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Wednesday, October fifteenth, is the first Global Hand washing 
Day(世界洗手日). Activities are planned in more than twenty 
countries to get millions of people in the developing world to wash 
their hands with soap. Experts say people around the world wash 
their hands but very few use soap at so-called critical moments. 
These include after using the toilet, after cleaning a baby and before 
touching food.  
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critical 
·be critical to 
English is important to our future. 
It is important for us to know the truth. 
Your opinion is important to the project. 
 
include 
·The tour included a visit to the Science Museum. 
·The bill includes tax and service. 
·His job includes looking after under-21 teams. 
 
The organizers say all soaps are equally effective at removing 
disease-causing germs(病菌). They say the correct way to wash is to 
wet your hands with a small amount of water and cover them with 
soap. Rub (摩擦) it into all areas, including under the fingernails. 
Rub for at least twenty seconds. Then, rinse well under running 
water. Finally, dry your hands with a clean cloth or wave them in 
the air.  
 
touch 
·rub 
rub salt into the wound 
·scratch 
She ran at him and scratched his face  
·pat 
I bent down to pat the little puppy 
·tickle 
Stop tickling me! 
 
wash 
·Rinse  
wash my hair/rinse my hair 
rinse my mouth 
I’ll just rinse the vegetable under the tap. 
·Soak 
soak my shirt 
leave the fish to soak in the basin 
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     Experts say soap is important because it increases the time 
that people spend washing. Soap also helps to break up the dirt that 
hold most of the germs. And it usually leaves a pleasant smell, which 
makes people want to wash again.  
They say washing with soap before eating and after using the 
toilet could save more lives than any medicine. It could help reduce 
cases of diarrhea (痢疾) by almost half. And it could reduce deaths 
from pneumonia (肺炎) by one-fourth.  
 
increase(增加，增长)/reduce 
·The population has increased from 6 billion 10 years ago to 7 
billion now. 
·The population has increased by 1 billion. 
It is very necessary and important for people to form the good 
habit of washing their hands with soap, especially for children. It is 
not only good for ourselves but also others.  
 
habbit 
·develop, fall into, form, get into 
·I'm trying not to get into (= start) the habit of always having 
biscuits with my coffee.  
·I had fallen into my old bad habit of leaving everything until the 
last minute. 
·break,get out of, give up, kick 
·I'm trying to get him to break the habit of switching on the TV 
when he comes home at night. 
·我已经戒掉吸烟的坏习惯了 
 
 
 
单词  
include[in'klu:d] v. 包括    
create [kri'eit] v. 创造 
cause [kɔ:z] v. 引起    
increase [in'kri:s]  v. 增加 
form [fɔ:m] v. 形式 
disease[di'zi:z] n. 疾病 
pleasant['plezənt] adj. 令人愉快的 
developing[di'veləpiŋ] adj. 发展中的  
 
短语  
millions of 数百万的   
a small amount of  少量的 
cover...with...  用…覆盖… 
at least  至少 
break up 瓦解，崩溃；拆散  
2 
make sb. do sth.  让某人做某事 
save lives 挽救生命   
 
句型 
1．get sb. to do sth. 让某人做某人 
2．not only...but also… 不仅…而且… 
 
 
单词  
rub [rʌb] v. 擦    
rinse[rins] v. 冲洗 
remove[ri'mu:v]  v. 除去   
reduce [ri'dju:s]  v. 减少 
expert ['ekspə:t] n. 专家   
germ[dʒə:m] n. 细菌 
goal [ɡəul] n. 目标   
organizer ['ɔ:ɡənaizə] n. 组织者 
grease[ɡri:s] n. 油脂    
fingernail['fiŋɡəneil] n. 手指甲 
dirt[də:t] n. 污垢    
 
case [keis] n. 情况，实例 
agency ['eidʒənsi] n. 机构    
infection [in'fekʃən] n. 感染，传染 
critical ['kritikəl] adj. 关键的  
effective [i'fektiv]  adj. 有效的 
equally[‘i:kwəli]adv. 同样地，平等地  
 
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