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Lesson 92
Asking for trouble
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Listening-听力
LESSON 92
It must have been about two in the morning when I returned home. I tried to wake up my wife by ringing the doorbell, but she was fast asleep, so I got a ladder from the shed in the garden, put it against the wall, and began climbing towards the bedroom window. I was almost there when a sarcastic voice below said, ‘I don’t think the windows need cleaning at this time of the night.’ I looked down and nearly fell off the ladder when I saw a policeman. I immediately regretted answering in the way I did, but I said, ‘I enjoy cleaning windows at night.’
‘So do I,’ answered the policeman in the same tone.
‘Excuse my interrupting you. I hate to interrupt a man when he’s busy working, but would you mind coming with me to the station?’
‘Well, I’d prefer to stay here,’ I said. ‘You see. I've forgotten my key.’
‘Your what?’ he called.
‘My key,’ I shouted.
Fortunately, the shouting woke up my wife who opened the window just as the policeman had started to climb towards me.
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LESSON 92
words-单词讲解
1 fast [fɑ:st] adv.熟(睡)
2 ladder ['lædə] n.梯子
3 shed [ʃed] n.棚子
4 sarcastic [sɑ:'kæstɪk] adj.讽刺的,讥笑的
5 tone [təʊn] n.语气,腔调
fast 1 ) adv.熟(睡)地( soundly)
He is fast asleep .他睡得很熟.
=He is sleeping soundly.
=He is sleeping deeply.
(2)快地 ( rapidly迅速地)
He ran to school fast.他飞快地奔向学校。
(3)牢固地
His feet were stuck fast in the mud.
他稳稳地站在泥地里。
ladder n.梯子
I tried to wake up my wife by ringing the doorbell, but she was fast asleep, so I got a ladder from the shed in the garden, put it against the wall, and began climbing towards the bedroom window.
我按响了门铃,试图唤醒我的妻子,但她睡得很熟.于是,我从花园的小棚里搬来了一个梯子,把它靠在墙边,开始向卧室的窗口爬去。
climb up a ladder 爬上梯子
fall off a ladder跌下梯子,从梯子上摔下来
He hurt himself falling off a ladder.
他从梯子上摔下来受了伤。
ladder n. (社会,组织或系统中晋升的)阶梯,途径He moved rapidly up the corporate ladder.
他在公司里晋升得很快。
shed n.棚子,小屋
shed v. 落下,使脱落,脱(掉)
The trees shed their leaves in autumn.
树木在秋天落叶。
He ran down to the sea, shedding clothes as he went.他奔向大海,