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
a fifth wheel
affain
Am-Zoer
angiospasma
armature smooth core
assembly and checkout
be outside
belgariad
bell book
billet on
born-to-be-wild
buns ya
business-related
center of floatation
chemical solution tank
Chrysothemis
cibachrome
circumlental space
combustion time
concavum pedis
customer-facing
Daoism
DGR
diazocane
discontinuee
discriptive item
epidermal teeth
ESC (escape character)
exercise management of
false lily of the valley
fish egg incubator
flame material
guillain barre syndrome
high hurdle
in chemical reaction branching
in-migration
iso-flotability flotation
isobavachin
kalitsounia
karmiloff-smith
Keiskea elsholtzioides
Kittson County
knife coating
Liantuo Formation
lose credit with
make every effort
malformed
Mespelbrunn
mineral property lease
miniator
miniscreen
Momboyo
muckling
Nioaque
not sorry
O.F.T.
obolos
oscillator-mixer-first detector
packet driver
palladium barrier leak detector
parsley
past recall
photochemical smog model
photographic reading
Pilotage Right
plant resources
Pregl, Fritz
prenanthes purpureas
pulling himself together
raise hopes
restrooms
sardonyx
sclerotised
shattercrack
shop packet summary list
singular verb
skins over
slashzine
soft resource
span-farthing
splendid achnatherum
subsistance
synergetic log
syser
tape splicer
teleangiectatic wart
telephone communication unit
thomasons
through route
tinder fungus
transient cavitation
translator station
tremella nivalis
turning circle
twes
twinning by merohedry
ullah
unattended standby time
unseen
veltman
vertical type induction unit
yachtlike