【自用跟读版】新概念2-Lesson 6 Percy Buttons

一、单词

beggar /ˈbeɡə(r)/ n. 乞丐，叫花子； 

beg 行乞 +-ar 变人

lie 说谎 -liear 骗子

①get sth for sb

Can we get some food for that beggar?

②find sth adj.

I find that beggar interesting.

food /fuːd/ n.食物，食品

fast food 快餐

frozen food 速冻食物

junk food 垃圾食品

①造句时可以从以前学过的单词中找

spoil

He spoilt all the food.

pocket /ˈpɒkɪt/ n. 衣袋，口袋； 

pocket dictionary 袖珍词典

①There is some money in my pocket.

② The money is in my pocket.

③ My pocket is too small.

④pocket money 零花钱

call /kɔːl/ v.（尤指短暂的）拜访，造访； （给……）打电话；

① call at : to stop (at a place) briefly vs  visit call at 主要指短暂地停留(某地)

He calls at every house in the street once a month.

Does he call at every house in the street once a month？

How often does he call at every house in the street? 

Who calls at every house in the street once a month?

② Ted will call on his professor tomorrow.

call on sb拜访某人

③ I will call you later.

④Someone called you (up) just now.

二、原文

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. 

三、课文和语法

1. I have just moved to a house in Bridge Street.

move to … 搬到…  move vi.

Who moved my cheese  move vt.

He moved out last week.

He moved in last week.

in Bridge Street.

2. Yesterday a beggar knocked at my door ..

knock at 敲…

The bat knocked him on his head.球拍打到了他的头

常用搭配如下

① knock at/on sth 敲某东西

knock sb. down 击倒在地，打倒

He was knocked down by a car.

② knock off (work) 下班，停工

It’s time to knock off for tea.

③ knock sth. off sth. 打折，撞掉

The shop keeper knocks 20% off the bill.

The boy knocked my pencil-box off the desk.

④ knock sb./sth. out 打晕，淘汰，出局

He was knocked out of the game.

⑤ knock sb./sth over 撞翻，撞碎

He knocked over the tea pot and it is broken now.

3. He asked me for a meal …

ask for … 请求，向…要

He asked Percy for help when he was in trouble.

ask sb for sth. 向某人要求某物

ask sb. sth 问某人问题

ask sb. about sth 打听，询问

We must ask him about it.

4. In return for this, …

in return for … 回报，作为报答

in return = as reward

I hope I can do something for you in return.

5. the beggar stood on his head and sang songs.

stand-stood-stood

He can stand on his head. 倒立

stand on one’s our feet 独立，不依赖别人

stand on one’s knees 跪下

lie on one’s back 仰卧

lie on one’s side 侧卧

lie on one’s stomach 趴下

He had to stand on his own feet after graduation.

6. He ate the food and drank the beer.

eat-ate-eaten.

drink-drank-drunk

7. he put a piece of cheese in his pocket

put-put-put

put … in …

He put the wallet in his bag. Then he put the bag in the drawer.

8. a neighbor told me about him.

tell- told -told

tell sb about sth 告诉某人关于…

tell sb sth 告诉某人某事

两者在于后者是直接告诉，前者是讲诉或介绍某事的相关信息

Can you tell me about your new job? 这里的意思是让对方介绍他的新工作，而不是直接告诉他新工作的事情。

I'll tell her the news tomorrow. 这里的意思是我会直接告诉她这个消息，而不是讲述与这个消息相关的信息。

Tina told me about her name.

I read about his adventures.

9. Everybody knows him

Nobody/Everybody/Everyone/Everything 后接单数

10. He calls at every house once a month.

call at sw. 拜访某地=visit

I call at my neighbor’s house yesterday.

call on sb 拜访某人

We’ll call on our professor next Monday.

call sb./sth. up 打电话给某人，唤起记忆， 使回忆起

The trip to the village called up scenes of my childhood.

call for sth 需要、要求

The occasion calls for prompt action.

call sth in 下令收回

The government called in gold coins.

call off 取消

Because of the bad weather, they decided to call off the sport meeting

11. a, an, the, some, any + n

1) a, an 放在单数可数名词前

首元音发音用an,其余用a

the ,a, an: a, an 泛指， the 特指

2) some 一些，偏用于肯定

any 偏用于否定

12. 冠词

1）不定冠词a, an 的位置

a放在辅音音素开头的名词前，an放在元音音素开头的名词前

2）名词与冠词的使用技巧

①单数可数名词不能单独使用，必须和冠词或者其他限定词连用

②复数名词和不可数名词：不能与冠词a 或an连用

The writer is writing a book about the life of blacks in America

3）冠词的用法

①第一次提到单数可数名词前用a 或an，这一名词再次出现用the

②当谈到说话人和听话人双方都知道的事物时，要用the，若在自己房间里，要说the light, the floor…

③表示世界上独一无二的事物，the earth, the sky, the sun, the moon

④ 形容词或副词的最高级、序数词和only做形容词加名词连用时，它们前面要用the

the only/best way to cope with the problem

⑤在乐器、乐团、合唱团及流行音乐团体前加the

 the Beatles 甲壳虫乐队

运动前不加the   play chess

4）何时不用冠词

①表示独一无二的身份前一般不用冠词

Elizabeth II, Queen of England

②表示球类、棋类运动项目时不加冠词

play football/basketball/chess/tennis

③ 下列限定词彼此排斥，不能同时出现在名词前

冠词：the, an, a

物主形容词： my, your, his, her, our, their

指示形容词： this, that, these, those

名词所有格： Tom’s, John’s

④ the 在一些特殊名词前可省略

nature：泛指自然界

society：泛指我们在其中生活的这个社会，一般不用冠词

space 泛指星球之间的空间，不用冠词

man: 泛指整个人类时，不用冠词

history: 泛指人类整个历史时，不用冠词

⑤一日三餐前不用冠词

⑥交通工具名词前不用冠词

by bicycle/boat/bus/train/plane/car

on foot

若用介词on，需用冠词，on foot 除外

on the train, on the boat

⑦一些固定介词搭配中不用冠词

face to face, arm to arm, hand in hand, shoulder to shoulder, side by side, inch by inch, day after day, dentist after dentist

13. 物质名词的数

物质名词通常不可数:

液体：beer, blood, coffee..

固体：bread, butter, cheese, ice, beef, chicken, fish, chalk…

气体：air, fog, smoke…

四、习惯用法

pocket money

call at=visit

move to sw.

knock at the door

ask sb. for sth.

stand on sb’s head

in return for this

once a st.

ask for sth.