beg v.乞求
I beg your pardon?
beg for 乞求得到
ask for 请求得到（ask sb. for sth. 向某人索要某物）
★food n. 食物（不可数） a lot of food
★pocket n. 衣服口袋
inner pocket 内口袋；jacket pocket 夹克的口袋；coat pocket 大衣口袋 pocket book 袖珍书；pocket dictionary 袖珍词典 pocket pick 车上的小偷 pocket money (小孩的)零花钱
change 零钱
get exact change 准备好正确的零花钱 beer money (男人的)零花钱
★call v. 拜访, 光顾 ① vt.&vi. 叫，喊 I heard someone calling. call out =shout 大声喊 ② vt. 呼唤，召唤
Lucy is sick. Please call a doctor. ③ vi. 访问，拜访；（车、船等）停靠
Amy called (at our house) yesterday.
The train calls at large stations only. 这列火车只停大站。 call on sb. 拜访某人
I will call on you. 我要去你家。 call at+地点＝visit someplace 拜访某地 I will call at your home. 我要去你家。 ④ vt.&vi. 打电话
call sb =call up sb. 给某人打电话 call back 回某人电话
Can you take a message for me? =Can you tell him to call back? call in sb. 招集和邀请某人
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.
参考译文
我刚刚搬进了大桥街的一所房子. 昨天一个乞丐来敲我的门, 问我要一顿饭和一杯啤酒. 作为回报, 那乞丐头顶地倒立起来, 嘴里还唱着歌. 我给了他一顿饭. 他把食物吃完, 又喝了酒. 然后把一块乳酪装进衣袋里走了. 后来, 一位邻居告诉了我他的情况. 大家都认识他, 他叫珀西.巴顿斯. 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.
【课文讲解】
1、Yesterday a beggar knocked at my door. ★knock v. 敲门
① vi. 敲门
I knocked, but no one answered.
knock at 敲（门、窗等）
knock at the door；knock at the window
② vt.&vi. 碰撞
You always knock things off the table. 你总是碰掉桌上的东西。
Jim was knocked over by a bus this morning. 今天上午吉姆被一辆公共汽车撞倒了。 She has knocked a cup over again. 她又碰倒了一个杯子。 ③ vt. 把（某人）打成??状态
He knocked Tom out yesterday. 他昨天把汤姆打昏过去了。 ④ 与off连用时有一些特殊含义，一般用于口语
vt. （价格上）减去，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，中断（工作等）
When do you usually knock off? 你一般什么时候下班？
He knocked off for lunch at half past eleven. 他十一点半休息吃中午饭。
2、He asked me for a meal and a glass of beer.
ask (sb.) for sth =request for sth. 问某人要什么东西
（for为了这个目的去请求某人, sb.更多的时候不出现, ask for sth.） The boy asked (his parents)for money again/once more.
3、In return for this, the beggar stood on his head and sang songs.
in return for this 作为对??的回报，作为交换（this 在代词当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. 热情） in return 作为回报
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. 他不想得到任何回报
stood on his head 倒立
stand on one's hands 用手着地(hand单数就是一只手, 双手复数) stand on one's knees 跪着, 膝盖
lie on one's back 仰面躺着 lie on one's side 侧躺 lie on one's stomach 趴着
4、Later a neighbour told me about him.
介词about可以和一些动词连用，以表示“关于??（的）”、“涉及??（的）” Please tell me about the accident.
tell sb. about sth. 告诉某人某事（about关于, 通过其他事自己得出的结论） tell you about him
tell you about the word 解释这个单词的意思 tell sb. sth. 告诉某人某件事(把事情直接告诉) tell you the news
tell you the word 直接告诉这个单词
5、Everybody knows him.
everybody作为主语一定作单数看待, 属于不定代词
所有的不定代词作为主语一律为单数看待 : somebody，anybody，everything等
6、He calls at every house in the street once a month and always asks for a meal and a glass of beer.
calls at 光顾，拜访
in the street（英国）/on the street（美国） once a month 一个月一次, 单位表达方式
once adj. 表示每??一次（表示频率时后面直接加表示时间的名词）, 计量单位 “/” （每??） five kilometers an hour
He goes back to the South once a year.
【Key structures】
A, The and Some
当表示不确定的某个人或物时，用不定冠词a/an（单数, 可数名词）；当表示不可数的名词时，则需要由不定冠词加量词组成词组。
在表示一种笼统概念（某某一类/一种东西）的陈述句中可以省略a和some A tiger is a dangerous animal. Tigers are dangerous.
Salt is necessary for/to us all.
表示某个确定的人或事物或者上文已提到过的人或事物，则要用定冠词the（有时相当于this/that/these/those）,可数名词单/复数或不可数名词均可。
在姓名、地名、国名（非复合词）以及月份、星期等前面不加任何冠词。
a和the的区别：a是泛指, a man；特指, the man
在文章当中第一次出现名词的时候往往用a和an修饰, 第二次出现的时候用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词，表示“某某一类人当中, 具有这种特征当中的一个”，加不定冠词a a Mr. Zhang 张先生这类人
【Special Difficulties】
短语动词
某些动词的后面加上介词或副词以后就会改变词义, 这种新的组合称作短语动词 put v. 放
put on 穿上，戴上 tak v. 拿走
take off 脱掉，摘掉
look v. 看
look at 看；look for 寻找；look after 照顾；look out 当心；look out of 向外看 call
call at；call on；call in；call back； call for 去取某物, 去接某人；需要
The problem calls for immediate action. 这个问题需要立即采取行动 knock v. 敲 knock at 敲门 knock off 下班
He knocked off earlier. knock off 打折
Knock 10% off the price.
把??撞倒，如果有地点，用介词off；无地点，用介词over knock sth. off+地点
knock the vase off the table
I knocked the boy off the bicycle.
knock over
A car knocked the boy over.
knock out 打晕, 在拳击场合中, 把人打倒在地叫knock out(专用术语) 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 他告诉我
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 all of us, we all 我们所有人
c. Every
d. All they
every adj. 每一个
every
each adj.&pron. 每一个
each
each