北师大初中英语八年级上--Unit10 les40-2

[00:00.00]CITY PARK CLEAN-UP¹
[00:04.44]In my school,we have organized² a program³
[00:07.95]to clean up public⁴ parks in the city.
[00:11.87]Every month,volunteers meet at a park
[00:16.05]and pick⁵ up the trash⁶
[00:18.09]and generally⁷ clean up the park.
[00:21.13]So far we have visited three parks,
[00:25.25]and we're going⁸ to visit more next month.
[00:30.80]CAR POOLS⁹
[00:33.22]A lot of parents drive the children to school.
[00:38.04]This increases¹⁰ air pollution¹¹.
[00:41.02]We've recently¹² organized car pools.
[00:44.38]Students have formed¹³ groups and their parents
[00:47.46]take turns driving them to school.
[00:50.22]This way,we have reduced¹⁴ the number of cars
[00:53.24]coming to school each day.
[00:55.26]Instead of four cars,there is one.
[00:57.50]

1 clean-up   

n.打扫；清洁

参考例句：

• I am giving the classroom a clean-up.我在打扫教室卫生。
• My mom did the clean-up yesterday.我妈妈昨天打扫卫生了。

2 organized   

adj.有组织的，有条理的v.组织( organize的过去式)

参考例句：

• I have organized the cleaning on a day-to-day basis , until our usual cleaner returns. 我已安排了在清洁工回来之前每天的清洁工作。
• an organized body of workers 一个有组织的工人团体

3 program   

n.节目，程序，计划；v.规划，拟...计划，制作节目

参考例句：

• He ran a program on a computer.他用电脑执行一个程序。
• I have a full program for my visit to London.我访问伦敦的日程安排得满满的。

4 public   

adj.公开的，众所周知的，公众的；n.公共场合，公众，同好者

参考例句：

• Most children go to public school.大多数孩子上的是公立学院。
• She is shy of speaking in public.她怯于在公众面前讲话。

5 pick   

n.精选，掘；鹤嘴锄；vt.摘，掘，凿，挑选，挖，挑剔；vi. 摘，掘，凿，挖，挑选

参考例句：

• Please don't pick the flowers.请勿攀折花木。
• We are going to pick apples.我们要去摘苹果。

6 trash   

n.(美)垃圾，废物；碎屑

参考例句：

• Put out the trash.把垃圾拿出去。
• Don't forget to throw away your trash.不要忘记把垃圾丢掉。

7 generally   

adv.一般地，通常；普遍地，广泛地

参考例句：

• We generally go to the sea for our holidays.我们通常去海边度假。
• Generally speaking,parents love their children.一般说来，父母爱他们的孩子。

8 going   

n.去，离去，地面(或道路)的状况，工作情况；(复数形式）goings: 行为；adj.进行中的，流行的，现存的

参考例句：

• We're going to listen to a report this afternoon. 今天下午我们要去听报告。
• He hates leaving the office and going on holiday.他不愿离开办公室去度假。

9 pools   

n.（前面与the连用）足球场；水池( pool的名词复数 )；（统称）备用人员；（液体等的）一滩；共同储金v.集中…共同使用，共用( pool的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• They've had a big win on the football pools. 他们在赌球中赢了一大笔钱。
• The town boasts four swimming pools. 这座城镇以拥有四个游泳池而自豪。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

10 increases   

n.增加量( increase的名词复数 )v.增加，增大，增多( increase的第三人称单数 )；增强，增进；[缝纫]放（针）；增强

参考例句：

• Gas and oil consumption always increases in cold weather. 燃气和燃油的消耗量在天冷时总会增加。
• I can see no possible justification for any further tax increases. 我看不出还能提出什么理由来进一步加税了。

11 pollution   

n.污染；污染物

参考例句：

• Pollution is a big problem.污染是个大问题。
• The new law will reduce pollution of the rivers.这条新法律将会减轻河流污染。

12 recently   

adv.近来，最近

参考例句：

• The book was published as recently as last week.这本书上周刚出版。
• The weather has been very snowy recently.近来天气多雪。

13 formed   

adj.成形的，成形加工的v.形成，构成，产生( form的过去式和过去分词 )；是；（使）成形；结成（友谊）

参考例句：

• The poor suburbs traditionally formed the bedrock of the party's support. 贫穷的郊区在传统上构成了支持该党的牢固基础。
• A few cushions formed a makeshift bed. 临时用几个垫子拼了一张床。

14 reduced   

adj.减少的，简化的v.换算( reduce的过去式和过去分词 )；约束；使变为；使变弱

参考例句：

• The town was reduced to ashes in the fighting. 在战斗中这座城镇已化为灰烬。
• It is desirable that interest rates should be reduced. 利率下调是可取的。