新概念英语第二册 Lesson 59 In or out？讲义

Lesson 59In or out？

🌻Part 1: Text

Our dog, Rex, used to sit outside our front gate and bark. 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.

🌻Part 2: New words and expressions

1 bark [bɑ:k] v.狗叫

2 press [pres] v.按压

3 paw [pɔ:] n.脚爪

4 latch [lætʃ] n.门闩

5 expert ['ekspə:t] n.专家

6 develop[di'veləp] v.养成

7 habit ['hæbit] n.习惯

8 remove [ri'mu:v] v.拆掉，取下

★bark      v. 狗叫   

The dog is barking. 

sb. is barking.     某人在咆哮 

The dog barked at the visitor.

★press     v. 按, 压 

1. vt.&vi. 按，挤，压 

Can you press that button for me please?

2.vt. 催促，敦促，竭力劝说 

I don’t like to be pressed.   我不喜欢被人催促

❤️pressure     

n. 压, 压力, 电压, 压迫, 强制, 紧迫 

★paw     n. 脚爪 

The cat’s paw was burnt.

My dog’s paw was bleeding.

cat's paw    被利用的人(由寓言而来) 

I don‘t want to be a cat’s paw.

我才不想被人利用 。

★latch     n. 门闩 

latch     n. 门闩（庭院，花园中的门闩） 

You can’t walk in because the door is on the latch. 

★expert     n. 专家

expert at/in sth.    在某一方面是专家 

expert at/in doing sth.  

He is an expert in maths.