时间:2019-01-03 作者:英语课 分类:VOA2004(下)--世界经济


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By Faiza Elmasry


The weeks leading up to Christmas make up the busiest shopping season of the year, especially for toys. But there are millions of children whose families can't afford a shopping trip to the toy store. So, since 1948, Marine 1 Corps 2 Reserve Units throughout the nation have collected and distributed toys to needy 3 kids.  This year, the nation's largest toy store chain is helping 4 to sponsor the Toys for Tots campaign. 
 
In the wintertime, Toys “R” Us is full of shoppers of all ages and some are not thinking only about buying for themselves. "Every time I give some kids some toys, I feel very happy," says one child at a Toys "R" Us location in Fairfax, Virginia. "I feel proud for donating money to poor kids because they have nothing and we should thank God that we have these things,” another adds.  "Making others happy would make me also happy. I feel like very good inside," says another young shopper, getting into the spirit of the season.
 
"We're actually taking live donations in the store on the weekends with Marines manning our donation bins 5 at the front of the store," says store manager Norm Mehta. "We're also doing a donation program at our register lanes where, through a register slip, the person can donate one, five, ten dollars or any amount of money. That money will directly go to Toys for Tots."
 
The 2004 Toys for Tots campaign that began in November will run through January 7. Mr. Mehta says public participation 6, so far, is very promising 7.  "We've raised almost $3,200 in donations from our customers just in two and one-half weeks," he says. "It's very cute, oftentimes, when the children get involved. So they learn about sharing and giving and things like that. The parents also like to demonstrate that. And we've been very fortunate that our guests in this area are very supportive to the program."
 
Toys "R" Us spokeswoman Nicole Patzer is especially pleased that children are getting involved in the campaign.  “That's so important," she says. "We've been encouraging people to bring their kids inside the store and teach them to pick out a new and unwrapped toy that they would like to give to a needy child. One of the things that's so rewarding for us at Toys "R" Us is that we receive that handwritten thank-you card from a young child just saying. 'Thank you so much. You've just made this holiday season better for me.'"
 
Toys "R" Us has already donated a million dollars worth of toys to the campaign, according to Toys for Tots spokesman Gunnery Sergeant 8 Rubio. "The Marines are very excited to be involved with Toys "R" US," he says. "It's a great partnership 9. It's basically a dream team! We want to beat last year's goal of 15 million toys. And we think we're going to do that."
 
That's a far cry from the 5,000 toys collected in the first toy drive, more than 50 years ago.  But what has not changed is the campaign's mission: to make the Christmas holiday happier for children in need.
注释:
sponsor 赞助
tot 小孩,儿童
bin 箱柜
pick out 挑选
mission 使命



adj.海的;海生的;航海的;海事的;n.水兵
  • Marine creatures are those which live in the sea. 海洋生物是生存在海里的生物。
  • 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。
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。
adj.贫穷的,贫困的,生活艰苦的
  • Although he was poor,he was quite generous to his needy friends.他虽穷,但对贫苦的朋友很慷慨。
  • They awarded scholarships to needy students.他们给贫苦学生颁发奖学金。
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。
n.大储藏箱( bin的名词复数 );宽口箱(如面包箱,垃圾箱等)v.扔掉,丢弃( bin的第三人称单数 )
  • Garbage from all sources was deposited in bins on trolleys. 来自各方的垃圾是装在手推车上的垃圾箱里的。 来自辞典例句
  • Would you be pleased at the prospect of its being on sale in dump bins? 对于它将被陈列在倾销箱中抛售这件事,你能欣然接受吗? 来自辞典例句
n.参与,参加,分享
  • Some of the magic tricks called for audience participation.有些魔术要求有观众的参与。
  • The scheme aims to encourage increased participation in sporting activities.这个方案旨在鼓励大众更多地参与体育活动。
adj.有希望的,有前途的
  • The results of the experiments are very promising.实验的结果充满了希望。
  • We're trying to bring along one or two promising young swimmers.我们正设法培养出一两名有前途的年轻游泳选手。
n.警官,中士
  • His elder brother is a sergeant.他哥哥是个警官。
  • How many stripes are there on the sleeve of a sergeant?陆军中士的袖子上有多少条纹?
n.合作关系,伙伴关系
  • The company has gone into partnership with Swiss Bank Corporation.这家公司已经和瑞士银行公司建立合作关系。
  • Martin has taken him into general partnership in his company.马丁已让他成为公司的普通合伙人。
学英语单词
a medical man
ahmadiyyas
air conditioning plant
air-cast
AIRAD
alma-tadema
alude
aparine
apraxias
aspect photocell
av.s
Bardenitz
bearing modulus
Birnin Kudu
boatswain birds
body-works
capitals of uruguay
carry over of foreign tax
categorems
catlick
cherrywoods
cling-on
coherent scattering
color tracter
control, process
crispier
Dhaulīganga
diribonucleotides
Duchesnea indica Fock.
duty assessment
finch-backed
fired coil
flat-type aluminium
flexor retinaculum
foamed fibre
food for work
hand-launder
holasteroid
hydraulic barker
hydraulic mule
hydroscopic movement
hypolemma
indeleble
Indo-Portuguese furniture
inspection of center line of berth
internal distance
intersection line
isoconfigurational
khalilzad
Lahontan Res.
latex granule
Le Folgoët
leading effect
loganairs
mammaluke
masquerade costume
maximal integral manifold
mec
megabyte
Midbea
Montmartre, Butte de
multibatches
musicianship
oblique photogrammetry
optical isolator
over and short
oxygen overpressure indicator
perpendicular cut
peter lombard
phase reverser
photoelectric power converter
photohyalography
pigginess
pinicortannic acid
pooling equilibrium
pouser
Primula strumosa
rectilinearly
Rockwell superficial hardness
roll-a-car hydraulic jack
rtj
rudzinskis
sending system
Sichem
single-crystals
sisnstsesrsfsesrsosns-s
slip-cloth
soma
sphrulocyte
sterntube
subtractive colour
symmetrical forging
tenaphalara acutipennis
thyreoglandular adenoma
tool point width
underconsumption of capital
Varoxil
vincentian
virtual register
wrangelia argus
yachtmen