新概念英语第二册Lesson59

★habit
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n. 习惯(指个人习惯) custom n. 风俗，习俗 Stop biting your nails. It’s a bad habit. She has a habit of playing with her hair while reading. 他有熬夜的习惯。（ stay up late） He has the habit of staying up late.
habit
fall into bad habit get into bad habit kick the habit of 养成坏习惯 get rid of the habit of 你最好戒掉咬指甲的习惯。 戒除某嗜好/习惯 You’d better get rid of the habit of biting your nails.
habit
fall into the habit of doing sth get into the habit of doing sth develop a habit form a habit make a habit 养成… 习惯 我养成了一回家就看电视的习惯。 I’ve got into a habit of turning on the TV as soon as I get home.
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.
★expert
• become an expert at doing sth. 成了……能 手/专家/权威 • Expert常与介词at,in,on,with连用 • 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。
latch
• on the latch 仅上门闩的，关着的，未 上锁的 • off the latch 未上门闩的，虚掩的 2）v. 用门闩栓牢或用撞锁锁住 你离开的时候别忘了把前门锁上。 • Don’t forget to latch the front door when you leave.
1、Our dog, Rex, used to sit outside our front gate and dark. • front gate 前门 • would＝used to 过去常常
2.Every time he wanted to come into the garden he would bark until someone opened 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 we have not seen him since.
★paw n. 脚爪 • The cat’s paw was burnt. • My dog’s paw was bleeding. • cat's paw 被利用的人(由寓言而来) • I don‘t want to be a cat’s paw. 我才不想被人利用 。
★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 can’t walk in because the door is on the latch.
• habit ['hæbɪt] n. 习惯
• remove [rɪ'muːv] v. 拆掉，取下
• annoyed [ə'nɒɪd] adj. 生气的，恼火的
Important phrases
过去常常 每当，每次 used to every time
抱怨，发牢骚
让...进来/出去
complain of
【译一译】：
1）他是个老练的司机。
He is an expert in/at driving a car.
= He is expert in/ at driving a car.
2）They are all experts in this field. 他们都是这个领域的行家。
★develop
v. 养成 develop a habit • ① vt. &vi. 发展，扩展 • The village has developed into a town now. • developing 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 • ②develop the film 冲洗胶卷
★remove v. 拆掉, 取下 • remove the dishes 撤去碗碟 • remove one’s hat 脱掉帽子 • My husband removed the gate. 拆门 • The player was removed from the team. 开除 expressions
• Rex
['reks]
雷克斯
• bark [bɑːk] v. 狗叫
• press [pres] v. 按，压 • paw [pɔː] n. 脚爪 • latch [lætʃ] n. 门闩 • expert ['ekspɜːt] n. 专家
• develop [dɪ'veləp] v. 养成
★press v. 按, 压 • ① vt.&vi. 按，挤，压 • Can you press that button for me please? • ②vt. 催促，敦促，竭力劝说 • I don’t 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 • pressure cooker 高压锅
Language points
• 1 Where did Rex use to sit ? A. outside the front door B. inside the front door C. outside the back door • 2 What did the neighbour complain of ? A. The voice B. The sound C. The noise 3. After my husband removed the gate , how did Rex feel? A. Rex felt happy. B. Rex got annoyed C. Rex was excited.
expert adj.熟练地，老练的，擅长的
• an expert economist 一个老练的经济学家 • an expert thief 一个熟练的贼 be expert at sth/ doing sth be expert in sth/ doing sth • 她对付孩子非常擅长。 擅长…. • She is expert at handling children. • She is expert in handling children.
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.
let...in /out
开门的专家
一...就....; 很生气 外出购物 从那以后
an expert at opening the gate
as soon as 、 get annoyed go out shopping since then
养成了另外一种坏习惯 developed another bad habit
remover 迁移者，搬运工；清除剂 • nail-polish remover 指甲油清除剂 removable adj. 可以动的，可除去的，可拆 除的 • removable furniture 可拆除的家具
bark v. 狗叫 The dog is barking. • sb. is barking. 某人在咆哮 • The dog barked at the visitor. • 那只狗老是对我叫. • That dog always barks at me. • somebody is barking • 某人在咆哮 • A barking dog seldom bites. • (谚)善吠之犬不咬人
Lesson59 In or out?
By Tina
• Do you have any pets? • Do they have any strange habits?
西方狗文化
• 西方世界，享有“Man’s best friend ”的狗，在西方具体 文化表现中也大多数突显了其较高的地位。 • 第一，用“dog”来形容人，常常表示对一些人的赞扬，信 任，这在汉语中是从未出现的。如a lucky dog(幸运儿）、a big dog(大款，保镖等）、a top dog(一个身居要职的人）。 • 第二 ，在西方，人们养狗的方式也与西方大相径庭。在一些 英美国家，人绝不让狗吃人剩下的残羹冷炙，狗有专门的狗 食。在超市， 狗食与人的食品放在一起销售，还有一些专门 为狗提供服务的设施和商店，如：狗食店、狗餐厅、狗医院、 狗旅社等。另外，还有专门为狗树碑立传、歌功颂德的。因 此，狗成了他们的朋友，受到与人平等的尊重
• every time＝when 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。 • He brought a present every time he came to visit us. • 他每次来看我们都带一份礼物。 • the moment＝as soon as 一……就……(强调的 是瞬间)