Lesson 6 Percy Buttons
珀西. 巴斯頓
I have just moved to a house in Bridge Street.
我剛剛搬進了大橋街的一所房子。
Yesterday a beggar knocked at my door.
昨天一個乞丐來敲我的門，
He asked me for a meal and a glass of beer.
問我要一頓飯和一杯啤酒。
In return for this, the beggar stood on his head and sang songs.
作爲回報，那乞丐頭頂地倒立起來，嘴裏還唱着歌。
I gave him a meal.
我給了他一頓飯。
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.
然後把一塊乳酪裝進衣袋裏走了。
Later a neighbour told me about him.
後來，一位鄰居告訴了我他的情況。
Everybody knows him.
大家都認識他，
His name is Percy Buttons.
他叫珀西. 巴頓斯。
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。
單詞：
beggar n. 乞丐
knock at the door 敲門
in return for... 介詞短語，作爲對什麼的報答；不定式表達：to return the favour
stand on one's head 倒立
a piece of cheese 一塊奶酪
pocket n. 衣服口袋
語言點：
1、ask sb. for sth. 向某人要求什麼東西
2、knock 可以是動詞，可以是名詞
Did you hear the knock at the door？ 名詞，你能聽到敲門聲了嗎？
Yesterday a beggar knocked at my door 動詞，昨天一個乞丐敲我的門
knock off 休息、收工；打折、knock sb. over 把某人撞到了
3、a set of furniture 一套傢俱 two pieces of cheese2片奶酪
4、call at/in/by 拜訪，光顧； call by 順便拜訪；call on sb.拜訪某人
5、once every two months 一個月一次；twice a month 一個月2次；three times a week 一週三次
關鍵句型：
時間順序表達詞：then...later
可數名詞前，數量修飾詞：a（an），some，a few，many，a great number of，a great many，lots of
不可數名詞前，數量修飾詞：some，a little，much，a great deal of ，a lot of
不可數名詞，修飾計量單位：a glass of milk；two bags of flour；a bar of soap；a cup of tea；a piece of cloth