1、Lesson 59 In or out?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 vt.&vi. 按,挤,压 Can you press that button for me please? vt. 催促,敦促,竭力劝说 I dont 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 cats paw 被利用的人(由寓言而来) I dont wan
2、t to be a cats paw我才不想被人利用 The cats paw was burntMy dogs paw was bleeding.latch n. 门闩 latch n. 门闩(庭院,花园中的门闩) bar n. 门闩(与 latch不同)You cant 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.develop v. 养成 vt. &vi. 发展,扩展 Th
3、e village has developed into a town now. Ideveloping country 发展中国家 ; developed country 发达国家 V-ed 强调已经,V-ing 强调正在,有时态的区别 boiling water 滚开水 ; boiled water 开水 develop the film 冲洗胶卷 habit n. 习惯(指个人习惯) custom n. 风俗,习俗 ; customs n. 海关 ; customer n. 顾客 develop a good habitHe slipped into bad habits.He has
4、the habit of staying up late.remove v. 拆掉, 取下 remove sth. from 从挪走 she saw he had reomoved his glasses.He removed the picture from the wall.【课文讲解】 1、Our dog, Rex, used to sit outside our front gate and dark. front gate 前门 wouldused to 过去常常 2、Every time he wanted to come into the garden he would bark
5、 until someone opened the gate. The dog used to bark the front gate to let(make) somebody open the door. every timewhen 每当,每次,无论何时(every time在这里为连词引导一个时间状语从句,表示“每次”、“每当”,主句中的would表示过去的习惯性动作。用一般过去时的句子中它们经常连用) Every time we met, we would talk for a while. 我们每次见面都要聊一会儿。 the monmentas soon as 一就(强调的是瞬间)
6、 3、As the neighbours complained of the noise, my husband spent weeks training him to press his paw on the latch to let himself in. complaim of 抱怨 sb. spend time (in) doing sth./on sth. 花费某段时间去做某事(人作主语) Why dont you spend more time on studies? I spent two weeks (in) reading this book. It takes sb. so
7、me times to do sth. 某事花了某人多少时间(事情做主语) train sb. to do sth. 训练某人做某事 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 press his paw on the latch = press the latch press the button / press the figure on the button 4、Rex soon became an expert at opening the gate. become an
8、expert at doing sth. 成了能手/专家/权威 John is an expert at driving a car. 约翰是开车高手。 She is an expert in flowers. 她是花卉方面的专家。 Sam is an expert on that problem. 萨姆是研究那个问题的权威。 5、However, when I was going out shopping last week, I noticed him in the garden near the gate. going out shopping 加了out 强调外出 6、Yesterday my husband removed the gate and Rex got so annoyed we have not seen him since. sothat如此以至于,结果状语从句,可以省略一个词,so 或 that 都可以 so that 以便于,为了(目的状语从句) This time he was barking so that someone would let him out! since(在句尾) = since then : 从那时起到现在为止 第 2 页