Lesson 59In or Out?
进来还是出去？11 句 · 1:40
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WhydidRexrunaway?
雷克斯为什么跑掉了？
Ourdog, Rex, usedtositoutsideourfrontgateandbark.
我们家的狗雷克斯过去常常坐在前门外面叫。
Everytimehewantedtocomeintothegardenhewouldbarkuntilsomeoneopenedthegate.
每次它想进花园，它就会一直叫，直到有人把门打开。
Astheneighbourscomplainedofthenoise, myhusbandspentweekstraininghimtopresshispawonthelatchtolethimselfin.
由于邻居们抱怨太吵，我丈夫花了几个星期训练它用爪子按门闩，自己开门进来。
Rexsoonbecameanexpertatopeningthegate.
雷克斯很快就成了开门的专家。
However, whenIwasgoingoutshoppinglastweek, Inoticedhiminthegardennearthegate.
然而，上星期我出去买东西时，发现它在花园里的门旁边。
Thistimehewasbarkingsothatsomeonewouldlethimout!
这一次它叫是为了让人把它放出去！
Sincethen, hehasdevelopedanotherbadhabit.
从那以后，它又养成了另一个坏习惯。
Assoonasheopensthegatefromtheoutside, hecomesintothegardenandwaitsuntilthegateshuts.
它一从外面把门打开，就走进花园，等着门关上。
Thenhesitsandbarksuntilsomeoneletshimout.
然后它坐在那里叫，直到有人把它放出去。
Afterthisheimmediatelyletshimselfinandbeginsbarkingagain.
之后它马上又自己开门进来，再次开始叫。
YesterdaymyhusbandremovedthegateandRexgotsoannoyedwehavenotseenhimsince.
昨天我丈夫把门拆掉了，雷克斯气坏了，从那以后我们就再也没有见过它。
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英英解释为课文中的义项。
- bark/bɑːrk/v.
to make the short loud sound that a dog makes
（狗）叫；吠
#1Our dog, Rex, used to sit outside our front gate and bark.
- gate/ɡeɪt/n.
a door in a wall or fence outside a house
大门；栅栏门
#1Our dog, Rex, used to sit outside our front gate and bark.
- complain/kəmˈpleɪn/v.
to say that you are not happy about something
抱怨；投诉
#3As the neighbours complained of the noise, my husband spent weeks training him to press his paw on the latch to let himself in.
- train/treɪn/v.
to teach a person or animal to do something
训练
#3As the neighbours complained of the noise, my husband spent weeks training him to press his paw on the latch to let himself in.
- press/pres/v.
to push something firmly with your hand or foot
按；压
#3As the neighbours complained of the noise, my husband spent weeks training him to press his paw on the latch to let himself in.
- paw/pɔː/n.
the foot of an animal such as a dog or cat
爪子
#3As the neighbours complained of the noise, my husband spent weeks training him to press his paw on the latch to let himself in.
- latch/lætʃ/n.
a small metal bar that keeps a gate or door closed
门闩；碰锁
#3As the neighbours complained of the noise, my husband spent weeks training him to press his paw on the latch to let himself in.
- expert/ˈekspɜːrt/n.
a person who knows a lot about something or does it well
专家；能手
#4Rex soon became an expert at opening the gate.
- develop/dɪˈveləp/v.
to start to have something, such as a habit
养成；形成
#7Since then, he has developed another bad habit.
- habit/ˈhæbɪt/n.
something you do often without thinking about it
习惯
#7Since then, he has developed another bad habit.
- shut/ʃʌt/v.
to close, or to become closed
关上；关闭
#8As soon as he opens the gate from the outside, he comes into the garden and waits until the gate shuts.
- remove/rɪˈmuːv/v.
to take something away from a place
拆掉；移走
#11Yesterday my husband removed the gate and Rex got so annoyed we have not seen him since.
- annoyed/əˈnɔɪd/adj.
a little angry about something
恼火的；生气的
#11Yesterday my husband removed the gate and Rex got so annoyed we have not seen him since.