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Unit4 Breaking boundaries
MY 100 DAYS WITH MSF
language point
It assists people based on need, regardless of which country they are from.
v. 协助,帮助
assistant n. 帮手,助理
assistance n. 帮助
assist sb to do sth 帮助某人做某事
help sb (to) do sth 帮助某人做某事
base on 基于,以...为根据
base n. 基础 v. 以…为据点
basic adj. 基础的
basically adv. 基本上
不管,不顾
despite 即使; 尽管
宾从,做定语
Practice
1. My job is somewhere between a secretary and a personal (assist).
2. You are expected to assist you mother . (make) cake.
3. He is running the school with the (assist) of five volunteers.
4. (regard) of danger, he is running the school.
assistant
to make
assistance
Regardless
5. He always remembered the day his father returned from America
6. Edison based his ideas scientific experiment.
7. A (base)sense of rhythm and pitch (音高感) is essential in a music teacher
8. (basic), the article can be summarized in three sentences
when
on
basic
Basically
Today we celebrate. It’s exactly one month since the last reported case. But it is vital not to take any chances. So, 20 health care workers from almost as many countries, comrades in arms, raise virtual glasses to each other.
celebrate v. 庆祝
celebration n. 庆典;庆祝活动
It is / has been+ 一段时间+since…
自从……至今已经多久了
since后面的句子一般用一般过去时
It is/has been ten years since he left the airline
vital adj.极其重要的
It is vital to do sth 做某事很重要
冒任何风险
by chance / accident
偶然地,意外地
have a chance of doing /to do sth. 有机会做某事
virtual glasses意为“虚拟的酒杯”,根据前文作者提到最近一个月来没有上报感染病例,因此此处意思是来自世界各地的无国界医生们象征性地举杯庆祝。
virtual 意为“虚拟的”。
With each person I met, I felt a growing sense of pride as part of this extraordinary team, whose devotion to the cause shone from their eyes.
a sense of +n. ...感
pride n.自豪
proud adj. 自豪的
adj. 非凡的
devotion n.奉献,忠诚
devotion to 对……的奉献
devote v. 致力,献身
devoted adj. 挚爱的;忠诚的
be devoted to(doing) sth. 致力于做某事
事业
9. What’s more, I consider it a