Unit 2 I’ll Help to Clean Up the City Parks – Vocabulary Explanation
1. clean up
The phrase “clean up” means to make a place clean. “Up” is an adverb, and this is a verb-adverb phrase. If the object is a pronoun, it should be placed in between the verb and the adverb. For example: “Please clean up this street at once.” If the object is a noun, it can be placed between the two words or after both words.
2. cheer up
The phrase “cheer up” means to become happy or more cheerful. It is a “verb + adverb” structure. “Cheer up” can be used as a transitive verb phrase or an intransitive verb phrase. For instance: “He cheered up at once when I agreed to help him.”
3. give out
“Give out” means to distribute or hand out something. It is a “verb + adverb” phrase verb. For example: “Can you give the drinks out, please?” It also has the meaning of emitting light, sound, or heat, or to run out of something.
4. put off
“Put off” means to postpone an event or delay it. It is a “verb + adverb” phrase verb, and it can take a noun, pronoun, or an infinitive as an object. For instance: “They put off the match because of the heavy rain.”
5. notice
In this unit, “notice” is used as a countable noun, which means a sign or公告. For example: “There is a notice on the wall saying ‘No Parking’.” It also has the meaning of attention or observation as an adjective or noun.
6. lonely
“Lonely” means feeling lonely or isolated, often with a strong emotional connotation, and can be used as an adjective or noun. It also means a place that is deserted or remote when used to describe a place, mostly as an adjective. For instance: “When his wife died, he was very lonely.”
7. raise
“Raise” is a transitive verb that means to collect money or funds. A common phrase with it is “raise sth. for sb./sth.”, which means to collect something for someone or something. For example: “We raise money for Hope Project.”
8. repair
“Repair” is a transitive verb that means to fix or mend something, especially houses or furniture. For instance: “He repairs old furniture.”
9. imagine
“Imagine” is a verb that means to form a mental image or picture of something that is not present or impossible to see. It can take nouns, pronouns, infinitives, or complex objects as its complement, and is often used in structures like “imagine doing sth.” For example: “We can’t imagine what China will be like in the future.”
Exercise:
I. English-Chinese Translation:
1. clean up – 打扫干净
2. cheer up – 变得高兴；振奋起来
3. used to do sth – 过去常常做某事
4. make a difference – 影响；有作用
5. come up with – 想出
6. run out of – 用光，用完
7 7. put off – 推迟（事件）等（后面接名词或代词）等（后面接名词或代词）等（后面接名词或代词）等（具体事项）等帮助完成某事情 （接名词等作宾语）情况等如求需要加等的）常须） 常指用于实现目的的物/体。类似于事物指代方式之一)的帮助某件事的物品；帮忙进行某项任务的东西等。如：帮忙修理物品等。具体事项等。如：帮忙修理物品等。具体事项等如，寻求帮助解决某项问题的事物。请翻译以下句子并练习：略（题目中已经给出了答案）II 根据句意及首字母和汉语提示写出所缺单词。略（题目中已经给出了答案）III 用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空。略（题目中已经给出了答案）请注意答案可能会根据语境的不同而略有不同，请根据具体情境来给出正确的翻译和答案。
