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 They were originally made from the intestines 3 of animals.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
acanthosomatids
acelene glycol
alternate juror
American pasqueflower
amiable composition clause
amlcds
Angeleno
bag strapping
bake powder
be in a bad skin
bicrinolo
blocknumber
buckayro
carack
castle-soap
check bouncer
co-axes
control word address
deep-mine
depreciation double declining balance method
disspirits
distributor gears
do-overs
eigh-teenth
episcleral arterys
equivalent luminance
erythema marginatum rheumaticum
ex gratia
fall wind
flip flop counter
fluit
fuel assembly gripping tool
fusion breeder
gastroselective
general integral
genome-analysis
gloatings
grand marshal
greening factor of plant area
heat extraction coefficient
homonegativity
homoneura (minettioides) fumipennis
incoming line circuit
ion atmosphere radius
jetstream
joffrey ballet
justifiable defense
lattice points
lever-action strut
liquid-solid chdmical reaction
liquid-vapor chemical reaction
lock in effect
macroconchs
Mata ebenos
material turnover
medical (activated) charcoal
metal-to-metal fit
Methamphin
mobile source of pollution
molecular devices and machines
moored condition
nuclear burning
parts stock list
phase-contrast microscopy
plausible futures
Plesetsk
polar,polar curve
polygon structure
precast hole
preserve peace
Protoariciinae
pump bypass
radial collateral ligament of carpus
reduction by lithium aluminium hydride
restitutio
revenue officer
row crop equipment
seasoning
self-ventilated type
single-well pumping
soldering plating
solidifying characteristic of oil
sporodermis
stabilization print
Stainach
staniford
static calibration
status report
steelman language
thermionic energy converter
Top-breakage
torrerts
tout about/around
track relay transformer
trammeler
triforia
trigonocarpus
Ujazd
Ulmus serotina
vitaminK6
winnat
Young's operation