Lily的Scalers Talk第八轮新概念朗读持续力训练Da

Lesson 92    Asking for trouble

It must have been about two in the morning when I returned home. I tried to wake up my wife by ringing the door-bell, 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.

fast 熟睡

ladder  [ˈlædər] 梯子

shed  [ʃed]  棚子

against [əˈɡenst] 紧靠;倚;

sarcastic  [sɑːrˈkæstɪk]  讽刺的，讥笑的

tone[toʊn]   语气、腔调

又是忙活了一天，一直到晚上才来做作业，好在今天的课文有趣也不难。除夕越来越近了，考验也越来越大了。希望能一直坚持。