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

February the 14th is National Condom Day. It aims to raise awareness 1 of safe sex and the reasons for it. Today we live in a world where unwanted pregnancies 2 and sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), including HIV/AIDS, are on the increase. This increase can be reversed with proper education, especially among young people. Half of reported STDs in the USA are among the age group 15-24. America’s Social Health Association encourages young people not to risk having sexual relations as the best way of avoiding STDs. However, it also recognizes that young people will choose to be sexually active and that it is essential to teach them about the importance of condoms and how to use them correctly.


Condoms have been used for over 400 years. They were originally made from the intestines 3 of animals. Since the nineteenth century, they have been the most popular method of contraception and birth control in the world. They have saved countless 4 lives and have prevented young girls from becoming pregnant. They are widely accepted in many countries, although the embarrassment  of talking about them has not yet disappeared. In other countries they are controversial and banned. The Roman Catholic Church opposes condom use. The demand for and use of condoms is growing rapidly. It is estimated people will buy 18.6 billion condoms in 2015.



1 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。
2 pregnancies
怀孕,妊娠( pregnancy的名词复数 )
  • Since the wartime population needed replenishment, pregnancies were a good sign. 最后一桩倒不失为好现象,战时人口正该补充。
  • She's had three pregnancies in four years. 她在四年中怀孕叁次。
3 intestines
n.肠( intestine的名词复数 )
  • Perhaps the most serious problems occur in the stomach and intestines. 最严重的问题或许出现在胃和肠里。 来自辞典例句
  • The traps of carnivorous plants function a little like the stomachs and small intestines of animals. 食肉植物的捕蝇器起着动物的胃和小肠的作用。 来自辞典例句
4 countless
adj.无数的,多得不计其数的
  • In the war countless innocent people lost their lives.在这场战争中无数无辜的人丧失了性命。
  • I've told you countless times.我已经告诉你无数遍了。
学英语单词
allod
arthropod-borne hemorrhagic fever
average surveyor
blackweed
Bondi, Sir Hermann
bournouses
calcium cyclamate dihydrate
cellulose phosphate
chimney pk.
chivy
classification of balance sheet items
corporate financing
crosetti
crystaljets
cyberflaneurs
Daphniphyllaceae
domestic intercorporate dividends
Dracks
excess arc
femoral condyle
fluorubin
formal representation
fraudulent misuse of funds
freezebrandings
gray poplar
grisewood
gun cotton
gunar
hack squats
have it out of someone
honeylike
hopping job
Hypopterygium
illes
Indesit
individual recognition
inner lip
interference location
interflows
internal source of radiation
landing gear limit speed
laser cross-beam velocimeter
liquefaction of gas
long distance telephoto lens
Lonicera acuminata
low-hangings
lubitz
magneto resistor
malfi
Massim
mercaptoethylation
mispleases
mixed martial arts
mooned around
mosaic photocathode
muramidase
New Basel Agreement
oestreich
out of number
passage ventilating duct
polyneuritic psychoses
private tap
private-use
prodromous
propylene hydration
provably
puling
punctus percontativus
radiation-shielding concrete
rocket assist
rope turn
Rose-catarrh
sailing permit
semi-mechanical installation
slip off
social engineer
sodium peroxodisulfate
spark blow-out coil
spruce beer
stay long
striatella delicatula
student personnel service
sunburst motif
surface catalysis
synchronized wave
szirtes
TAB/VAC
taper work
tiger rattlesnakes
to fancy
Toddalioideae
Top-set-bed
track gage and level
trifunctional
tunnel water proofing
uncandid
unstableness
up till
vedder's sign
vessel sinks
vest frottoirs
wricks