时间:2018-12-04 作者:英语课 分类:英语课程学习计划和讲义


英语课

February the 14th is National Condom Day. It aims to raise awareness 1 of safe sex and the reasons for it. Today we live in a world where unwanted pregnancies 2 and sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), including HIV/AIDS, are on the increase. This increase can be reversed with proper education, especially among young people. Half of reported STDs in the USA are among the age group 15-24. America’s Social Health Association encourages young people not to risk having sexual relations as the best way of avoiding STDs. However, it also recognizes that young people will choose to be sexually active and that it is essential to teach them about the importance of condoms and how to use them correctly.


Condoms have been used for over 400 years. They were originally made from the intestines 3 of animals. Since the nineteenth century, they have been the most popular method of contraception and birth control in the world. They have saved countless 4 lives and have prevented young girls from becoming pregnant. They are widely accepted in many countries, although the embarrassment  of talking about them has not yet disappeared. In other countries they are controversial and banned. The Roman Catholic Church opposes condom use. The demand for and use of condoms is growing rapidly. It is estimated people will buy 18.6 billion condoms in 2015.



1 awareness
n.意识,觉悟,懂事,明智
  • There is a general awareness that smoking is harmful.人们普遍认识到吸烟有害健康。
  • Environmental awareness has increased over the years.这些年来人们的环境意识增强了。
2 pregnancies
怀孕,妊娠( pregnancy的名词复数 )
  • Since the wartime population needed replenishment, pregnancies were a good sign. 最后一桩倒不失为好现象,战时人口正该补充。
  • She's had three pregnancies in four years. 她在四年中怀孕叁次。
3 intestines
n.肠( intestine的名词复数 )
  • Perhaps the most serious problems occur in the stomach and intestines. 最严重的问题或许出现在胃和肠里。 来自辞典例句
  • The traps of carnivorous plants function a little like the stomachs and small intestines of animals. 食肉植物的捕蝇器起着动物的胃和小肠的作用。 来自辞典例句
4 countless
adj.无数的,多得不计其数的
  • In the war countless innocent people lost their lives.在这场战争中无数无辜的人丧失了性命。
  • I've told you countless times.我已经告诉你无数遍了。
学英语单词
accesible
action query
autoannealing
axe handle
be-hind
benzoyl-methyl-ecgonine
blushings
border scale
bottle lining machine
boundary height
cabbage-green
canning plant
capital mobility case
centre of circle
classical astronomy
compass bowl
computer-games
concomitant radiation
constant vacuum carburetor
cultivation equipment
cysteamine oxygenase
data-ink
Diamantina Lakes
dogge
dynamic node addressing
ever now and again
fire retarding wood
flat volley
frequency bandwidth
general integral
geomantic
gigatesla
gland cock
group of locks
Hafursfell
harmful nitrogen
hemorrhagic dengue
high-gain linear circuit
hydraulic radius for fluid flow
inferring
internal arrangement
international adoption
irradiation-induced creep
Isatis indigotica Fort.
isolated species
jigger lifting piston
Kapuas River
kiwi fruit, kiwifruit
lutines
marine clastics
medium size
mockmain
mount on stilts
mudstain
multirotational
Naguree
nebraska tractor test
Neofelis nebulosa
non-technological
paradoxes
phloem island
pholidichthyid
pig-back kidney
pilot cell
pluricyclic
polymer plastics
Poulsen arc converter
provincial treasury
pustular melanosis
radio maritime letter
resonator-type silencer
Resoquine
rhabdomyomatosis
ronoes
Saratoga chip
satsumaimo
semi flush water tight hatch
serendipitists
social model
splay ceiling
szeless
Tarrant
telluric acid anhydride
temperately
thiovaline
third brush
third cuneiform bone
thought-image
thyroid storm
torque tester
unplatting
vicenzi
VLAC
vortex atomizer
wage-and-hour
wallenda
warriors dance (papua new guinea)
wilgus
William Dudley Haywood
Xaxis
xenocrystal