每天坚持学英语 新概念 2-06

Lesson 6 Percy Buttons

珀西. 巴斯顿

I have just moved to a house in Bridge Street.

我刚刚搬进了大桥街的一所房子。

Yesterday a beggar knocked at my door.

昨天一个乞丐来敲我的门，

He asked me for a meal and a glass of beer.

问我要一顿饭和一杯啤酒。

In return for this, the beggar stood on his head and sang songs.

作为回报，那乞丐头顶地倒立起来，嘴里还唱着歌。

I gave him a meal.

我给了他一顿饭。

He ate the food and drank the beer.

他把食物吃完，又喝了酒。

Then he put a piece of cheese in his pocket and went away.

然后把一块乳酪装进衣袋里走了。

Later a neighbour told me about him.

后来，一位邻居告诉了我他的情况。

Everybody knows him.

大家都认识他，

His name is Percy Buttons.

他叫珀西. 巴顿斯。

He calls at every house in the street once a month and always asks for a meal and a glass of beer.

他每月对这条街上的每户人家光顾一次，总是请求给他一顿饭和一杯啤酒。

单词：

beggar     n.   乞丐

knock at the door  敲门

in return for...     介词短语，作为对什么的报答；不定式表达：to return the favour

stand on one's head   倒立

a piece of cheese  一块奶酪

pocket     n.     衣服口袋

语言点：

1、ask sb. for sth.     向某人要求什么东西

2、knock  可以是动词，可以是名词

      Did you hear the knock at the door？   名词，你能听到敲门声了吗？

      Yesterday a beggar knocked at my door  动词，昨天一个乞丐敲我的门

      knock off   休息、收工；打折、knock sb. over 把某人撞到了

3、a set of furniture  一套家具    two pieces of cheese2片奶酪

4、call at/in/by  拜访，光顾；   call by 顺便拜访；call on sb.拜访某人

5、once every two months 一个月一次；twice a month 一个月2次；three times a week 一周三次

关键句型：

时间顺序表达词：then...later

可数名词前，数量修饰词：a（an），some，a few，many，a great number of，a great many，lots of

不可数名词前，数量修饰词：some，a little，much，a great deal of ，a lot of

不可数名词，修饰计量单位：a glass of milk；two bags of flour；a bar of soap；a cup of tea；a piece of cloth