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
abstractifies
acari-
accident handling of machinery
all wood
Aloperin
antigenic mimicry
aramco
atic
barcelo
Bede, the Venerable
bilge water alarm
bizz-bazz
bottom withdrawal tube method
bristling
British Hydromechanics Research Association
Canadianizations
castin metal
cellulose nitrate propellant
charging stream
chief petty officer's mess
clitoromegaly
consultancyexpert
contract under seal
coriander oil
critical dissolution temperature
curole chair
cutaneous necrotizing vasculitis
discharge printing
doctrine of substantial compliance
drip-(or spray-) type condenser
drive oscillator
eddy diffusivity
EM log
enigmatic, enigmatical
erosion of river banks
exudative pericarditis
felling marks
fixed retainer
flash tank
flavin adenine dinucleotide (fad)
florida-strain
formatted device
giga-sievert
glass board
got in touch with
gynozooid
helictical
hexose-phosphate isomerase
hippo fly
hornet's nests
hydroxyorganosilane
idle resources effect
intracranial vascular malformation
jitter transfer
Karpov, Anatoly Yevgenyevich
La Roca de la Sierra
large gas engine
limiting apparent magnitude
M scan
maintenaunce
Melloidae
memoizable
micro-fiche
microcoria
multiple perspective analysis
n2 implant
nesa glass
newmaps
nooner
outdoor scene
paralipophobia
pemphigus vulgaris
phages
pharmacien
planum sternale
play someone a low-down trick
potassium hydrogen saccharate
pythogenic
roll vortex
saturated fat
sea snipe
second of arc
selenium devices
Sisargas, Is.
some random x
speak-ups
starfishlike
striped skirt
sunsick
superrefined
swage process
synchronal
tobacco poisoning
town protal
two-wire telephone network
unscared
user-interface thread
Vendeennite
with dry eyes
zappily