新概念英语第二册 第六课 Percy Buttom

Percy Buttons

Who is Percy Buttons?

I have just moved to ___ house in ____Bridge Street. Yesterday ___ beggar knocked at my door. He asked me for ____ meal and ___ glass of beer. In return of this, _____beggar stood on his head and sang me songs. I gave him _____meal. He ate ____ food and drank _____beer. Then he put _____ piece of cheese in his pocket and went away. Later ____ neighbor told me about him. Everybody knows him. His name is____ Percy Buttons. He calls at every house in the street once ____ month. And always asks for ____meal and ____glass of beer.

New words and expressions

Beggar 乞丐pocket 口袋knock at 敲... return 返回，回馈A piece of 一张，一片neighbor 邻居once a month 一个月一次

Knock _________ ask ____________ stand ____________ sing ___________ Give ____________ eat __________ put ____________ tell ___________ Answer these questions in not more than 55 words.

1.Who knocked at her door yesterday?

2.Did he sing songs, or did he ask for money?

3.What did the writer give him in return for this?

4.What’s the beggar’s name?

5.Does he call at every house once a week or once a month?

Special difficulties: “a, the, / and some”.

1.书不是很贵。我昨天就买了一本。

2.牛奶很新鲜。我刚刚喝了一杯奶。

3.__ man is walking to me. ____man is carrying ____bag. _____ bag is full of _____

meat. ____ man has just bought _______ meat. ___ dog is following ____ man.

_____dog is looking at _____bag.

4.John lives in ____ England. He has a house in ______London. His house is in

_______Duke Street. Last year, he went to ____ Madrid. John likes ____Spain very much. He goes there every summer.

5.meat/ desk/ tobacco/ comb/ city/ cloth/ oil/ beer/ day/ word/ sugar/ rain

6. a. found / coin / garden :

b. put / sugar / my tea :

c. bought / newspaper:

d. made / coffee :

special phrases:

1.look at / look for / look after

2.put on / put in / take off

3.knock at / knock off / knock over

Multiple choice questions

1.Percy Buttons stood on his head and sang songs because ___________________.

a. he wanted a piece of cheese

b. he liked doing this

c. he was a beggar

d. he wanted to “pay” for his meal in this way

2.The writer didn’t know about Percy Buttons because ____________.

a.She was new to the neighborhood

b. He had never called at that house before

b.He was a beggar d. he didn’t live near her

c.he decided not to write a single car

d.

3.The writer has just moved to a new house. She was _____________ yesterday.

a. at house

b. to the house

c. at home

d. in the home

4.She gave ____________.

a. to him a meal

b. a meal for him

c. him to a meal

d. a meal to him

5. A neighbor told me about him. He _________Percy Buttons was a beggar..

a. told

b. said me

c. told to me

d. said

6.Everybody knows him. _________ know him.

a. they all

b. each

c. every

d. all they

7.__________ does he call? Once a month.

a. How seldom

b. how long

c. how soon

d. how often

8. A beggar is a person who _________.

a. asks for money but doesn’t work

b. asks for food

c. works hard

d. is out of work

9.You can have a meal ________________.

a. only in the morning

b. at any time

c. only at midday

d. only in the evening

10. He calls at every house in the street. He ________ everyone.

a. shouts at

b. calls

c. cries out at

d. visits

11. All the houses in our ________ are the same age and size.

a. street

b. road

c. way

d. route