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NCE: 6

Lesson 6

Percy Buttons

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 meal 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.

Notes

beggar n. 乞丐

pocket n. 衣服口袋

call v. 拜访

ask sb for sth 向某人索要某物

in return for this 作为回报

stand on one`s head 倒立

He calls at every house in the street. 拜访街上的每一栋房子

Special difficulties

Put 短语

  • put on

    穿戴

    • put sth on; put on sth
    • I put on the hat and left the house.

  • to put oneself out

    特意

    • Please don’t put yourself out!
    • to put oneself out to do sth 特意做某事

  • put through

    完成，达成；接通电话

    • She put through a call from my husband

  • put off

    推迟

    • The meeting has been put off until June.

  • put about

    散播消息；宣称

    • It’s being put about that … 纷纷传说

  • put across

    表达

    • to be good at putting oneself across 善于表达自己

  • put aside

    放到一边；节省（时间）；存储

    • I put aside half an hour every day to write or for writing my diary.

Knock 短语

  • knock at

    表示“敲(门、窗等)”。有时，knock也会用作名词，表示“敲击”，后面也是紧跟介词at。

    • He wondered whether it would be proper to knock at her door. (他不知道敲她的门是否恰当。)
    • I was preparing for bed when I heard a knock at the door. (我正准备睡觉时听到有人敲门。)

  • knock…off

    表示“把…撞倒”，off后面一般接地点。但knock后面也可以接比例或数字，表示“减少”，此时的比例或数字也可以放到off后面。如：

    • I knocked the vase off the table and broke it. (我把花瓶从桌子上碰掉下来，摔碎了。)
    • The shop assistant knocked 10% off the bill. (店员给了10%的优惠)
    • It cost me 10 but I’ll knock off 20% as it’s no longer new. (那是我花10英镑买的，因为已经旧了，我会减价20%。)

  • knock off

    与knock…off不同的是，knock off中间一般不插入其他成分，表示“做完某事;下班”。如：

    • We knock off at 12:30 for lunch. (我们十二点半时停下工作去吃饭。)
    • I can knock off a poem in five minutes. (我能在五分钟内写一首诗。)

  • knock over

    表示“撞倒;消除”，需要注意的是：宾语是名词的话，可以放在knock和over中间，也可以放到over后面;宾语是代词的话，则只能放在中间。如：

    • Don’t knock over the bowl of water. (别把那碗水打翻了。) = Don’t knock it over.
    • The students knocked over every difficulty. (学生们克服了每一个困难。) = The students knocked it over.

  • knock out

    表示“击倒;打昏”。需要注意的是：宾语是名词的话，可以放在knock和over中间，也可以放到over后面;宾语是代词的话，则只能放在中间。如：

    • The enemy charged up the mountain, attempting to knock out our forces. (敌人向山上冲锋，企图把我们的兵力摧毁掉。)
    • In the fight, the thief knocked the policeman out. (在搏斗中，小偷把警察打昏了。)

  • knock down

    表示“击倒;撞倒;拆除”。如：

    • The policemen had to knock down the door to get in. (警察为了进去得撞倒门。)
    • Knock down the machine before shipping. (在装运前把机器拆卸开来。)

  • knock up

    表示“匆忙做完;使…精疲力尽”。如：

    • Can you knock up a meal for us now? (你能为我们赶快做顿饭吗?)
    • I was completely knocked up from overwork. (由于工作过度，我完全累垮了。)

  • knock it off

    常用作提示语，表示“别再讲下去”。如：

    • Knock it off, will you? I can’t make a phone call with all this noise going on. (不要讲话了，好吗?这样闹我简直无法打电话了。)
    • Will you kids knock it off? I can’t study. (够了,小鬼们,停下来。我无法专心念书。)