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New words and expressions4

 

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 food

pocket    n. 衣服口袋

inner pocket   內口袋;jacket pocket  夾克的口袋;coat pocket  大衣口袋

pocket 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

get exact change    準備好正確的零花錢

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)停靠

Amy called (at our house) yesterday.

The train calls at large stations only.   這列火車隻停大站。

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 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 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.

參考譯文

我剛剛搬進了大橋街的一所房子. 昨天一個乞丐來敲我的門, 問我要一頓飯和一杯啤酒. 作為回報, 那乞丐頭頂地倒立起來, 嘴裏還唱著歌. 我給了他一頓飯. 他把食物吃完, 又喝了酒. 然後把一塊乳酪裝進衣袋裏走了. 後來, 一位鄰居告訴了我他的情況. 大家都認識他, 他叫珀西.巴頓斯. 他每月對這條街上的每戶人家光顧一次, 總是請求給他一頓飯和一杯啤酒.

【課文講解】

1Yesterday a beggar knocked at my door.

knock    v. 敲門

vi. 敲門

I knocked, but no one answered.

knock at   敲(門、窗等)

knock at the doorknock 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.   他昨天把湯姆打昏過去了。

④ 與off連用時有一些特殊含義,一般用於口語

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?   你一般什麽時候下班?

He knocked off for lunch at half past eleven.   他十一點半休息吃中午飯。

2He asked me for a meal and a glass of beer.

ask (sb.) for sth =request for sth.   問某人要什麽東西

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.

3In 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 在代詞當中常常指代上文的一件事情)

I'll 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), I’ll show you some picture books.

  In return for your help, I invite you to spend the weekend with my family.

He doesn't want anything in return.    他不想得到任何回報

stood on his head    倒立

stand on one's hands   用手著地(hand單數就是一隻手, 雙手複數)

stand on one's knees    跪著, 膝蓋

lie on one's back   仰麵躺著

lie on one's side    側躺

lie on one's stomach    趴著

4Later a neighbour told me about him.

介詞about可以和一些動詞連用,以表示“關於……(的)”、“涉及……(的)”

  Please tell me about the accident.

tell sb. about sth.   告訴某人某事(about關於, 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

5Everybody knows him.

everybody作為主語一定作單數看待, 屬於不定代詞

所有的不定代詞作為主語一律為單數看待 : somebodyanybodyeverything

6He calls at every house in the street once 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(表示頻率時後麵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asome

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(有時相當於this/that/these/those,可數名詞單/複數或不可數名詞均可。

在姓名、地名、國名(非複合詞)以及月份、星期等前麵不加任何冠詞。

athe的區別:a是泛指, a man;特指, the man

在文章當中第一次出現名詞的時候往往用aan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 grocer's.

一般姓名前一般不能加冠詞,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

某些動詞的後麵加上介詞或副詞以後就會改變詞義, 這種新的組合稱作短語動詞

put    v.

put on   穿上,戴上

tak    v. 拿走

take off   脫掉,摘掉

look    v.

look at  看;look for  尋找;look after   照顧;look out  當心;look out of   向外看

call

call atcall oncall incall 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.

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,用介詞off;無地點,用介詞over

knock sth. off+地點

knock the vase off the table

I knocked the boy off the bicycle.

knock over

A car knocked the boy over.

knock out   打暈, 在拳擊場合中, 把人打倒在地叫knock out(專用術語)

 He did not know how to fight, but he knocked the boxer out.

Multiple choice questions

5  A neighbour told me about him. He ___d___ Percy Buttons was a beggar.

a. told          b. said me           c. told to me              d. said

He says + 句子;He says +that+句子;say to sb.

tell sb. +that+句子

He said to me/He told me    他告訴我

He told me he was a Beggar./He said he was a Beggar.

6  Everybody knows him. ___a___ know him.

a. They all                b. Each           c. Every         d. All they

all of us, we all   我們所有人

every     adj. 每一個

every +n. 每一個(, , 人等)

every person likes…

each     adj.&pron. 每一個

each +neach 直接作主語或者賓語

each person likes.../each likes...

every隻能是形容詞性,強調整體,常用來指一個大的、不確定的數目,不能直接做主語;each既可作形容詞,又可作代詞,強調個體,常用以一個確定的並通常是有限的數目,在作代詞時,直接作主語或賓語,使用第三人稱單數

  Each child in the school was questioned.

  Every child enjoys Christmas.

  Each of us has his own work to do.

  They each have a share.

7  ___d___ does he call? Once a month.

a. How seldom           b. How long         c. How soon   d. How often

once a month   每月一次, 屬於頻率

對頻率提問 : how often

How often do you visit your mother?   對時間和次數提問

提問多久 : how long

How long do you visit your mother?    對時間提問

提問次數 : how many times

How many times do you visit your mother each month?

how soon 多久以後

How soon will you finish your homework?

8  A beggar is a person who ___a___ .

a. asks for money but doesn't work           b. asks for food

c. works hard                                            d. is out of work

out of work 失業

I am out of work./I lose my job.

10  She gave him a piece of cheese. He put the ___a___ of cheese in his pocket.

a. bit           b. bar              c. block             d. packet

a bit of /a piece of 在英文中經常互用

bar 門閂 : 長條狀 :

a bar of chocolate; a bar of soap

block    n. 房子;塊, 一大塊;v. 堵塞

packet   一包

12  All the houses in our ___a___ are the same age and size.

a. street      b. way          c. road                 d. route

same age and size 同年代同樣式

street 兩邊有房子的街道, 強調城市裏的街道

way, on the way, in the way 擋住某人的路(強調方向)

road 路的通稱

road home 通往家的路 (張藝謀的影片《我的父親母親》的英文名)

route 路線

〖語法精粹〗

1.How can you___B___if you are not ____?

A. listening/hearing                  B. hear/listening

C. be listening/hear                  D. be hearing/listening to

如果你不聽, 怎麽可能聽見呢?

listen/hear聽見

2.The girl even won't have her lunch before she__D__her homework.

A. will finish                 B. is finishing                   C. had finished                   D. finishes

狀語從句中, 用一般現在時取代將來時.

3.Those who have applied for the post__A__in the office.

A. are being interviewed   B. are interviewing

C. interviewing (光動詞+ing不能構成謂語) 

D. to be interviewing (不定式不能構成謂語動詞)

apply for    申請

interview    麵試

在英文中, 隻能領導對員工麵試,員工隻能被麵試,動詞用被動

4.The old scientist __C___to do more for the country.

A. is wishing B. has been wishing C. wishes D. has been wished 


   D為被動語態,從語法上說合理, 但不合情

表示狀態、感覺、情緒、精神活動的動詞不可用於進行時態.

wish sb. to do  希望某人做某事

5.If he___B___,don't wake him up.

A. still sleeps                       B. is still sleeping       

C. still had been sleeping            D. will be sleeping still

如果他在睡覺的話, 不要吵醒他

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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