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
3-Phenyl-1-butyn-3-ol
6-oxotestosterone
activity line
admissure
adrogate
albumose-free tuberculin
alms-houses
Amomum longipetiolatum
Ampelocissus artemisiifolia
as we know it
auger process
azel-scope
Bergamaschi
bicaste
breadheads
bvas
canonic
carboy
charg(ing) stock
commutating circuit
connecting rod bottom end bearing
customer's credit
Cynanchum anthonyanum
dacryocystostenosis
deoxypentose
deteriorated meat
diagonally
EA SPORTS
eachuss
end group titration
engage in conspiratorial activities
entrance lobby
exogenetic process
family ustilaginaceaes
finishing bay
flutter damper
free-verse
Gandhi
gnu superoptimiser
gyrodontium sacchari
harden ability
heart-stirring
heat of explosion
helical eyepiece
hydroxyestrones
insular species
interjects
jabaliyah
legal illiterate
line dislocation
Lower Ohio
maculae luteae
Marathon, Battle of
Maryland Estate
methisazone
mineral equilibrium
molybdoenzyme
monofills
mss (manufacturers standardization society)
nippostrongyluss
nonionics
obstinate
Omoloy
opinion survey
ozokerites
peakbaggers
pittacol
Play cool
pointilism
polus
prick-ears
PYGM
radiation cure
repeated transmission
roos
Saipāl
Sanwa Bank
scherbo
segmented solid rocket motor
shaftmond
shall we say
sheradizing
shut one's pan
skyline crane
slipshoe
socie'te' francaise de la viscose process
steel reinforced aluminium cable
streptothrical pseudotuberculosis
sub-spaces
tax-relateds
telecine
the pink of fashion
typhlomegaly
Urtica scorpionides
water-tight structure
wealthiness
wheedlers
Wilstedt
wingman
Wolf Bayou
woodworms
working state