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Lesson 59
In or out?
Begging Dog
the dog who is disppointed in love
the dog who sees ghost
the dog who is badly hurt
the dog who is forced to study
dogs who are unwilling to get married
dogs who have housing difficulty
the dog who is hiding
Our dog, Rex, used to sit outside our front gate and bark.
我家的狗雷克斯, 过去常坐在大门外面叫.
bark
When a dog barks, it makes a short, loud noise, once or several times.
v. 狗叫
The dog is barking.
If you bark at someone, you shout at them aggressively in a loud, rough voice.
sb. is barking.某人在咆哮
Every time he wanted to come into the garden he would bark until someone opened the gate.
每当它想到花园里来时, 便汪汪叫个不停, 直到有人把门打开.
every time=when每当,每次,无论何时(后面可以是点时间,也可以是段时间)
我们每次见面都要聊一小会。
Every time we met, we would talk for a while.
他每次到这个饭馆来, 都是先要一杯茶。
Every time he came to the restaurant, he would first ask for a cup of tea.
每次我翻到59课,我都会记起我的老师。
Every time I turned to lesson 59, I would remember my teacher.
As the neighbours complained of the noise, my husband spent weeks training him to press his paw on the latch to let himself in.
由于邻居们对狗叫很有意见, 所以我丈夫花了几个星期的时间训练它用脚爪按住门闩把自己放进来.
sb. spend time (in) doing sth./on sth.花费某段时间去做某事(人作主语)
你为什么不在学习上再多花点时间呢?
Why don’t you spend more time on studies?
我花了两个星期的时间读这本书。
I spent two weeks (in) reading this book.
let sb. do sth.让某人做某事
let sb. in让某人进来;
let sb. out让某人出去
let sb. down让某人失望
complain
~ (to sb) (about / of sth) to say that you are annoyed, unhappy or not satisfied about sb/sth
`I do everything you ask of me,' he complained.
她向我诉苦说他粗鲁.
She complained to me about his rudeness.
press v. 按, 压
① vt.&vi. 按,挤,压
请问你能帮我按下按钮吗?
Can you press that button for me please?
② vt. 挤取,榨取(……的汁)
如果你更喜欢果汁,你可以榨些橙汁。
If you prefer juice, you can press some oranges.
③ vt. 催促,敦促,竭力劝说
我父母竭力劝说我报名参加这个比赛。
My parents pressed me to enter for the competition.
我不喜欢被人催促。
I don’t like to be pressed.
paw n. 脚爪 cat's paw被利用的人(由寓言而来)
我才不想被人利用。
I don't want to be a cat's paw.
Rex