时间:2019-01-13 作者:英语课 分类:VOA标准英语2008年(六月)


英语课

By Scott Stearns
White House
01 June 2008


U.S. President George Bush is calling on young Americans to volunteer at home and abroad. VOA White House Correspondent Scott Stearns reports, Mr. Bush gave the commencement address at a university in South Carolina.
 







U.S. President George W. Bush delivers the commencement address at Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina, 31 May 2008




President Bush encouraged students graduating from Furman University to contribute to a rising culture of personal responsibility by serving others and being accountable to themselves and their families.

He said he has seen the spirit of service in Americans who are changing lives in Africa.

"Our citizens are teaching children in Ghana, helping 1 villagers fight malaria 2 and HIV/AIDS in Tanzania, and helping war-ravaged people recover and rebuild in Liberia," said President Bush. "These citizens are showing the world the true face of America - a kind and generous Nation that is meeting its responsibility to help the poor, the sick, and the hungry."

With American volunteerism near all-time highs, President Bush said much good work is being carried out by community and faith-based groups serving in soup kitchens, helping prisoners rejoin society, and inspiring young people in inner city classrooms.

Mr. Bush said the spirit of service also lives in those who proudly wear America's uniform.

"America is blessed to have citizens who volunteer in times of danger, and that includes some of you here today," he said. "You will leave Furman with more than a degree - you will also receive your commission as an officer in the United States military. I thank you for making the noble decision to serve. Your country is proud of you and so is your Commander-in-Chief."

It was a largely apolitical commencement speech without mention of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan or the president's struggles with Democrats 3 in Congress over warrantless wiretaps and a free trade agreement with Colombia.

On this year's presidential election, Mr. Bush noted 4 that it will be the first vote for many of the students. He asked them to do their duty by casting a ballot 5. If they are wondering who to vote for, he said he and South Carolina's Republican governor would be happy to offer a few suggestions.



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.疟疾
  • He had frequent attacks of malaria.他常患疟疾。
  • Malaria is a kind of serious malady.疟疾是一种严重的疾病。
n.民主主义者,民主人士( democrat的名词复数 )
  • The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。
  • The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。 来自《简明英汉词典》
adj.著名的,知名的
  • The local hotel is noted for its good table.当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。
  • Jim is noted for arriving late for work.吉姆上班迟到出了名。
n.(不记名)投票,投票总数,投票权;vi.投票
  • The members have demanded a ballot.会员们要求投票表决。
  • The union said they will ballot members on whether to strike.工会称他们将要求会员投票表决是否罢工。
学英语单词
'Ndrangheta
abstract family of language
acute radiation disease
air painter
amplifier drift tester
ballet masters
bench mold
biological altruism
Camellia villosa
chasidic
Cheese Effect
coffer-dam
condenser circulation pump
copper strips
CRIL
deficiency of pyrimidine 5-nucleotidase
deruralize
diethyimalonylurea
direct allocation of goods by the factory
dividend on shares
electrogram
enriched boron trifluoride neutron detector
equity-warrants
flagellosis
full buoyance
games room
gear shaper cutting
Gentiana faucipilosa
go to the bed
grip for threaded and shouldered specimen
group production control
Hindenburg, Paul von
hip prosthesis
hit it off with sb
hollow moulding machine
horse stone
ibices
ice scooter
inconsutile
induced transition cross section
intermetatarseum
juristical act of real right
KDC
kidneys
labial villi
linertrain
linker failure
log charging
marvick
mitigateth
muscular sac
nonimmunogenic
oral radiology
Pars transversa
pelelith
peracid
photoinhibition
polygyrids
populus simonii carr.
preemployment training programs
Psendocoprinus
radices spinales
receiver passband characteristic
renewer
reserve transaction account
rock pocket
rosette forming cell
RTCD
ruby-tail
Seguam Pass
set afloat
similien
soakerhose
sonnino
standard fixed costs
sterile devices
strawmanned
Styrax tonkinensis
subsequent production
sudorifics
sumber
swings at
Tacoma Narrows Bridge
talaunde
talmigold
three-pin plug
tie remover
tower furnace
Tsetsegnuur
TTPA
unfriable
usti
Vrpolje
walking potato digger
Wallacean
warming machine
water to water cooler
Wejia
whitney key
wield a good baton
winkle-picker
zastruga