英语提问：I paid a visit to my former teacher of English-我拜访了我的英语

英语提问：I paid a visit to my former teacher of English-我拜访了我的英语老师?
我是在词霸上看到的,这里用paid是干吗的啊,还有为什么要用forner啊,真的teacher or english不就好了吗?不懂