Lesson 59: In or out?

Key words and expressions

• Rex 雷克斯
• bark v. 狗叫
• press 按，压
• paw 脚爪
• latch 门闩
• expert 专家
• develop a habit 养成习惯
• remove 拆掉，取下
• annoyed 生气的，恼火的

Questions on the text

1. Why did the writer’s husband spend weeks training the dog to open the front gate?
   1. Because the dog sit outside the gate and bark until someone open the gate.
2. What bad habit has the dog developed?
   1. As soon as he lets himself into the garden, he begins barking until someone lets himself out, and then he does it again.
3. What happened when the writer’s husband removed the gate?
   1. The dog got so annoyed that he ran away and never back.

Language points

1. Every time he wanted to come into the garden he would bark until someone opened the gate.

   1. Every time I went back to my hometown I was surprised at the changes.
   2. He brought a present every time he came to visit us.

2. 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. complain of/about 对。。。抱怨
   2. spend time doing sth. 花时间做某事
      1. I spent a whole day writing postcards.
   3. spend time on sth. 在。。。上花时间
      1. He has spent a lot of time on this project.
   4. let oneself in/out 放自己进去/出来
      1. The door was open so I let myself in.
      2. He opened the door and let me in.
      3. He let himself out through the window.

3. Rex soon became an expert at opening the gate.

   1. expert 常用 介词at,in,on,with连用
      1. She is an expert in/at teaching small children.
      2. an expert in economics 经济专家
      3. an expert on foreign affairs 外交专家
      4. an expert with the needles 针线活能手

4. However, when I was going out shopping last week, I noticed him in the garden near the gate.

   1. go swimming
   2. go fishing
   3. go picnicking 去野餐

5. This time he was barking so that someone would let him out.

   1. so that 为的是。。。
      1. Please speak up so that the people sitting at the back can hear you.
      2. Can you hurry up a little so that we won’t be late again?

6. Yesterday my husband removed the gate and Rex got so annoyed we have not seen him since.

   1. since 时间副词，打那以后
   2. so … that … 如此。。。以致。。。口语中常省略that
      1. He was so excited he could not say anything.

Key structures and usage

表示目的的几种方式

to, in order to, so as to, so that , in order that

1. My husband spent weeks training him to press his paw on the latch to let himself in.

2. This time he was barking so that someone would let him out.

3. We started out early in order to avoid traffic.

4. I moved to the front of the bus so as to get a good view of the countryside.

5. He left the letter on the table in order that I might see it.

Extension

A dog is man’s best friend.

Do you keep any pets?

Have you seen any pets that have strange habits?