Unit 7 Charities 知识清单-2025-2026学年译林版八年级英语下册

Unit 7 Charities

1. Help and support can move mountains.

人齐心，泰山移。

2. read an interview with an Orbis doctor

阅读一篇对奥比斯医生的采访

3. better understand the importance of charities.

更好地理解慈善机构的重要性。

4. Many charities were created to help people in need.

许多慈善机构的创立是为了帮助有需要的人。

5. Let's learn about some famous charities and discuss how they help make a better world.

让我们了解一些著名的慈善机构，并讨论它们如何帮助创造更美好的世界。

 

Welcome to the unit

6. For example, I’ve heard of Operation Smile.

例如，我听说过“微笑行动”这个组织。

7. It was founded in 1982. 它成立于1982年。

found (vt.) 创建；建立

set up 建立，创立

8. There are about 6,000 medical volunteers in this organization.

这个组织大约有6000名医疗志愿者。

medicine (n.) 医学；药；            

modern medicine现代医学

medical (adj.) 医学的，医疗的；      

medical treatment医疗；medical research医学研究

9. Millions of children were born with lip problems.

数百万儿童出生时就伴有唇部问题。

10. It's difficult for them to breathe, eat and speak.

他们呼吸、进食和说话都很困难。

breathe (v.) 呼吸breathe heavily气喘吁吁

breath (n.) 呼吸out of breath上气不接下气

hold one’s breath屏住气take a deep breath深呼吸

11. Operation Smile provides them with free operations and medical care.

“微笑行动”为他们提供免费的手术和医疗服务。

12. Thanks to Operation Smile, every year, lots of children are helped and given a new life.

多亏了“微笑行动”，每年都有许多孩子得到帮助，重获新生。

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13. Over one billion people around the world are suffering from different kinds of eye problems, and about 90 per cent of these cases can be prevented or cured.

全世界有超过十亿人患有各种眼部疾病，其中大约90%的病例能被预防或治愈的。

prevent sb from doing sth 阻止某人做某事

sb be prevented from doing sth 某人被阻止做某事

14. However, many people don't have money for medical treatment.

然而，许多人没有钱接受医治。

treat (vt.) 医治；以…方式对待

treatment (n.) 治疗

15. Orbis’s Flying Eye Hospital Project was started in 1982 with the aim of helping patients in poor areas.

奥比斯的“飞行眼科医院”项目始于1982年，旨在帮助贫困地区的患者。

aim (n.) 目的，目标

the aim of… is to do sth …的目的是做…

aim (v.) 力争做到；瞄准aim to do sth 力争做某事

16. On the plane, volunteer doctors do operations.

在飞机上，志愿医生进行手术。

① operation (n.)手术；    

do/have an operation on sb在某人身上动手术

② operate (v.)做手术； 

operate on sb 在某人身上动手术

→ sb be operated on 某人被做手术

17. Why did Orbis choose to use a plane as a hospital?

奥比斯为什么选择用飞机作为医院？

18. Many of our patients can't afford to go to hospital, so we have to go to them.

我们的许多病人付不起去医院的钱，所以我们得去到他们那里。

afford (vt.) 能做，买得起

afford sth买得起某物

afford to do sth负担得起做某事

19. Our plane is also used as a training centre.

我们的飞机还被用作培训中心。

use…as… →… be used as… 被用作…

use… to do sth→… be used to do … 被用来做…

20. Local doctors and nurses are invited on board to learn about eye operations.

当地的医生和护士被邀请到飞机上学习眼科手术。

21. By training them, we hope more people will benefit from this.

通过培训他们，我们希望更多人能从中受益。

benefit (n.) 优势，益处，成效

be of benefit to… 对….有益

for the benefit of… 为了…的利益

benefit (v.) benefit… 使…受益

22. Last year more than 38,000 eye care training classes were held.

去年举办了超过38,000场眼科护理培训课。

23. How many operations do you do during a visit?

在一次出诊期间，你们做多少例手术？

24. During my last visit, 150 patients were operated on.

在我上一次出诊期间，为150名患者接受了手术。

25. We’re proud to help people see again.

我们为帮助人们重见光明而感到自豪。

proud (adj.) 自豪的，骄傲的

be proud of… 为…感到自豪

be proud to do sth 做某事感到骄傲

pride (n.) 骄傲；可引以为豪的人或物

the pride of…  …的骄傲

26. Is there anything else you’d like to say to our readers?

您还有什么想对我们的读者说的吗？

27. Modern medicine is developing quickly and now most eye problems and diseases can be treated and cured.

现代医学正在迅速发展，现在大多数眼部问题及疾病都可以得到治疗甚至治愈。

28. But we need more money to carry on with our work.

但我们需要更多的钱来继续我们的工作。

carry on with sth继续做某事

carry on doing sth 继续做某事

29. We hope more people will support us.

我们希望有更多的人来支持我们。

30. I’m sure this interview will help more people understand and support your important work.

我相信这篇采访会帮助更多人理解并支持你们的重要工作。

interview(v./n.) 采访；会见

interviewer采访者

interview sb=have an interview with sb采访某人

31. Thank you very much for your time.

非常感谢您抽出时间。

32. I am writing to express my deep thanks to you and everyone at Orbis.

我写信是为了向您和奥比斯的每一位成员表达我深深的谢意。

33. Last year, my eye problem was cured, and this has brought light and colour to my life.

去年，我的眼疾被治愈了，这给我的生活带来了光明和色彩。

34. For this, I am forever grateful.

为此，我永远感激不尽。

grateful (adj.) 感激的

be grateful to… 对…感激

be grateful to sb for… 因…而感激…

35. Before the operation, I lived in darkness.

手术前，我生活在黑暗中。

dark (adj.)深色的；黑暗的

(n.)黑暗，暗处in the dark在黑暗中

darkness (n.) 黑暗

in darkness 泛指处于黑暗的状态

in the darkness 特使某一处具体的暗处

36. I couldn't afford to go to hospital, and I was losing hope.

我付不起去医院的费用，渐渐失去了希望。

37. Thanks to Orbis, I was able to receive the medical treatment.

多亏了奥比斯，我才能接受到医治。

38. Now, so many things in my life have improved.

现在，我生活中的许多事情都改善了。

39. I can see the world around me clearly, and I have a better future.

我可以清楚地看到周围的世界，并且有了更美好的未来。

40. I can follow my dream of becoming a doctor.

我可以追随我成为医生的梦想了。

41. My aim is to work with a charity like Orbis.

我的目标是加入像奥比斯这样的慈善机构工作。

42. Many diseases, like the problem with my eyes, can be treated easily now, but a lot of people have to turn to charities for help because they don’t have enough money.

现在许多疾病，比如我患的眼病，都很容易治疗，但是很多人因为缺钱而不得不向慈善机构求助。

43. Thank you once again for changing my life！

再次感谢您改变了我的生活！

44. I hope you will carry on helping people for many years to come.

我希望你们在未来的许多年里能继续帮助人们。

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Grammar

45. A young boy was blinded in a car accident in January this year.

今年一月，一个小男孩因车祸失明了。

46. Two months later, he was cured by Orbis doctors.

两个月后，他被奥比斯的医生治愈了。

47. In addition to helping patients directly, Orbis does many other things.

除了直接帮助病人，奥比斯还做了许多其他事情。

① direct(adj.)直达的，直接的

directly (adv.)直接地→ indirect(adj.) 间接的

direction (n.)方向

       have a good sense of direction有方向感

in all directions=in every direction四面八方

direct (v.)导演；指导→director (n.)导演

② in addition to doing sth 除…之外（还）

in addition, +句子

besides (prep.) 除此之外（还有…） （包括）

       (adv.) 而且，此外

  except=except for (prep.) 除…之外 （不包括）

48. For example, local doctors and nurses are trained by Orbis so that they can better help patients.

例如，当地医生和护士接受奥比斯的培训，以便能更好地帮助病人。

49. With the help of Orbis and its volunteers, the lives of many patients with eye problems all over the world are improved.

在奥比斯及其志愿者的帮助下，全世界许多眼疾患者的生活得到了改善。

50. Charity activities are planned to help the poor.