全文 11 句（男女对话）· 8 个生词和短语（加粗 + 红色音标 / 词性 / 释义）
作者1. Our dog, Rex, used to sit outside our front gate and bark /bɑːk/ v. 狗叫.
作者2. Every time he wanted to come into the garden he would bark until someone opened the gate.
作者3. As the neighbours complained of the noise, my husband spent weeks training him to press /pres/ v. 按，压 his paw /pɔː/ n. 脚爪 on the latch /lætʃ/ n. 门闩 to let himself in.
作者4. Rex soon became an expert /'ekspɜːt/ n. 专家 at opening the gate.
作者5. However, when I was going out shopping last week, I noticed him in the garden near the gate.
作者6. This time he was barking so that someone would let him out!
作者7. Since then, he has developed /dɪ'veləpt/ v. 养成 another bad habit /'hæbɪt/ n. 习惯.
作者8. As soon as he opens the gate from the outside, he comes into the garden and waits until the gate shuts.
作者9. Then he sits and barks until someone lets him out.
作者10. After this he immediately lets himself in and begins barking again.
作者11. Yesterday my husband removed /rɪ'muːvd/ v. 拆掉，取下 the gate and Rex got so annoyed we have not seen him since.
作者1. 我们的狗雷克斯过去常坐在前门外面叫。
作者2. 每当它想到花园里来时，便汪汪叫个不停，直到有人把门打开。
作者3. 由于邻居们对狗叫很有意见，所以我丈夫花了几个星期的时间训练它用脚爪按住门闩把自己放进来。
作者4. 雷克斯很快成了开门的专家。
作者5. 然而上星期我正要出去买东西时，发现它正在花园的门口。
作者6. 这次它叫着让人把它放出去！
作者7. 从那以后，它养成了另外一种坏习惯。
作者8. 它从外面把门一打开，就走进花园，等着门自动关上。
作者9. 这之后他就坐下汪汪叫起来，直到有人来把它放出去。
作者10. 出去之后，它又马上把自己放进来，接着再开始叫。
作者11. 昨天，我丈夫把大门卸了下来，雷克斯很生气，此后我们便再也没有见到它。