‘Share me!’begged the prisoner.
③ adj. 多余的，空闲的，剩下的，备用的 You can sleep in the spare bedroom.
Where can I get spare parts for this machine? I have no spare time now.
‘Have you any old clothes that you do not want?’ he asked. =‘Have you any old clothes to spare?’he asked. ★service n. 业务, 服务
service 作为不可数名词时通常用于表示旅馆、餐馆以及商店等对旅客、顾客等的侍候、接待或服务；作为可数名词时可以表示为帮助他人所采取的行动或所做的工作。 The service in that hotel is quite good. You have done me a great service.
service既可以指公用事业的业务，如：the mail service（邮政业务）、the telephone service（电话业务）；也可指办这些业务的机构，如：a travel service（旅行社）、a news service（通讯社）。 At your service. = Glad to be at your service. = I am glad to be at your service. 我很乐意为您效劳. serve v. 服务, 接待 ——Thank you.
——You are welcome.(下次又需要再来找我)/Not at all.(根本完全不用谢)/That's (all)right./That's ok.(绝对正确, 绝对过时)/(It's) My pleasure.(我很高兴这么做, 把自己放得很低, 把对方抬得很高)
Thank you for your listening.在讲课, 演讲结束时说, 即感谢大家的合作的概念（应以鼓掌回应） 情急之下, 可用No thanks.回答 ——Sorry. ——No sorry. 【课文讲解】
1、Mr.James Scott has a garage in Silbury and now he has just bought another garage in Pinhurst. garage n. 车库, 车行（英美读音不同） another(+单数名词) 其它的很多个中的一个， Can you show me another?
other(+名词) adj.其它的(可加单/复数名词) the other 两个之中的另外一个 one…the other… 一个……另一个……
One is watering the flowers, and the other is reading. others(不用再加名词)= other + 名词复数
Some boys are playing football, and others are rowing/(going boating).
2、Pinhurst is only five miles from Silbury, but Mr. Scott cannot get a telephone for his new garage, so he has just bought twelve pigeons.
介词from在这里表示距离上相隔，作“距……”、“ 离……”讲，常与away连用 It is far (away) from here.
Bus stop is only one mile from school/here. Bus stop is only one mile (away).
She has been away from home for 5 days now. How far...? 多远（对距离提问） How far(away) is the bus stop? How far is your home(from here)? My home is ten miles away from here. get a telephone 得到电话, 安装电话
3、Yesterday, a pigeon carried the first message from Pinhurst to Silbury. carry v. 带着, 携带（其强调所携带的东西不会着地） I carried my son. （背或抱着）
I carry the bag. take v. 带着
I take my sister to the cinema.
from…to…表示从一个地方到另一个地方 He looked at the girl from head to foot.
The news spread from house to house. 家家户户都得知了这条消息。 4、The bird covered the distance in three minutes. cover the distance 飞过那段距离
5、Up to now, Mr.Scott has sent a great many requests for spare parts and other urgent messages from one garage to the other.
up to now =up till now 到目前为止，到现在为止(作时间状语，时态多用现在完成时，相当于until/till now)
Up to now, he has not been very hard-working. request for 对……的需求
a great many(+可数名词复数) 许多…… a great many可以做形容词短语：
A great many trees were destroyed in the storm. 也可作代词短语：
He has read a great many of the books in this room. a great number of(+可数名词复数) 许多…… urgent adj. 紧急的
something urgent 紧急的事情 【Key structures】
一般过去时与现在完成时
在表示过去某个特定时间发生的事情或动作时，要用一般过去时。在表示刚刚或者已经完成一个动作并且对现在有影响时，则要用现在完成时，时间状语可以是不特指的 now，just或者for 引导的一段时间，或者不加任何时间状语。 一般过去时与现在完成时的共同点：动作在过去都做过了；区别：过去式只能强调过去的事, 和现在没有任何关系. I ate a piece of bread.
现在完成时, 强调过去的事情对现在产生的影响. I have eaten a piece of bread this morning. I'm not hungry. The clock stopped. 陈述事实
The clock has stopped. 过去的事实对现在造成影响 It snowed yesterday.
It has snowed yesterday. 强调对现在造成影响 【Special Difficulties】 带way的短语
in the way 按照，以……方式
Do your work in the way I have shown you. 按我给你示范的方法来做你的工作。 I do the work in the way you showed me. I fly the kite in the way you showed me. in the/one’s way 挡路；妨碍（某人）
Sorry, you are in the way.(在口语中很少用, 一般直接用Excuse me.就可以了) Don’t stand in the way. I can’t see the blackboard. in this way 这样,以这种方式
He saves old envelopes. In this way, he has collected a great many stamps. in a way 从某种意义上来说，在某种程度上 In a way, you are kind.
in a friendly way 用友好的方式
in the family way 怀孕了, 快有小孩了(have a baby) The woman is in the family way.
by the way 随便说一声, 随便问一下(插入语，改变话题时用) By the way, have you seen Harry recently?
on the/one’s way(to) 在去……的途中(陈述句) : on the way to school/the office；on the way home out of the way 让路
Get out of the way! 你给我滚出去!
get one's own way 随心所欲 (at one’s pleasure) Children get their own way during the holidays.
关于系动词 : 一般来说, 如 be become 一定不单独使用, 往往要在后面加上表语, 我们称它为系动词. 但另外还有一些系动词同时又是不及物的实义动词, 常见的有 : seem, look, appear, sound, taste, feel, smell, stay, remain, keep, grow, turn, go, run, get, prove, stand等, 这些词有的语法书上称为半联系动词. ★Lesson 6 Percy Buttons ★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. 【课文讲解】
1、Yesterday a beggar knocked at my door. ★knock v. 敲门 ① vi. 敲门
I knocked, but no one answered. knock at 敲（门、窗等）
knock at the door；knock at the window ② vt.&vi. 碰撞
You always knock things off the table. 你总是碰掉桌上的东西。
Jim was knocked over by a bus this morning. 今天上午吉姆被一辆公共汽车撞倒了。 She has knocked a cup over again. 她又碰倒了一个杯子。 ③ vt. 把（某人）打成……状态
He knocked Tom out yesterday. 他昨天把汤姆打昏过去了。 ④ 与off连用时有一些特殊含义，一般用于口语 vt. （价格上）减去，除去，打折扣
They knocked five dollars off the price of the coat.
The shop assistant knocked 10% off the bill.（He reduced the price by 10%.） vi. 下班，停止，中断（工作等）
When do you usually knock off? 你一般什么时候下班？
He knocked off for lunch at half past eleven. 他十一点半休息吃中午饭。 2、He asked me for a meal and a glass of beer.
ask (sb.) for sth =request for sth. 问某人要什么东西
（for 为了这个目的去请求某人, sb.更多的时候不出现, ask for sth.） The boy asked (his parents)for money again/once more.
3、In return for this, the beggar stood on his head and sang songs.
in return for this 作为对……的回报，作为交换（this 在代词当中常常指代上文的一件事情） I'll buy a present for him in return for hospitality. （hospitality adj. 热情） in return 作为回报
You lent me this interesting book last month. In return (for it), I’ll show you some picture books. In return for your help, I invite you to spend the weekend with my family. He doesn't want anything in return. 他不想得到任何回报 stood on his head 倒立
stand on one's hands 用手着地(hand单数就是一只手, 双手复数) stand on one's knees 跪着, 膝盖 lie on one's back 仰面躺着 lie on one's side 侧躺 lie on one's stomach 趴着
4、Later a neighbour told me about him.
介词about可以和一些动词连用，以表示“关于……（的）”、“ 涉 及……（的）” Please tell me about the accident.
tell sb. about sth. 告诉某人某事（about关于, 通过其他事自己得出的结论） tell you about him
tell you about the word 解释这个单词的意思 tell sb. sth. 告诉某人某件事(把事情直接告诉) tell you the news
tell you the word 直接告诉这个单词 5、Everybody knows him.
everybody作为主语一定作单数看待, 属于不定代词
所有的不定代词作为主语一律为单数看待 : somebody，anybody，everything等
6、He calls at every house in the street once a month and always asks for a meal and a glass of beer.