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Unit 2 I’ll help to clean up the city parks
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Language points
1. The girl could visit the sick kids in the hospital to cheer them up.
1) could 情态动词,“能;可以”。 后接动词原形,在此用作提建议,语气比can委婉。
2) cheer up “使振奋;使高兴”。后接代词,代词要放在中间。
cheer v./n. 欢呼;喝彩 cheer on 为······加油喝彩
e.g. Most will probably be cheering on their favourite players.
多数人大概都会为自己喜欢的球员加油。
cheerful adj.快乐的;愉快的
2. The boy could give out food at the food bank.
give out在此处相当于hand out,是“动词+副词”型短语。
give out 分发;散发
The teacher is giving out books to the class.
Can you see the papers on the desk? Give them out
to the students.
【拓展延伸】 give out 的其他含义:
① 发出(光、热等)
The sun gives out light and heat to the earth.
② 耗尽;用尽;筋疲力尽;停止起作用
After two hours, her patience gave out.
Dance till my legs give out.
3. The girl could volunteer in an after-school study program to
teach kids .
volunteer
①v. 自愿做……
volunteer to do sth.
volunteer for sth.
e.g. They volunteered to help the poor students.
②n. 志愿者 ;义务工作者
e.g. It's great to be a volunteer.
4. We need to come up with a plan for the City Park Clean-up Day. 我们需要为“城市公园清洁日”想出一个计划。
1)need 是一个常见的动词,表示“需要”之意。它既可以作实义动词,也可以作情态动词。其具体用法如下:
need用作实义动词,有“必要”、“必需”之意,有人称、数和时态的变化,可以接名词、代词、动名词或带to 的动词不定式作宾语。
e.g. The man needs an English dictionary when he works.
Do you need to see him yourself ?
.need用作情态动词,意为“必须”、“必要”,没有人称、数等变化,后接不带to 的动词不定式。 通常用于疑问句和否定句中,构成疑问句和否定句时,不需要使用助动词。
e.g. Need you go to the park with your classmate?
He needn’t spend much money for this new watch.
【注意】 由need引出的疑问句,答语表肯定时用must或have to;表示否定时用needn’t或don’t have to。
A: Need I come to work tomorrow?
B: Yes, you must/have to.
A: Need I finish the work at once?
B: No, you needn’t/don’t have to.
2)come up with 意为“想出;提出” 后面常接idea、plan、answer、solution、advice 等名词。
同义短语:think up
e.g. She came up with a way to work out the math problem.
come up with 还可意为“追上;赶上”,相当于catch up with。
e.g. I will come up with you soon.
5. We can’t put off making a plan. 我们不能推迟