In or out?
【課文】
Our dog, Rex, used to sit outside our front gate and dark. Every time he wanted to come into the garden he would bark until someone opened the gate. As the neighbours complained of the noise, my husband spent weeks training him to press his paw on the latch to let himself in. Rex soon became an expert at opening the gate. However, when I was going out shopping last week, I noticed him in the garden near the gate. This time he was barking so that someone would let him out! Since then, he has developed another bad habit. As soon as he opens the gate from the outside, he comes into the garden and waits until the gate shuts. Then he sits and barks until someone lets him out. After this he immediately lets himself in and begins barking again. Yesterday my husband removed the gate and Rex got so annoyed we have not seen him since.
【課文翻譯】
我家的狗雷克斯，過去常坐在大門外面叫。每當(dāng)它想到花園里來時，便汪汪叫個不停，直到有人把門打開。由于鄰居們對狗叫很有意見，所以我丈夫花了幾個星期的時間訓(xùn)練它用腳爪按住門閂把自己放進(jìn)來。雷克斯很快成了開門的專家。然而上星期我正要出去買東西時，發(fā)現(xiàn)它正呆在花園里邊靠門的地方。這次它叫著讓人把它放出去!從那以后，它養(yǎng)成了另外一種壞習(xí)慣。它從外面把門一打開，就走進(jìn)花園，等著門自動關(guān)上。這之后他就坐下汪汪叫起來，直到有人來把它放出去。出去之后，它又馬上把自己放進(jìn)來，接著再開始叫。昨天，我丈夫把門卸了下來，雷克斯很生氣，此后我們便再也沒有見到它。
【生詞匯總】
bark v. 狗叫，吠
press v. 按，壓
paw n. 腳爪
latch n. 門閂
expert n. 專家
develop v. 養(yǎng)成
habit n. 習(xí)慣
remove v. 拆掉，取下
【短語匯總】
complain of就某件事而發(fā)牢騷，抱怨
so that目的在于，以期能夠
【知識點講解】
1，as用法匯總(As the neighbours complained of the noise, my husband spent weeks training him to press his paw on the latch to let himself in)
1，“作為”，后加名詞
例：as a citizen, we should keep our city clean.作為一名市民，我們應(yīng)該保持城市清潔。
2，“因為”，后加完整句子，和because用法一致，引導(dǎo)原因狀語從句。
3，“當(dāng)……時候”用法和when一致，后面加完整的句子，引導(dǎo)時間狀語從句。
2，becaome an expert at doing成了干某事的行家(Rex soon became an expert at opening the gate)
意思上要比be good at強(qiáng)烈
例：She is an expert at solving problems.她是解決問題專家。
3，spend，cost，take的區(qū)別(my husband spent weeks training him to press his paw on the latch to let himself in)
spend的主語是人，后面用ing
例：I spend money buying cake.
cost主語是物，后面加to do
例：the cake costs me 200 yuan to buy.
take主語是物，后面加to do，但take是花時間，cost是花錢
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