今天我们要学的词是volunteer。 Volunteer, 是义务工作者、志愿者的意思。We need some volunteers to organize the event, 我们需要一些义务工作者，帮助组织这次活动。She has been doing a lot of volunteer work sinc...
In the early 1980s, Gordy Mengel served as a Peace Corps volunteer in an isolated community in what was then called Zaire, now Congo. I was placed somewhere in the middle part of the country, says Mengel. And in the small community where I lived ther...
In 1973, as a young birding instructor in Maine, Kress began transplanting hundreds of downy puffin chicks from Newfoundland to Eastern Egg Rock, and later on to several other Maine islands. Stephen Kress made his name by bringing Atlantic puffins ba...
Triple-digit gains on Wall Street have(口误) been wiped out. At last check, the Dow was down eight points at 10,443, NASDAQ losing 20 points at 2,289. We'll check back on those numbers a little bit later on. About 35% of the more than million homeo...
Sandra Jackson, 68, of Pasadena, Maryland says she believes that everyone has something to contribute to his or her community as she helps almost every day by giving rides to those who do not or cannot drive. She is making a difference by fostering a...
Washington, DC is known for some of the worst public schools in the United States. Most of the students who attend the city schools are black. Many come from poverty and perform poorly in reading and math. Steve Park, a South Korean immigrant who liv...
Most visitors to the Olympics come to enjoy the sporting events and take in the atmosphere. But a group of Washington D.C. students traveled to the Vancouver Winter Games to learn about sports marketing and management. Parke Brewer | Vancouver 26 Feb...
This is Scientific American's 60-Second Science. I'm Cynthia Graber. This will just take a minute. You know that warm feeling you get when you spend time with someone you love? How about the one that comes from wrapping your hands around a steaming m...
This is Scientific Americans 60-Second Science. Im Karen Hopkin. This will just take a minute. On March 18th, we told you that smoking doesnt make people happy. Well, we hear you ask, what will make me happy? What? What? Ok. First relax, then take ou...
California group uses animals in a therapeutic program for teenagers and disabled adults Rachel Abrams | Santa Clarita, California 15 April 2010 The Gentle Barn rescues abused and neglected animals that eventually become part of a therapeutic program...
