单词讲解

press v.按,压
press the button
press any key to continue
n.出版社,新闻界
Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press
pressure n.压力
develop v.养成
develop a bad / good habit
a developing country 发展中国家

语法讲解

Our dag, used to sit outside out front gate…
used to : 过去常常做某事,现在不做了
Every time he wanted to come… he would bark until someone opened the gate.
complain of / about…
spend + 时间/钱 + on sth./(in)doing sth.
train sb. to do sth.
… my husband spent weeks training him to press his paw on the latch to let himself in.
表示目的 :
to do / in order to do / so as to do
I am coming to see you.
Rex… became an expert at opening the gate.
… when I was going out shopping last week,I noticed him in the garden…
… he was barking so that someone would let him out!
so that…
He ran to the station so that he caught the train. 引导状语从句
He ran to the station so that he might catch the train.
The ball struck him so hard that he nearly fell…(因果关系)
my husband removed the gate and Rex got so annoyed(that) we have not seen him since.

知识扩展

表示目的 :
to do
in order to do
so as to do
He told you about it to warn you.
so that + 句子(有情态动词)
in order that + 句子
He told you about it so that you would be careful.
He ran to the station. He wanted to catch the last train.
He ran to the station to catch the last train.
He ran to the station so that the would catch the last train.
他跑去车站,目的是赶上车.
The thief ran quickly. The policeman couldn’t catch him.
The thief ran quickly. so that the policeman couldn’t catch him.