VOA标准英语2010年-Donations for Haiti Fill Washington Wa
时间：2019-02-07 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2010年(一月)
People across Washington took time during a nationwide holiday Monday to support earthquake relief efforts for Haiti. Local emergency officials, community activists 1 and area residents helped fill one warehouse 2 with boxes of supplies, intended for the devastated 3 Caribbean nation.
Throughout the day emergency workers and volunteers in Washington loaded moving vans with donated supplies destined 4 for Haiti...
Volunteers boxed clothing, medical supplies and other items at this hospital warehouse in southeast Washington.
Washington's local government helped to coordinate 5 aid efforts by
Washington's Haitian Embassy 6, and the Greater Washington Haitian Relief Committee.
With schools closed for a holiday, some parents took the opportunity to teach their children a lesson in charity.
"Well, actually I was scheduled to work this morning," said Dorinda Bowers 7. "When I got up at 5:30, I saw on the news that they needed a lot of help, and I called into my job and said I needed to take a short day vacation, because I needed my son to be a part of what was going on."
"Like it was just the Christmas season and they opened a bunch of gifts, and they know how good it feels to get gifts, but you know, I wanted them to see how good it feels to give back too," said Tony Prestipino.
"When we were watching the news, it seemed really bad, you know, like most of the hospitals went down and we need to give them food," said Amanda Prestipino.
At the Haitian Embassy, people continued to bring donations Monday. One man from Brooklyn, New York is heading to Haiti to help with relief efforts.
"My wife and kids, you know, we were all crying the other day when we saw it on TV," said Philip Backur. "That's why I came yesterday to help, to be part of this."
Local officials are urging people to donate money, rather than more items, to help defray the cost of relief efforts.
They say the first shipment 8 from the warehouse should arrive in Haiti in a few days.
Meanwhile, U.S. President Barack Obama took time to personally thank American Red Cross workers in Washington.
- His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了动物权益维护者的抨击。
- Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- We freighted the goods to the warehouse by truck.我们用卡车把货物运到仓库。
- The manager wants to clear off the old stocks in the warehouse.经理想把仓库里积压的存货处理掉。
- The bomb devastated much of the old part of the city. 这颗炸弹炸毁了旧城的一大片地方。
- His family is absolutely devastated. 他的一家感到极为震惊。
- It was destined that they would marry.他们结婚是缘分。
- The shipment is destined for America.这批货物将运往美国。
- You must coordinate what you said with what you did.你必须使你的言行一致。
- Maybe we can coordinate the relation of them.或许我们可以调和他们之间的关系。
- Large crowd demonstrated outside the British Embassy.很多群众在英国大使馆外面示威。
- He's a U.S. diplomat assigned to the embassy in London.他是美国驻伦敦大使馆的一名外交官。
- If Mr Bowers is right, low government-bond yields could lose their appeal and equities could rebound. 如果鲍尔斯先生的预计是对的，那么低收益的国债将会失去吸引力同时股价将会反弹。 来自互联网