92_Asking_for_Trouble

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 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.

Words¶

asleep /əˈslip/ 熟睡
ladder /ˈlædɚ/ 梯子
shed /ʃɛd/ 棚
sarcastic /sɑrˈkæstɪk/ 讽刺的

Expressions¶

fast asleep 熟睡
Are you being sarcastic? 你是在挖苦吗？
Don't take that tone with me! 别用那种口气跟我说话！
hate to do sth. 讨厌做某事