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Volunteering at the Zoo 当动物园义工

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Elisa and Lucas are talking in the hallway at school.  艾莉莎和卢卡斯在学校走廊聊天。

Elisa: I’m excited about doing volunteer work this semester. 我对这学期要做的志工活动感到很兴奋。

Lucas: Oh, you mean the community service Ms. Lee asked us to do? 哦，你是说李老师要我们去做的小区服务吗？

Elisa: Yes. Don’t tell me you ___1___about it. 是啊，别跟我说你忘记了。

Lucas: No. I’m looking forward to it ___2___. 才不呢，我也很期待。

Elisa: But who should we help? I suggest we work at the zoo. 但我们该帮助谁呢？我建议我们去动物园做服务。

Lucas: I’d rather clean up the ___3___. It’s so polluted. 我宁愿去净滩，海边污染很严重。

Elisa: Come on! Think of the adorable animals!  拜托！想想那些可爱的动物！

Lucas: OK, I ___4___I can go, but just this once. 好，我觉得我可以去，但就这么一次。

Elisa: I’m not ___5___you, Lucas. By working at the zoo we could kill two birds with one stone. 我没有在逼你喔，卢卡斯。去动物园服务还能一石二鸟。

Lucas: What do you ___6___?  什么意思？

Elisa: Well, we have to finish that big ___7___for biology class so…  嗯，我们必须完成那个很大的生物课报告，所以…

Lucas: That’s right. We could do some research at the zoo while we ___8___. 没错，我们可以在做服务的同时，也在动物园里做些研究。

Elisa: So, are you in? 所以，你要来吗？

Lucas: Yep, we can collect ___9___at the beach some other time. 好啊，我们可以改天再去海边捡垃圾。

The bell rings. Lucas and Elisa head to class. 铃声响起，卢卡斯和艾莉莎回教室。

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semester [səˋmɛstɚ] n. 一学期

Next semester I will take classes in science, English, and math.

community [kəˋmjunətɪ] service小区服务; （小区）无偿服务，义务劳动

Our club does community service projects such as cleaning up trash.

suggest [səˋdʒɛst] v. 建议

My father suggested that I should start saving more of my money.

biology [baɪˋɑlədʒɪ] n. 生物学

She is studying animal biology and hopes to work as a zookeeper one day.

research [rɪˋsɝtʃ] n.（学术）研究

Scientists are doing research to find a cure for the deadly diseases.

collect [kəˋlɛkt] v. 收集

The young boy collects toys and puts them on a shelf in his room.

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adorable [əˋdorəb!] adj.【口】可爱的

kill two birds with one stone 一石二鸟; 一箭双鵰; 一举两得

help out  帮助...摆脱困难

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Elisa and Lucas are working their first day at the zoo. 艾莉莎和卢卡斯第天在动物园服务。

Elisa: I can’t wait to start working. Aren’t you excited? 我等不及要开始工作了，你都不兴奋吗？

Lucas: Not really. I ___1___an idiot wearing this silly vest and stupid panda hat. 还好耶，我觉得自己像个穿着可笑背心、戴着愚蠢猫熊帽子的傻瓜。

Elisa: ___2___, you look cute. Your nametag is crooked though. Let me adjust it. 拜托，你看起来很可爱。但你的名牌歪掉了，我帮你调整一下。

Lucas: Thanks. But what are we supposed to do now? 谢谢。那我们现在应该要做什么？

Elisa: We just guide visitors by giving directions over the loudspeaker. 我们就用扩音喇叭帮游客指引方向。

Lucas: ___3___enough. It should be a piece of cake. 听起来有够简单，应该像吃饭一样容易。

Elisa and Lucas take turns speaking to guests. After several hours, they feel tired. 艾莉莎和卢卡斯轮流向游客说明指示。几个小时后，他们感到疲惫。

Lucas: I’m so exhausted. Talking nonstop for hours isn’t easy. 我精疲力尽了，一直不停说话好几个小时真的不简单。

Elisa: Yeah. I felt nervous ___4___all those visitors. It was tiring, too. 是啊，我觉得处理所有游客的问题让我好紧张，而且也很累人。

Lucas: I guess this job isn’t ___5___it looks. 我觉得这份工作并不像看起来那么容易。

Elisa: Look in the bright side. When our shift is over, we can see the baby panda ___6___. 往好处想，我们排班的时间结束时，就可以免费去看猫熊宝宝了。

Lucas: you’re right. We can do it! 没有错，我们要去！

Lucas smiles and they continue talking to visitors. 卢卡斯笑了，而他们也继续向游客指导说明。

－by Jamie Blackler

单词发音

Vocabulary

vest [vɛst] n.【美】背心

Everyone who works at this store wears a vest with the company name on it.

adjust [əˋdʒʌst] v. 调整

He kept adjusting his hat because it was too big for him.

loudspeaker [ˋlaʊdˋspikɚ] n. 扩声器，喇叭

The teacher used a loudspeaker to tell everyone to stay in line.

exhausted [ɪgˋzɔstɪd] adj. 精疲力竭的

exhaust v. 精疲力尽

I feel exhausted when I get home after working all day.

nervous [ˋnɝvəs] adj. 紧张不安的

The singer was nervous before the first time she went on stage.

shift [ʃɪft] n. 轮班

I usually work the evening shift and can get up late in the morning.

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nametag [ˋnem͵tæg]〔胸前佩带的〕姓名牌

crooked [ˋkrʊkɪd] adj. 歪的，弯曲的

a piece of cake【口】容易的事

nonstop  [nɑnˋstɑp] adv. 不休息地；不断地