Lesson 6 Percy Button1. beggar: n. (1) 乞丐, 叫化子; 穷人(2) 募捐者(3) [俚]家伙(对人的爱称，戏称)The beggar is dressed in rags. 这个乞丐衣衫褴褛。
The beggar shivered in his scanty clothes. 乞丐穿着单薄，冻得发抖。
He is a good beggar. 他善于募捐。
You lucky beggar! 你这个幸运儿!What a fine little beggar your boy is! 你的儿子是个多么可爱的小家伙呵!习惯用法：lazy beggar/dog [口]懒鬼, 懒汉Let beggars match with beggars. [谚]龙配龙, 凤配凤。
little beggar 小家伙(指小孩, 小动物)lucky beggar 幸运儿, 走运的家伙poor beggar 可怜的人儿, 可怜的家伙2. food: (1) 食物; 粮食; 养料(2) 精神食粮; 材料; 资料food and drink. 饮食mental [intellectual, spiritual] food 精神食粮heavy food 油腻而难消化的食物food chain 食物链convenient food 方便食品3. pocket: n. 口袋adj. 袖珍的, 小型的pocket money 零花钱pocket dictionary 袖珍词典pocket knife 便携式小刀My keys are in my pocket.经典用法：pay out of one's own pocket 自己掏钱支付pick a pocket 扒窃put one's pride in one's pocket 忍辱4. call: (1) 叫喊Can you hear someone calling in the neighbourhood? 你能听见附近有人在喊叫吗? Someone is calling for help. 有人在大声呼救。
She stood at the door calling my name several times. 她站在门口叫了几声我的名字。
(2) 打电话He seems to call me this morning but I was out. 早上他好像给我打过电话,但我出去了。
Call me (up) this evening, if it's convenient to you. 如果方便的话,今天晚上打个电话给我。
I'll call you back soon. 我会很快给你回电话的。
to make a long-distance call 打长途电话There's a call for you, Mr. Kevin. 凯文先生，有你的电话。
(3) （常与at, in, on连用）拜访，作短暂访问（或停留）Do you think we should call at Frank's when we go to New York? 我们去纽约的时候, 你看要不要去看看弗兰克?This long-distance coach calls at every stop along its journey. 这趟长途汽车沿线每站都要停靠。
An old friend called on me the day before yesterday. 前天一位老朋友来找过我。
The retired director called on at your office yesterday. 已经退休了的董事昨天到你办公室来看过你。
(4) 邀请；召集，召唤You don't have to call a doctor. 你不必去叫医生来。
(5) 取名，起名They called the baby Helen after their beloved teacher. 他们以他们敬爱的老师的名字海伦为他们的婴孩命名。
(6) 叫醒；唤醒Call him (up) if the manager doesn't wake up in time. 你们经理到时醒不来,就叫醒他。
(7) 想；以为；视为Nothing can be called unknowable. 没有什么事物可以认为是不可知的。
经典用法：call for 需要；要求；值得：The occasion calls for a cool head. 这种场合需要冷静的头脑。
call forth 唤起；引起；振作起call off 取消The meeting has been called off. 会议取消了。
call on 拜访；号召；呼吁；邀请I'll call on him tomorrow. 明天我去拜访他。
call up 召集；动员；使人想起(= call upon)5. Yesterday a beggar knocked at my door.knock: (1) 敲，击Knock on the door before you enter. 进屋之前要先敲门。
(2) 敲打；碰撞I knocked over the glass and spit the water. 我打翻了杯子，水洒了。
Sometimes I think this house will be knocked down by a passing plane. 有时我觉得这房子会被过往的飞机撞塌。
As the man came near, the prisoner knocked him to the ground with a sharp blow.当这个人走近时, 战俘猛地一拳将他打翻在地。
经典用法：knock back (1) 暴饮；大口喝掉(2) 使花费That car knocked her back $5000. 那辆车她花了5000美元。
(3) 使吃惊，使惊奇The news knocked him back. 这消息使他大吃一惊knock off: P346. He asked me for a meal and a glass of beer.ask: (1) 问，询问They asked me the time. 他们向我打听时间。
(2) 请求ask her a favor 请他帮个忙ask her for the money 向他要钱(3) 要求；索（价）He asked ￡5 for the book. 这本书他索价5英镑。
联想：（1）ask, inquire这两个同义词的差别在于：ask是通用词，可以表示一般的询问，而inquire表示“打听”。
此外ask没有inquire那么正式。
He asked if Mr Gilbert's operation had been successful.他问吉尔伯特先生的手术是否成功。
（2）ask, request这两个词都能表示“要求”，ask含有期望给以回答或作出反应的意思。
当你觉得所要求的东西会得到时，或者不可能被拒绝时，最好用ask。
而request则比ask正式得多，当你觉得所要求的东西不会得到时，或者有可能被拒绝时，最好用request，因此这个词可以表示谦逊或者客气。
此外，request可以用作名词，也可以用作动词The following day, the patient asked for a bedside telephone. 第二天，那位病人要求安装一个床头电话。
Last week at a dinner-party, the hostess asked me to sit next to Mrs Rumbold. 上星期在一次宴会上，女主人要我坐在兰姆伯尔德夫人的旁边。
Though she hesitated for a moment, she finally went in and asked to see a dress that was in the windows. 虽然他迟疑了一会儿，但是他终于走了进去，并且要求看一看摆在橱窗里的一件衣裙。
If you receive a request like this, you cannot fail to obey it. 如果你接到一种象这样的请求，你不可能不服从。
Captain Fawcett has just refused a strange request from a businessman. 福赛特机长才拒绝了一位商人的奇怪的请求。
7. In return for this, the beggar stood on his heaed and sang songs.1) return: v. n. 1）回来；回去Spring will return. 春天会再来的。
On my return from work, I saw the door was open. 我下班回家时，看见门开着。
2) 归还Return the book to the library. 把书归还给图书馆。
We return bottles to the store. 我们将瓶子送还商店。
3) 回答Ask the sales manager to return my call when he comes back, please. 销售部经理回来后,请叫他给我回个电话。
4) 获利，回报，报答These shares return a good rate of interest. 这些股票利率很高。
She returned his praise. 她回报了他的夸奖。
5) n. 往返票I would like a return ticket. 我想要张往返票。
经典用法: in return for 作为…回报I sent him a present in return for his help. 我送给他一份礼物以回报他的帮助。
I bought him a drink in return for his help. 我请他喝酒以酬谢他的帮助。
(2) stand: 1) 站立2) 坐落；屹立The house stands at the top of the hill. 这座房子坐落在小山顶上。
The airport stands far apart from the city. 机场离城很远。
