59_In_or_Out

59 In or Out

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 (that) we have not seen him since.

Words

• bark /bɑrk/ 狗叫
• paw /pɔ/ 爪子
• latch /lætʃ/ 门闩
• annoyed /əˈnɔɪd/ 恼怒的；烦闷的

目的状语从句

to

in order to

so as to

so that

in order that

so that 以便; 为了

Expressions

• become/be an expert at doing sth. 成为做某事的专家
• have a habit of doing sth. 有做某事的习惯
• remove sth. from... 从……移除某物
• complained of ... 抱怨
• spend st. doing sth. 花……时间做某事
• train sb. to do sth. 训练某人做某事