练习材料：

Lesson59 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 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.

ˈaʊə dɒg, rɛks, juːzd tuː sɪt ˌaʊtˈsaɪd ˈaʊə frʌnt geɪt ænd bɑːk. ˈɛvri taɪm hiː ˈwɒntɪd tuː kʌm ˈɪntuː ðə ˈgɑːdn hiː wʊd bɑːk ənˈtɪl ˈsʌmwʌn ˈəʊpənd ðə geɪt. æz ðə ˈneɪbəz kəmˈpleɪnd ɒv ðə nɔɪz, maɪ ˈhʌzbənd spɛnt wiːks ˈtreɪnɪŋ hɪm tuː prɛs hɪz pɔː ɒn ðə læʧ tuː lɛt hɪmˈsɛlf ɪn. rɛks suːn bɪˈkeɪm ən ˈɛkspɜːt æt ˈəʊpnɪŋ ðə geɪt. haʊˈɛvə, wɛn aɪ wɒz ˈgəʊɪŋ aʊt ˈʃɒpɪŋ lɑːst wiːk, aɪ ˈnəʊtɪst hɪm ɪn ðə ˈgɑːdn nɪə ðə geɪt. ðɪs taɪm hiː wɒz ˈbɑːkɪŋ səʊ ðæt ˈsʌmwʌn wʊd lɛt hɪm aʊt! sɪns ðɛn, hiː hæz dɪˈvɛləpt əˈnʌðə bæd ˈhæbɪt. æz suːn æz hiː ˈəʊpənz ðə geɪt frɒm ˌaʊtˈsaɪd, hiː kʌmz ˈɪntuː ðə ˈgɑːdn ænd weɪts ənˈtɪl ðə geɪt ʃʌts. ðɛn hiː sɪts ænd bɑːks ənˈtɪl ˈsʌmwʌn lɛts hɪm aʊt. ˈɑːftə ðɪs hiː ɪˈmiːdiətli lɛts hɪmˈsɛlf ɪn ænd bɪˈgɪnz ˈbɑːkɪŋ əˈgɛn. ˈjɛstədeɪ maɪ ˈhʌzbənd rɪˈmuːvd ðə geɪt ænd rɛks gɒt səʊ əˈnɔɪd wiː hæv nɒt siːn hɪm sɪns.

任务配置：

L0＋L4

知识笔记：

词组：complain of 抱怨，诉苦；an expert at …方面的专家

新词：press 压；paw 爪子；latch 门闩；shut 闭上；remove 去除，开除，迁移

练习感悟：

以前毫无知觉，现在才明白新二课文中难易程度是有变化的。可能有的课时作为缓冲夹杂着，比较简单；有些就是主要学习内容。

今天这一篇课文相对容易很多，加油吧。