【New words and expressions】（4）

beggar           n. 乞丐

food             n. 食物

pocket           n. 衣服口袋

call             v. 拜访，光顾

★beggar     n. 乞丐

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.