时间:2019-02-07 作者:英语课 分类:新西兰英语


英语课

  The World Rowing Championships finished today after 10 very successful days. It was windy on two days but mostly the weather was good and today it was perfect. A large number of spectators 1 attended. Today, 15,243 spectators came to see the finals and the total for the whole 10 days was 66,771 which is a record for world rowing championships in any country. FISA, which is the international organisation 2, was very pleased with the whole event.

Great Britain finished with the most medals: 5 gold medals, 5 silver and 1 bronze. Germany was second with 5 gold, 1 silver and 3 bronze. New Zealand was third with 3 gold, 3 silver and 4 bronze.

While some countries which are new to rowing did not win any medals it was a chance for them to compete in a world event. New Zealand supplied boats for many of these countries because it was too expensive for them to bring their own boats.

In the adaptive events, there were races for physically 3 disabled athletes and for intellectually disabled athletes. The normal course of 2,000m was shortened 4 to 1,000m for the adaptive events. They started halfway 5 down the course so they could finish in front of the main spectators’ stand.

The championships finished when four Maori waka, (boats), with 40 men in each waka, paddled across the lake. They then performed a haka to mark the end of the world rowing championships in New Zealand. It was a very impressive performance.

The organisers of the championships had the help of 600 volunteers. They can all feel proud of the great success of their efforts.

Questions

1. More than 800 people applied 6 to be a volunteer but not all were chosen. Why do you think so many people wanted to volunteer? What kind of jobs did they do?

2. In our society, many people do volunteer work. What kind of volunteer work do they do? Do you know any volunteers?



n.观众,旁观者( spectator的名词复数 )
  • The spectators were wilting visibly in the hot sun. 看得出观众在炎热的阳光下快支撑不住了。
  • The policemen asked the spectators to stand well back. 警察要求旁观者靠后站。 来自《简明英汉词典》
n.组织,安排,团体,有机休
  • The method of his organisation work is worth commending.他的组织工作的方法值得称道。
  • His application for membership of the organisation was rejected.他想要加入该组织的申请遭到了拒绝。
adj.物质上,体格上,身体上,按自然规律
  • He was out of sorts physically,as well as disordered mentally.他浑身不舒服,心绪也很乱。
  • Every time I think about it I feel physically sick.一想起那件事我就感到极恶心。
v.弄短,缩短( shorten的过去式和过去分词 )
  • She shortened the skirt by an inch. 她把裙子缩短了一英寸。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Vacations have lengthened and the work week has shortened. 假期延长,工作周就缩短了。 来自辞典例句
adj.中途的,不彻底的,部分的;adv.半路地,在中途,在半途
  • We had got only halfway when it began to get dark.走到半路,天就黑了。
  • In study the worst danger is give up halfway.在学习上,最忌讳的是有始无终。
adj.应用的;v.应用,适用
  • She plans to take a course in applied linguistics.她打算学习应用语言学课程。
  • This cream is best applied to the face at night.这种乳霜最好晚上擦脸用。
学英语单词
Acanthocoras
addressed store
adjusting idler wheel
aftergrowth
avoidable fixed cost
bargained for
Bothrops jararaca
butyl stearate
caipira
carry-over point
Chondrobranchii
chromatogram homogeneity
closed network model
coccidioidosis
Colmor
compost bacteria
contact wear
crank shaft bearing
dearomatising
decology
deficiency of stomach yin
desmosome
dynacords
eigen-value
Ektyl
farm production control technique
flattenedregion
fleabites
gaillardcut
gelatin paper
goods of the contract description
great land
greisens
helical orbit beta-ray spectrometer
hevery
homileticss
ideographical
Igunga
intack
interfirm network
internal mammary vein
isopotentials
Ladoxaprine
leipzigs
limitededition
liquid application
long nozzle heel nailing machine
longmonts
made demands of
main schedule
mangunel
Maranta arundinacea L.
melanocratic rock
metalloaminopeptidase
military emergency regime
milk loaf
mock standard
mondull
nadb
nick us
nonfat dry milks
nonleprotic
numeri clausi
on full pay
optimal value function
overabundant yin
parliamentary train
paternal acres
periosteophyte
phenological season
pilot laboratory
plecotuss
projection aligner
ram cichlids
reduced state classification
ristomycin
rope-a-dope
rough ... up
SAHRP
sarafino
schadenfreuders
sherpas
side cam
silver-leaved nightshades
slick sth down
sparse-matrix
sub-zero treatment device
telecommunication center
teledium
thornlet
tidal sea
to be at the receiving end
to throttle
Togdheer, Gobolka
total footage
travellest
twin choke
two-dimensional finite element method
unreconciled
us headquarters
variipennis
Yambean