八年级英语下册第二单元知识点总结:Unit 2 I’ll help to clean up the city parks一、基本知识点1. sick 生病的,有病的;可在句中作表语Mary could not come because she is sick. 也可作定语a sick child 【区别ill】ill与sick同义;但是只在句中做表语,不做定语。Mary could not come because she is ill.2. cheer (sb.) up(让某人)变得高兴;振奋起来The good news cheered up everyone in our class.3. give out分发;散发,相当于hand out,The teacher is giving out/ handing out the test papers. give sth. out to sb. 意为 把某物分发给某人 。4. volunteer 【名词】志愿者 【动词】义务做,自愿做(某事)volunteer to do sth. 自愿做某事 , The girls could volunteer in an after-school study program.5. used to do sth.过去/曾经(常)做某事,表示过去的习惯、动作或状态,并强调现在已经不再存在或发生。 There used to be a cinema here. 这里曾有一个照相机。 They told me stories about the past and how things used to be. 他们告诉我关于这里过去的故事。 6. alone 【形容词】独自一人的,无感情色彩:The musician enjoyed living alone and writing songs himself. lonely (感到)孤独寂寞的,带有很强的感情色彩,可做表语或定语。The lonely boy is not lonely now.7. care for sb./sth.照顾;照料…… care 【名词】小心,关心take care of=look after →【动词】care about sb./sth.关心,在意某人/事 →【形容词】careful 仔细的 / careless 粗心的 →【副词】carefully 仔细地 8. such “这样的,这种,如此”,用于修饰名词 such+ a/ an+形容词+单数名词:such a good day 多么美好的一天 /such an exciting match 多么 精彩的比赛 such+形容词+复数名词/不可数名词:such important decisions 多么重要的建议 such delicious food 多么美味的食物 如果名词前被many, much, few, little修饰时,只能用so,而不用such:so many sick children/ so little time9. try out for…参加…选拔,争取成为…Thirty football players tried out for the Best Player of the year.try out试用,试验10. journey 【名词】(尤指长途)旅行,行程;trip【名词】多指短途旅行;travel【名词、动词】travel around the world →【名词】traveler旅行者11.【复习】be busy with sth. 忙于(做)什么事情 be busy doing sth. 忙于(做)什么事情 12.【复习】try doing sth. 试着去做某事 try to do sth. 尽力去做某事 try one’s best (to do sth.) 尽某人最大的努力去做某事 13.【复习】be worried about sb./ sth. = worry about sb./ sth. 担心某人、某事 14. raise money集资,筹钱;raise money for…为……筹钱 raise【动词】举起;提高;募集15. keep【动词】keep+名词,保留(某物);keep+形容词,保持16.【形容词】broken破损的,出毛病的;blind瞎的,失明的;deaf聋的;disabled有残疾的,丧失能力的;在句中做定语和表语。make it possible (for sb.) to do sth.使(某人)做某事成为可能,You helped to make it possible for me to have Lucky. make it +形容词(+for sb.) to do sth. 使(某人)做某事成为…; think/find it +形容词to do sth.18. make a difference to…对……有影响;对……有作用,difference前可以用no, any, some, much等修饰,如The rain made no difference to the game. Hard-working makes much difference to study.19. difficulty【可数/不可数】表示抽象意义的“困难”时为不可数;表示具体的“难题、难事”时为可数;have difficulty (in) doing sth.= have trouble (in) doing sth. 做某事有困难 20. train【动词】训练,trained为过去分词,可做定语,意为“受过训练的”a trained dog21. be excited about sth. 对某事感到兴奋 ,Everyone is excited about the good news. 【复习】excited意为 兴奋的,修饰人;exciting意为 令人兴奋/激动的,修饰物。22. order【名词】命令,指示;顺序,次序【动词】订购;点(菜)follow the order。23. change【动词】变化,改变It’s hard for a person to change his life(style). 【名词】变化;零钱 change A for B用A换成B:When you travel in China, remember to change US dollars for RMB.repair 【动词】修理,修补; fix【动词】安装;使固定 【fix up修理=repair】