小故事

Things Dog Must Try to Rmember
狗们一定要记住的事情
1. The garbage collector is NOT stealing our stuff.
1. 收垃圾的人并不是要偷我们的东西。
2. I do not need to suddenly stand straight up when I'm lying under the coffee table.
2. 我趴在茶几下面的时候，完全没有必要突然站起来。
3. I will not roll my toys behind the fridge.
3. 我不能把玩具拱到冰箱后面。
4. I must shake the rainwater out of my fur BEFORE entering the house.
4. 进屋之前，一定要先把身上的雨水抖干净。
5. I will not eat the cats' food, before or after they eat it.
5. 我既不能和猫们抢吃，也不能吃它们吃剩的食物。
6. I will stop trying to find the few remaining pieces of clean carpet in the house when I am about to throw up.
6. 我要吐的时候，用不着专门去找地毯上所剩无几的干净的地方。
7. I will not throw up in the car.
7. 我不能在车上吐。
8. I will not roll on dead pigeon, sparrow, rat, etc.
8. 我不能把死鸽子、麻雀和老鼠等等当玩具拨弄着玩。
9. The diaper pail is not a cookie jar.
9. 尿布桶不是饼干罐。
10. I will not wake Mommy up with my cold, wet nose on her bottom.
10. 我不能用我又凉又湿的鼻头贴妈妈的屁股叫她起床。
11. I will not chew my human's toothbrush and not tell them.
11. 我不能嚼了人们的牙刷还不告诉他们。
12. When in the car, I will not insist on having the window rolled down when it's raining outside.
12. 坐车时，外面正在下雨的时候，我不能固执地要把车窗摇下来。
13. We do not have a doorbell. I will not bark each time I hear one on TV.
13. 我不能一听到电视里的门铃响就跟着叫唤，因为我们家没有门铃。
14. I will not steal my Mom's underwear and dance all over the back yard with it.
14. 我不能偷妈妈的内衣还穿着在后院里乱跑。
15. The sofa is not a face towel. Neither are Mom & Dad's laps.
15. 沙发不是擦脸毛巾，爸爸和妈妈的衣服也不是。
16. My head does not belong in the refrigerator.
16. 我的脑袋不是冰箱的一部分。
17. I will not bite the officer's hand when he reaches in for Mom's driver's license and car registration.
17. 警察叔叔伸手拿妈妈的驾照和行车证时，我不能去咬他的手。

重点讲解

重点讲解：
1. shake out
抖开；将（布料或衣服）抖干净；将…抖平；
eg. While the water was heating she decided to shake out the carpet...
趁着烧水的时候，她决定将地毯抖抖干净。
eg. I took off my poncho, shook it out, and hung it on a peg by the door.
我脱下了披风，抖落干净，然后挂在门上的挂衣钉上。
2. throw up
呕吐；呕出；
eg. She said she had thrown up after reading reports of the trial.
她说，她看完审判报告后都吐了。
eg. When I get seasick, I throw up my food.
我一晕船就呕吐。
3. insist on sth. doing sth.
坚持；坚决认为（或主张、要求）；
eg. I still insist on my viewpoint.
我仍坚持我的观点。
eg. The tourists insist on keeping to their plan.
旅行者坚持按旅行计划行事。