疫情期间学生作出贡献
With their school still closed and boredom setting in, a group of teenagers decided to do something meaningful.
Since April, students from Lake Highland Preparatory School in Florida, US, launched a free online tutoring service 1. ___________(help) younger students with their schoolwork.
Since then, Orlando Student Tutoring has lined up about 50 clients (顾客), all of them children doing assignments from home 2. ____________the coronavirus pandemic has shuttered campuses.
Their services, using Zoom, are open to any student who is interested. They’ve received signups from across central Florida and, much to 3. _______surprise, requests from students in other states such as California and Pennsylvania.
The service offers a respite (喘息) to parents 4. _______find teaching on top of their own job responsibilities a struggle and gives the teenagers something to do since they can no longer go to school, play sports or take part in clubs and other 5. _________(activity) .
The core group of tutors are members of Lake Highland’s robotics club. “We were all just so 6. ________(bore) ,” said Pavan Kanumalla, 17, who helped get the tutoring program running.
7. ________(know) the pandemic had done real damage 8. _____many others, they were “feeling guilty about being bored in quarantine,” he said.
While not sure 9. ________to do at first, the group settled on tutoring and was soon designing a website and lining up other students to serve as tutors.
The students plan to continue over the summer, 10. ____________(offer) fun, summer-camp type classes to younger kids.
1. boredom /ˈbɔːrdəm/ n. 厌倦；令人厌烦的事物
2. bored adj. 无聊的；无趣的；烦人的
boring /ˈbɔːrɪŋ/ adj. 无聊的；令人厌烦的
3. meaningful /ˈmiːnɪŋfl/ adj. 有意义的；意味深长的
4. launch /lɔːntʃ/ v. 发射（导弹、火箭等）；发起
5. tutor /ˈtuːtər/ n. 导师；家庭教师；助教 v. 辅导；约束；当家庭教师，当大学导师
6. service /ˈsɜːrvɪs/ n. 服务，服侍
7. line up排列起；整队
8. do assignments做作业
9. shutter /ˈʃʌtər/ vt. 为…装百叶窗；以百叶窗遮闭
10. campus /ˈkæmpəs/ n. （大学）校园；大学复数 campuses
11. interest /rɪˈsiːv/ vt.
12. receive /rɪˈsiːv/ vt. 收到；接待；接纳
13. signups注册 sign up for
14. center /ˈsentər/ n. 中心，中央
central /ˈsentrəl/ adj. 中心的；主要的；中枢的
15. request /rɪˈkwest/ n. 请求；需要 vt. 要求，请求
16. actually /ˈæktʃuəli/ adv. 实际上；事实上
17. responsibility /rɪˌspɑːnsəˈbɪləti/ n. 责任，职责；义务
responsible adj. 负责的，可靠的；有责任的
18. struggle/ˈstrʌɡl/ v. n. 奋斗；艰难地行进；斗争；搏斗；争夺；挣扎成名
19. club /klʌb/ n. 俱乐部，社团
20. core /kɔːr/ n. 核心；要点
21. robotics /roʊˈbɑːtɪks/ n. 机器人学
22. do damage to 损坏，损害
23. feel guilty about感到愧疚
24. quarantine/ˈkwɔːrəntiːn/ n. 检疫隔离期；隔离
25. settle /ˈsetl/ v. 解决；定居；安排
26. design /dɪˈzaɪn/ v. 设计，构思；计划
27. serve /sɜːrv/ vi. 服役，服务
28. impact /ˈɪmpækt/ n. 影响；效果
29. abandon 放弃，遗弃 abandon oneself to沉溺于
abandoned 被遗弃的，废弃的
1. design
by design 故意的=on purpose
be designed to do 被设计用来做
be designed for 为……而设计
1) 这条路线(route)是为了缓解（relieve）繁忙的交通而设计的。
This route is designed to relieve the heavy traffic .
2) 你认为他是故意的还是无意的不出现的？（by accident）
Do you think that he didn’t turn up by accident or by design ?
3) 这座为婚礼和其他庆典设计的建筑很漂亮。
This building which is designed for weddings and other celebrations is beautiful .
2. abandon
abandon oneself to
abandon doing
be abandoned to
4）由于沉迷于网络游戏，他没有通过考试。
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5)他们应该放弃考试作弊。
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6)她因为遗弃动物而感到有负罪感。
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3. serve
7)作为学生，你可以通过很多方式来服务社会。
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serve as 充当，担当
8) 质疑能祈祷帮我们寻求真理的桥梁作用。
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Abandoned to the internet games ,he didn’t pass the exam.
Abandoning himself to the Internet games , he didn’t pass the exam.
They should abandon cheating in the exams.
She felt guilty about abandoning an animal.
As students ,there are many ways in which you can serve the society.
Questioning can serve as a bridge that helps us to seek the truth.
1. to help 2. because 3. their 4. who 5. activities 6. bored 7. Knowing 8. to 9. what
10. offering
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