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WEEK NINE THURSDAY
武汉司机助战“疫”
Who is the hero of our country?
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Volunteer drivers
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avoid doing sth. 避免做某事
in order to 为了,表目的
It is important (not) to do sth.
It 为形式主语,(不)做某事是重要的
unless 除非;引导条件状语从句
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Since COVID-19 outbroke ( 爆 发 ), most people in Wuhan have avoided going out in order to reduce the risk of being infected ( 感染 ).
Healthy people know it is very important not to go to hospitals in the city unless it is quite necessary, because many infected patients are being treated there.
However, a group of local volunteer drivers are doing exactly this...
However 表转折,引出本文主人公
Lead-in: situation
Why people in Wuhan avoid going out?
come up with 想出,提出(计划、想法等)
How can soldiers fight a war if they can’t make it to the battlefield?
士兵们如果上不了战场,怎么能打仗呢?
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However, a group of local volunteer drivers are doing exactly this by driving doctors and nurses between their homes and hospitals. As these doctors and nurses are treating patients every day, they are in close contact ( 接 触 ) with patients. It means that the drivers have an increased risk of infection.
“I was worried how doctors and nurses would commute ( 通 勤 ) to work. How can soldiers fight a war if they can’t make it to the battlefield?” said Huang Xiaomin, the organizer of the Wuhan 123 Volunteer Motorcade, so-named because he came up with the idea on Jan. 23.
be in close contact with 和……密切接触
Contributions:
what people do
this means “go to hospitals”
What’s the origin of “Wuhan 123 Volunteer Motorcade”?
As the old saying goes 俗话说的好
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Along with Huang, some warm-hearted people in the city have volunteered to drive doctors and nurses to work and transport medical supplies to hospitals.
Huang said, “As the old saying goes, ‘every man shares a common responsibility ( 责 任 ) for the fate of his country’. I was born and rais