1、Lesson 6 Percy Buttons 【New words and expressions】 beggar n. 乞丐 food n. 食物 pocket n. 衣服口袋 call v. 拜訪，光顧beggar n. 乞丐 beg v.乞求 I beg your pardon? beg for 乞求得到 ask for 請求得到（ask sb. for sth. 向某人索要某物）food n. 食物（不可數） a lot of foodpocket n. 衣服口袋 inner pocket 內口袋；jacket pocket 夾克的口袋；coat pocket 大衣口袋 pocket

2、book 袖珍書；pocket dictionary 袖珍詞典 pocket pick 車上的小偷 pocket money (小孩的)零花錢 change 零錢 beer money (男人的)零花錢call v. 拜訪, 光顧 vt.&vi. 叫，喊 I heard someone calling. call out =shout 大聲喊 vt. 呼喚，召喚 Lucy is sick. Please call a doctor. vi. 訪問，拜訪；（車、船等）?？?Amy called (at our house) yesterday. The train calls at la

3、rge stations only. 這列火車只停大站。 call on sb.拜訪某人 I will call on you. 我要去你家。 call at+地點visit someplace拜訪某地 I will call at your home. 我要去你家。 vt.&vi. 打電話 call sb =call up sb. 給某人打電話 call back 回某人電話 Can you take a message for me? =Can you tell him to call back? call in sb. 招集和邀請某人 For the project, the g

4、overnment called in a lot of experts. I have just moved to a house in Bridge Street. Yesterday a beggar knocked at my door. He asked me for a meal and a glass of beer. In return for this, the beggar stood on his head and sang songs. I gave him a meal. He ate the food and drank the beer. Then he put

5、a piece of cheese in his pocket and went away. Later a neighbour told me about him. Everybody knows him. His name is Percy Buttons. He calls at every house in the street once a month and always asks for a meal and a glass of beer. 【課文講解】 1、Yesterday a beggar knocked at my door. knock v. 敲門 vi. 敲門 I

6、knocked, but no one answered. knock at 敲（門、窗等） knock at the door；knock at the window vt.&vi. 碰撞 You always knock things off the table. 你總是碰掉桌上的東西。 Jim was knocked over by a bus this morning. 今天上午吉姆被一輛公共汽車撞倒了。 She has knocked a cup over again. 她又碰倒了一個杯子。 vt. 把（某人）打成狀態 He knocked Tom out yesterday

7、. 他昨天把湯姆打昏過去了。 與off連用時有一些特殊含義，一般用于口語 vt. （價格上）減去，除去，打折扣 They knocked five dollars off the price of the coat. The shop assistant knocked 10% off the bill.（He reduced the price by 10%.） vi. 下班，停止，中斷（工作等） When do you usually knock off? 你一般什么時候下班？ He knocked off for lunch at half past eleven. 他十一點半休息吃中午

8、飯。2、He asked me for a meal and a glass of beer. ask (sb.) for sth =request for sth. 問某人要什么東西 （for為了這個目的去請求某人, sb.更多的時候不出現, ask for sth.） The boy asked (his parents)for money again/once more.3、In return for this, the beggar stood on his head and sang songs.in return for this 作為對的回報，作為交換（this 在代詞當中常常指

9、代上文的一件事情）Ill buy a present for him in return for hospitality. （hospitality adj. 熱情）in return 作為回報You lent me this interesting book last month. In return (for it), Ill show you some picture books.In return for your help, I invite you to spend the weekend with my family.He doesnt want anything in retu

10、rn. 他不想得到任何回報 stood on his head 倒立 stand on ones hands 用手著地(hand單數就是一只手, 雙手復數) stand on ones knees 跪著, 膝蓋 lie on ones back 仰面躺著 lie on ones side 側躺 lie on ones stomach 趴著4、Later a neighbour told me about him. 介詞about可以和一些動詞連用，以表示“關于（的）”、“涉及（的）” Please tell me about the accident. tell sb. about sth.

11、告訴某人某事（about關于, 通過其他事自己得出的結論） tell you about him tell you about the word 解釋這個單詞的意思 tell sb. sth. 告訴某人某件事(把事情直接告訴) tell you the news tell you the word 直接告訴這個單詞5、Everybody knows him. everybody作為主語一定作單數看待, 屬于不定代詞 所有的不定代詞作為主語一律為單數看待 : somebody，anybody，everything等6、He calls at every house in the street o

12、nce a month and always asks for a meal and a glass of beer. calls at 光顧，拜訪 in the street（英國）/on the street（美國） once a month 一個月一次, 單位表達方式 once adj. 表示每一次（表示頻率時后面直接加表示時間的名詞）, 計量單位 “/” （每） five kilometers an hour He goes back to the South once a year.【Key structures】 A, The and Some 當表示不確定的某個人或物時，用不定冠

13、詞a/an（單數, 可數名詞）；當表示不可數的名詞時，則需要由不定冠詞加量詞組成詞組。 在表示一種籠統概念（某某一類/一種東西）的陳述句中可以省略a和some A tiger is a dangerous animal. Tigers are dangerous. Salt is necessary for/to us all. 表示某個確定的人或事物或者上文已提到過的人或事物，則要用定冠詞the（有時相當于this/that/these/those）,可數名詞單/復數或不可數名詞均可。 在姓名、地名、國名（非復合詞）以及月份、星期等前面不加任何冠詞。 a和the的區別：a是泛指, a man

14、；特指, the man 在文章當中第一次出現名詞的時候往往用a和an修飾, 第二次出現的時候用the A man is walking towards me. The man is carrying a parcel. The parcel is full of meat. I have just drunk a glass of milk. Milk is very refreshing. I ate an apple. Apples are delicious. She always buys flour, sugar and tea at the grocers. 一般姓名前一般不能加

15、冠詞，表示“某某一類人當中, 具有這種特征當中的一個”，加不定冠詞a a Mr. Zhang 張先生這類人【Special Difficulties】 短語動詞 某些動詞的后面加上介詞或副詞以后就會改變詞義, 這種新的組合稱作短語動詞 put v. 放 put on 穿上，戴上 tak v. 拿走 take off 脫掉，摘掉 look v. 看 look at 看；look for 尋找；look after 照顧；look out 當心；look out of 向外看 call call at；call on；call in；call back； call for 去取某物, 去接某人；需要 The problem calls for immediate action. 這個問題需要立即采取行動 knock v. 敲 knock at 敲門 knock off 下班 He knocked off earlier. knock off 打折 Knock 10% off the price. 把撞倒，如果有地點