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 　　Have you seen cars with a red nose on the front? Have you seen people wearing a red nose? Red Nose Day is August 24th. The purpose of Red Nose Day is to support sick children. People give money for a red nose. The money goes to the Cure Kids organization which funds research into children’s diseases like child cancer, sudden infant death syndrome1 (SID) and rheumatic fever which can affect the heart.

　　You can get a red nose for yourself or a big one for your car from the businesses that sponsor Red Nose Day. Many celebrities2 are also sponsoring Cure Kids. These include the All Blacks, TV personalities3, actors and comedians4. At 7.30pm on 24th, TV3 will have a comedy show which will include a new song by the Flight of the Conchords, New Zealand’s famous comedy pair.
　　Cure Kids says that it is a day of fun with a serious purpose.
　　Listen to March 23rd 2012 to hear about the Flight of the Conchords.
　　Vocabulary
　　?purpose – cause, reason
　　?funds – pays for
　　?SID – babies who die in their sleep when they are not sick
　　?celebrities – famous people like pop stars
　　?personalities – people
　　Businesses where you can get your red nose: Paper Plus, Take Note, Harvey Norman, Pumpkin Patch, Avis and Budget Car Rentals, Mico Plumbing and Pipelines

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1 syndrome uqBwu     
n.综合病症；并存特性
参考例句：
  • The Institute says that an unidentified virus is to blame for the syndrome. 该研究所表示,引起这种综合症的是一种尚未确认的病毒。
  • Results indicated that 11 fetuses had Down syndrome. 结果表明有11个胎儿患有唐氏综合征。
2 celebrities d38f03cca59ea1056c17b4467ee0b769     
n.（尤指娱乐界的）名人( celebrity的名词复数 )；名流；名声；名誉
参考例句：
  • He only invited A-list celebrities to his parties. 他只邀请头等名流参加他的聚会。
  • a TV chat show full of B-list celebrities 由众多二流人物参加的电视访谈节目
3 personalities ylOzsg     
n. 诽谤，（对某人容貌、性格等所进行的）人身攻击； 人身攻击；人格, 个性, 名人( personality的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • There seemed to be a degree of personalities in her remarks.她话里有些人身攻击的成分。
  • Personalities are not in good taste in general conversation.在一般的谈话中诽谤他人是不高尚的。
4 comedians efcac24154f4452751c4385767145187     
n.喜剧演员，丑角( comedian的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • The voice was rich, lordly, Harvardish, like all the boring radio comedians'imitations. 声音浑厚、威严，俨然是哈佛出身的气派，就跟无线电里所有的滑稽演员叫人已经听腻的模仿完全一样。 来自辞典例句
  • He distracted them by joking and imitating movie and radio comedians. 他用开玩笑的方法或者模仿电影及广播中的滑稽演员来对付他们。 来自辞典例句

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