US Groups Working to Aid Quake Victims in Haiti

1.allowance n.津贴, 补助, 零用钱,补贴

例句:The pension includes an allowance of fifty pounds for traffic expenditures.
      年金中包括50镑交通费补贴。

      Government officials who travel on business are given traveling allowances.
       因公出差的政府官员享有出差补贴。

2.donate vt.vi.(尤指向慈善机构)捐赠,赠送

例句:He donated to cancer research.
      他捐款支持癌症的研究工作。

      They used to donate large sum of money to the Red Cross every year.
      他们过去每年都向红十字会捐献大笔的钱。

3.raise v.升起,举起,唤起,提高,使出现,使复活,提出,筹集;养育

例句:How were they going to raise enough money for it?
      他们怎样来为此筹集足够的资金呢?

4.predictable adj.可预言〔预报〕的,可预见的,可预料的

例句:a predictable disaster
      可以预言的灾祸

      Their actions follow a very predictable pattern.
      他们的行为遵循一个十分容易预测的模式。

1.At Jordan Catholic School in Rock Island, Illinois, students set up a money supply for Haiti.

set up建立,建造, 创立, 竖立

例句:Plenty of foreign firms have set up factories here.
      很多外国公司已在这里开办工厂。

      A monument was set up as a memorial to the dead soldiers.
      为阵亡将士立了一个纪念碑。

准备; 安排

例句:Will you set up the drinks while I look after the party food?
      你准备饮料, 我来料理宴会食品好吗?

2.Harry Covert says the key to re-building the school, and all of Haiti, is to make sure the work is done right.

make sure把事情弄清楚, 核实或查明某事物

例句:Go and make sure of the place and time.
      去把时间和地点弄清楚。

设法确保出现某事物

例句:We and our friends will make sure of that.
      我们和我们的朋友要确保这一点。