VOA标准英语2012--Volunteers Step Up to Help in US After Isaac
时间：2018-12-08 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2012年(八月)
Volunteers Step Up to Help in US After Isaac
Hurricane Isaac caused serious flooding in rural communities outside New Orleans, forcing thousands of residents to evacuate 1.
Now, these Volunteers from AmeriCorps are helping 2 coordinate 3 the relief effort in some of those communities north of the city.
Most of the volunteers are recent college graduates who made a one-year commitment to serve in this government program. It provides disaster assistance and community service in the U.S.
Patrick Hess joined two months ago. He was helping rebuild houses in New Orleans destroyed by Hurricane Katrina in 2005 when he got the call to help out with the current relief effort.
“I'm from Virginia. We don't really have to deal with hurricanes or earthquakes or any of the major disasters, really. So I've seen minor 4 stuff but never something like flooding, like this,” said Hess.
For Samantha Perez, working at an evacuation center brings back memories. She's from the New Orleans area and her family had to evacuate during Hurricane Katrina. She said this is an opportunity to help others as she was helped.
“We got the call. We came out here, working nearly 16 hour days. We really feel like we're doing things, and we're doing what we came here to do, pretty much,” said Perez.
While working to the point of exhaustion 5, these young volunteers say they've gained as much as they have given to this relief effort, learning more about the world and about themselves.
- We must evacuate those soldiers at once!我们必须立即撤出这些士兵！
- They were planning to evacuate the seventy American officials still in the country.他们正计划转移仍滞留在该国的70名美国官员。
- 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。
- 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。
- The young actor was given a minor part in the new play.年轻的男演员在这出新戏里被分派担任一个小角色。
- I gave him a minor share of my wealth.我把小部分财产给了他。
- She slept the sleep of exhaustion.她因疲劳而酣睡。
- His exhaustion was obvious when he fell asleep standing.他站着睡着了，显然是太累了。