新概念第二册：Lesson 6 Percy Buttons

Lesson 6 Percy Buttons
珀西.巴斯顿

First listen and then answer the question.
听录音，然后回答以下问题。

Who is Percy Buttons?
谁是珀西.巴斯顿？

I have just moved to a house in Bridge Street.
我刚刚搬进了大桥街的一所房子。

Yesterday a beggar knocked at my door.
昨天一个乞丐来敲我的门，

He asked me for a meal and a glass of beer.
问我要一顿饭和一杯啤酒。

In return for this, the beggar stood on his head and sang songs.
作为回报，那乞丐头顶地倒立起来，嘴里还唱着歌。

I gave him a meal.
我给了他一顿饭。

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.
然后把一块乳酪装进衣袋里走了。

Later a neighbour told me about him.
后来，一位邻居告诉了我他的情况。

Everybody knows him.
大家都认识他，

His name is Percy Buttons.
他叫珀西.巴顿斯。

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。

语法

ask sb for sth

向某人要求某物

• He asked me for a meal and a glass of beer.
  问我要一顿饭和一杯啤酒。

• I know I can't ask you for another chance.
  我知道我现在不能再求你给我机会了。

• I came here not to ask you for help.
  我来这里并不是请求你帮助的。

ask sb (not) to do sth

请求某人(不)做某事

• I've come to ask you to do me a favour
  我来这儿是想请你帮个忙。

• I should like to ask you to come with us for a quiet supper
  我想请你和我们共进一次安静的晚餐。

• I must ask you not to do that again.
  我得劝你不要再做那种事情了。

tell sb about sth

告诉某人关于某事

• Later a neighbour told me about him.
  后来，一位邻居告诉了我他的情况。

• I let her tell me about it in her own way
  我让她用自己的方式告诉我那件事。

• I want to tell you about your son.
  我想告诉你关于你儿子的情况。

tell sb sth

告诉某人某事

• Maybe you'd better tell me what this is all about
  也许你应该告诉我这究竟是怎么回事。

• Mom, can you tell me how to do it?
  妈妈，能告诉我怎么做吗？

• Somehow I knew he would tell me the truth
  不知何故，我总觉得他会把真相告诉我的。

once a month

一月一次

• 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。
• My mother and I go to KFC twice a week.
  我妈妈和我一周去两次肯德基。

• It was her job to make tea three times a day
  她的差事就是每天沏3次茶。

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