Lesson 6 Percy Buttons
★New words and expressions
☆beggar n.乞丐
注意这是我们目前为止学到的唯一的以-ar结尾的名词。
v.beg 乞求
beg for:乞求得到
ask for:请求得到
☆pocket n.衣服口袋
inner pocket:大衣、西服内口袋
jacket pocket;coat pocket
pocket book:袖珍书;pocket dictionary
pocket money:零花钱(小孩的)
(不是零钱,零钱是change:get exact change)
男人的零花钱:beer money
18世纪,在小说里有时能见到女人的零花钱是针线钱。但是随着时代的进步,剩下的money都归女人管,所以女人无零花钱。
pocket pick:车上的小偷
☆call v.拜访,光顾
call sb/call up sb:给某人打电话
call back:回电话
我们昨天学的电话用语
-Can you take a message for me?
如果不想让第三人知道,你可以说:
Can you tell him to call back?
关于call的几个短语:
call at+地点=visit someplace
call on sb
I will call on you.=I will call at your home.
call out=shout 大声喊
call in sb 招集和邀请
For the project,the government called in a lot of experts.
★Text
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 a piece of cheese in his pocket and went
away.Later a neighbor 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.
☆ask sb for sth:问某人要什么东西
for:为了这个目的去请求某人。sb更多的时候并不出现,而直接说ask
for sth,因为强调的是东西而不是人。
eg:The boy asks (his parents)for money again/once more.
☆in return:作为回报
He doesn't want anything in return.
in return for sth:作为对……的回报
I'll buy a present for him in return for hospitality.
☆stand on one's head:倒立(头着地)
用手着地:stand on one's hand/hands
跪着:stand on one's knees
躺着:lie on one's back(仰面)/side(侧躺)/stomach(趴着)
☆tell sb about sth
about:关于,通过其它事自己得出结论
tell sb sth:告诉某人某件事(把事情直接告诉)
☆所有的不定代词作主语一律为单数看待。
everybody,somebody,anybody,something,anything,everything
☆英语:in
the street
美语:on the street
★难点
有些动词的后面加上介词或副词以后就会改变词义。这种新的组合称作短语动词。
如:put:放 put on:穿
take:拿走 take off:脱下
look:看
look at:看;look for:寻找;look after:照顾;look out:当心
knock
knock at:敲
knock off:1)下班 He knockedoff earlier.
2)knock sth off+地点:从……把……撞倒
knock the vase off the table
3)打折 knock 10% off the price
knock over
A car knocked the boy over.
[注]如果有地点:off;无地点:over
knock out:打晕(拳击术语,把人打倒在地)
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