molybdenum powder
mortgage payment
nonionization
optoelectronic modulator
partyness
pineville
pixel pusher
polaried relay
posterolateral sclerosis
proeung
re-booking
resorption refrigerating system
right of way distribution
room cooler
Root hog or die poor
rot-resistant
seagulling
semi-flat rim
sikang
smartless
softlifting
sporophytic generation
spot welds
structurelessly
tandem rotor helicopter
teratoneuroma
Thorn's ananeuver
true exit
tumoristatic
turning operation
under focus
unilateral signal transmission
unpassivizable
use in common
variety of universal algebras
vestibule training
Welded Mesh
well-integrated
Witte's peptone