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We've been talking about phrasal verbs related to cleaning.
我们一直在谈论与清洁有关的短语动词。
In today's lesson, I want to talk about some of the other ways we use these verbs that have nothing to do with house cleaning.
在今天的课程中，我想谈谈我们使用这些动词的其他用法，与打扫房屋无关。
Here they are. Let me tell you about a time I heard clean up here at work.
是这样。跟大家说一个我在工作中听到clean up这个词组的时候。
I wrote a lesson and sent it to John Russell to check.
我写了一节课，发给约翰·拉塞尔检查。
He marked it and it looked like this.
他在上面做了标记，看起来是这样的。
Before I put it on our website, John said, Jill, you'd better clean that up.
在我把它放到我们的网站上之前，约翰说，吉尔，你最好把它清理干净。
He meant I should remove the crossed out words.
他的意思是我应该把划掉的字去掉。
So now you know that you can use clean up with a written work.
现在你知道了，你可以在书面作业中使用clean up。
Let's look at another phrasal verb pick up.
我们来看看另一个短语动词pick up。
I had dinner plans last Saturday with some friends.
上周六我和几个朋友约好了共进晚餐。
So I told them I'll pick you up at 6 o'clock.
我告诉他们我6点去接他们。
That meant I would come to their home and we could travel together to the restaurant.
意思是我会去他们家，然后再一起去餐馆。
Another use of pick up is to buy something.
pick up的另一个用法是买东西。
On our way home from dinner, my friend said, can we stop at the grocery store?
在我们吃完晚饭回家的路上，我的朋友说，我们能在杂货店停一下吗？
I'm supposed to pick up some milk.
我需要去买点牛奶。
When we say we will pick up something, we mean we will buy or obtain it.
当我们说pick up某样东西时，意思是我们会购买或获得它。
Finally, let us look at wash up.
最后，我们再来看看wash up。
You have probably heard this in a transitive sense as in "let's wash up the dishes."
你可能听过它做及物动词时的用法，比如“我们洗碗吧”。
But you can also hear it in an intransitive sense without a direct object.
但你也会听到它做不及物动词时，不接宾语的用法。
When I called my children to come in for dinner as they were playing outside, they usually had dirty hands and faces.
孩子们在外面玩耍，我叫他们进来吃饭时，他们的手和脸通常都很脏。
So I said hurry and wash up before dinner.
所以我说快点，晚饭前要洗干净。
In this sense, wash up means to wash our hands or face.
在这个意义上，wash up的意思是洗手或洗脸。
And that's everyday grammar TV.
这就是日常语法电视节目。
