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
15-crown-5
abbreviated formula
acholic
Actinidia lanceolata
adjacent zone
administrative economic law
Andean flamingo
astatic watt hour
astigmatizer
barium peroxodisulfate
below-sea level contour
beltzville l.
bi-asexual
blastogeneses
bong hit
break-journey
business application
Byssopteria
cashocracy
centring amplifier
cistron (benzer 1957)
clip-joint
coal mining
combinatorially
contestees
daturas
dray classifier
electronome
elizabethan-style
endorsement after protest
escape someone's remembrance
etamfeate
European Defence Community
experimental tests
filamentization
flight surgery
flight-control
fly-blown
given names
Hemax
homo-oligomers
impulse volume ratio
in the loss of question
installed weight
intitled
jadassohn's naevus phakomatosis
kekere
kinociliary
limosina brevicostata
linkage system
local fallout
longitudinal resonator transducer
maikops
margant
merv (mary)
methyl-orange test paper
microinjectiontechnique
missteering
multiple phase shift keying
mutual exclusive call
navy C test piece
neck body
newspaper bundle sorter
nodi lymphatici juxta-intestinales
often-cited
optical allachesthesia
ostentious
patrisia
pebble gravel
perked up
petrified roses
polyphagous animal
posticuslahmung
precipitate
pretty passes
propeller shaft slip joint
radial network
rational invariant
reactor technology
room temperature superconductor
rotor arm
salicyl alcohol glucoside
scrow
section-line
sic something on someone
Side-drain
sious
small office / home office
smart growth
Spslp
St-Pierre-de-la-Fage
station yard radiophone
targeters
teacher alientation
teagarden
termest
to a greater degree
tolperison
trade term
vein scissors
venous hemorrhage
whistling thorn