We love peace. But sometimes there are wars and disasters in the world. Peacekeepers help people in those places. They help us live happily in a peaceful world.

They come from more than 120 different countries， like China， the United Kingdom（英國）， the United States. The United Nations（UN，聯(lián)合國） gives orders（下命令） to them.

UN peacekeepers always wear light blue berets or helmets. So people call them Blue Berets or Blue Helmets. On their berets or helmets， there are two letters， UN.

The main task（主要任務） of the peacekeepers is to keep peace in the world. When there is a war somewhere， the peacekeepers go there to help people out of danger.

When there is an earthquake， a tsunami or other kinds of disasters， the peacekeepers go to help people there. They help to save people’s lives and build new houses.

They also help build roads and bridges， treat patients（治療病人）， transport materials（運輸物資） and clear explosives（清理爆炸物）.

There are very strict rules（嚴格的規(guī)定） for selecting peacekeepers. In China， a peacekeeper must be more than 25 years old. He or she has to work as a police officer（警察） for at least（至少） 5 years. A peacekeeper should be able to speak English. They should know UN rules very well. He or she must have good driving skills. And of course， they should be healthy.

If a person fits all the conditions， he or she can take an exam. The Ministry of Public Security（公安部） holds this exam.

After people pass the exam， they will go to receive training（接受培訓）. It takes about three months. They take many different classes in the training， like languages， shooting， driving， first aid（急救）， mine sweeping（掃雷） and learn how to live outdoors.

After the training， they have to pass a UN exam.

May 29 is the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers（聯(lián)合國維和人員國際日）. Every year the UN holds a ceremony for all peacekeepers on this day.

It makes us remember the peacekeepers working for the UN and the ones who lost their lives for the world.

peace /pi?s/ n. 和平 war /w??（r）/ n. 戰(zhàn)爭

disaster /d??zɑ?st?（r）/ n. 災難 peacekeeper /?pi?ski?p?（r）/ n. 和平衛(wèi)士

peaceful /?pi?sfl/ adj. 和平的 beret /?bere?/ n. 貝雷帽

helmet /?helm?t/ n. 頭盔 main /me?n/ adj. 主要的

task /tɑ?sk/ n. 任務 earthquake /???θkwe?k/ n. 地震

tsunami /tsu??nɑ?mi/ n. 海嘯 bridge /br?d?/ n. 橋梁

treat /tri?t/ v. 治療 patient /?pe??nt/ n. 病人

transport /?tr?nsp??t/ v. 運輸 material /m??t??ri?l/ n. 材料，物料

explosive /?k?spl??s?v/ n. 炸藥 strict /str?kt/ adj. 要求嚴格的

rule /ru?l/ n. 規(guī)章，條例 select /s??lekt/ v. 挑選

fit /f?t/ v. 適合，符合 condition /k?n?d??n/ n. 條件

hold /h??ld/ v. 舉辦 receive /r??si?v/ v. 接受

training /?tre?n??/ n. 訓練 shooting /??u?t??/ n. 射擊

mine /ma?n/ n. 地雷，水雷 sweeping /?swi?p??/ n. 打掃，清掃

ceremony /?ser?m?ni/ n. 儀式 lose /lu?z/ v. 失去（過去式：lost）

life /la?f/ n. 生命