Lesson 92 Asking for trouble 自找麻煩

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.

句子講解:

7、"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 ?,

"請原諒我打斷了你。當一個人忙著工作的時候,我是不愿意去打擾他的`,但請你跟我 到警察局去一趟好嗎?"

語言點1 Excuse my interrupting you.請原諒我打斷了你。

語言點2 would you mind...是非常客氣地要求。

8、'Well, I,d prefer to stay here,,I said.' You see, I,ve forgotten my key.,

"可我更愿意待在這兒我說道您瞧,我忘帶鑰匙了。"

9、'Your what ?'he called. 'My key,' I shouted.

"什么?"他大聲問。"鑰匙我喊叫道。

10、Fortunately, the shouting woke up my wife who opened the window just as the policeman had started to climb towards me.

幸運的是,這喊聲驚醒了我的妻子,就在警察開始向我爬上來時,她終于打開了窗戶。

語言點 just as...就在……時,突出當時的情況緊急。