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
additional cycle redundancy check
airballs
aisle area
anacerase
antileprous sera
assign importance to
astronics astrionics
automobile horn
axle weight limit
bag-valve-mask respiration unit
basic-level market
beneath sb in attainments
bone spavin
branch on equality
brass ware
cantrap
canvasbacks
capacitive coded disk
caporegimes
catallactics
character class
chitchatter
common wormwoods
confirmation signalling
contragestion
cross rib
cultural objects
digressive (weinstein 1936)
dymbe
ethnomimetic
excurvature, excurvation
extended service
filesharers
flip-flop column system
free-floating
freshwater eel
gastral layer
geophysical effect
half-long vowel
have a grudge against
hich
high-modulus fiber
hold-over
IEM
imperfect equilibrium
isoluble matter
isozymic
job task analysis
Kamenice
Lake George
laser ophthalmoscope
liquid propane engine
liquid-suspension reactor
location of railway route selection
M. & S.
maintenance-free battery
Malakpur
mandibular neuromere
master apparatus
mechanical centering
middle weight
Nymitz operator
orthohexagonal axis
Panthera uncia
peipings
phlebolithiasis
podophyllines
possibility of nexus
post firing check
propeller disk
que lo que
Rabida, I.
retouchers
rocketdrome
romanzovite (romanzowite)
rough-textured
route via
S100A6
scattered bundle
scincids
share margin lending
Sialemesis
silver jennies
simple cauliflory
single shear single rivet joint
size of population
spare-crucible
spinal subdural abscess
Stilton
supply sample free of charge
take hair off the dog
tank proficiency course
teindable
telemeteorometry
terminal trunk
thelykinin
transparent foil
Trecastagni
untowards
veneer strip finger jointer
West Australian Current
whitewing