Lesson 6 Percy Buttons

★New words and expressions

☆beggar n.乞丐
注意這是我們目前為止學到的唯一的以-ar結尾的名詞。
v.beg 乞求
beg for:乞求得到
ask for:請求得到

☆pocket n.衣服口袋
inner pocket：大衣、西服內口袋
jacket pocket;coat pocket
pocket book:袖珍書；pocket dictionary

pocket money:零花錢（小孩的）
（不是零錢，零錢是change：get exact change）
男人的零花錢：beer money
18世紀，在小說里有時能見到女人的零花錢是針線錢。但是隨著時代的進步，剩下的money都歸女人管，所以女人無零花錢。

pocket pick:車上的小偷

☆call v.拜訪，光顧
call sb/call up sb:給某人打電話
call back:回電話
我們昨天學的電話用語
-Can you take a message for me?
如果不想讓第三人知道，你可以說：
Can you tell him to call back?

關于call的幾個短語：
call at+地點=visit someplace
call on sb
I will call on you.=I will call at your home.
call out=shout 大聲喊
call in sb 招集和邀請
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:問某人要什么東西
for：為了這個目的去請求某人。sb更多的時候并不出現，而直接說ask for sth,因為強調的是東西而不是人。
eg:The boy asks (his parents)for money again/once more.

☆in return:作為回報
He doesn't want anything in return.
in return for sth:作為對……的回報
I'll buy a present for him in return for hospitality.

☆stand on one's head:倒立（頭著地）
用手著地：stand on one's hand/hands
跪著：stand on one's knees
躺著：lie on one's back(仰面)/side（側躺）/stomach（趴著）

☆tell sb about sth
about:關于，通過其它事自己得出結論
tell sb sth:告訴某人某件事（把事情直接告訴）

☆所有的不定代詞作主語一律為單數看待。
everybody,somebody,anybody,something,anything,everything

☆英語：in the street
美語：on the street

★難點
有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。

如：put：放 put on:穿
take：拿走 take off:脫下
look：看
look at:看；look for:尋找；look after:照顧；look out:當心

knock
knock at:敲
knock off:1)下班 He knockedoff earlier.
2)knock sth off+地點：從……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]如果有地點：off；無地點：over
knock out:打暈（拳擊術語，把人打倒在地）