Lesson 92 Asking for trouble
Lesson 92 Asking for trouble
中文
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我回到家时，肯定已是凌晨两点左右了。
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。
快要爬到窗口时，下面一个人用讽刺的口吻说：“我看不必在夜里这个时候擦窗子吧。”
我向下面看去。当我看清是一个警察时，差一点儿从梯子上掉下去。
我回答了他的话，但马上又后悔不该那样说，我是这样说的：“我喜欢在夜里擦窗子。”
“我也是的，”警察用同样的声调回答，“请原谅我打断了您。当一个人在忙着干活时，我是不愿意去打断他的，但请您跟我到警察局去一趟好吗？”
“可我更愿意呆在这儿，”我说，“您瞧，我忘带钥匙了。”
“什么？”他大声问。
“钥匙！”我喊道。
幸运得很，这喊声惊醒了我的妻子。就在警察开始向我爬上来时，她打开了窗子。
英文
Asking for trouble
It must have been about two in the morning when I returned home.
I tried to wake [weɪk] up my wife by ringing [ˈrɪŋɪŋ] the doorbell [ˈdɔːbel], but she was fast asleep.
So I got a ladder [ˈlædə(r)] from the shed [ʃed] in the garden, put it against the wall, and began climbing [ˈklaɪmɪŋ] towards the bedroom window.
I was almost there when a sarcastic [sɑːˈkæstɪk] voice below said, 'I don't think the windows need cleaning at this time of the night'.
I looked [lʊkt] down and nearly feel off the ladder when I saw a policeman.
I immediately regretted [rɪˈɡretɪd] answering [ˈɑːnsərɪŋ] in the way I did but I said, 'I enjoy cleaning windows at night'.
'So do I' answered the policeman in the same tone [təʊn], 'Excuse my interrupting you. I hate [heɪt] to interrupt a man when he's busy working, but would [wʊd] you mind coming with me to the station?'
'Well, I'd prefer [prɪˈfɜː(r)] to stay here' I said, 'You see, I've forgotten my key.'
'Your what?' he called.
'My key' I shouted.
Fortunately, the shouting woke [wəʊk] up my wife who opened the window just as the policeman had started [ˈstɑːtɪd] to climb [klaɪm] towards me.
分析
It must have been about two in the morning when I returned home.
- complex sentence:
- It must have been about two in the morning
- it
[subject] - must have been
[be verb]- must be
- have done
- about two in the morning
[object]
- it
- when I returned home.
- when + clause
[adverbial clause of time] - I
[subject] - returned
[predicate verb phrase] - home
[object]
- when + clause
- It must have been about two in the morning
- knowledge:
- must have done 对过去已经发生的事情做肯定性的推测
- about two in the morning 凌晨两点
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.
- compound sentence:
- I tried to wake up my wife by ringing the doorbell
- I
[subject] - tried to do
[predicate verb phrase] - to wake up my wife
[to-do as object]- wake up
[predicate verb phrase] - my wife
[object]
- wake up
- by ringing the doorbell
[adverbial]
- I
- but she was fast asleep,
- she
[subject] - was
[be verb] - fast asleep
[predicative][adjective]
- she
- so I got a ladder from the shed in the garden, put it against the wall, and began climbing towards the bedroom window.
- so
- I got a ladder from the shed in the garden
- I
[subject] - got
[predicate verb phrase] - a ladder from the shed
[object] - in the garden
[adverbial of place]
- I
- I put it against the wall
- I
[subject] - put ... {
[propositional object phrase]}[predicate verb phrase] - it
[object] - the wall
[propositional object]
- I
- and
- I began climbing towards the bedroom window.
- I
[subject] - began
[predicate verb phrase] - climbing towards the bedroom window
[doing as object]- climb towards
[verb phrase] - the bedroom window
[object]
- climb towards
- I
- I tried to wake up my wife by ringing the doorbell
- knowledge:
- try + to + do. + (sth.)
- v. 试着...; 尽力...
- wake + up + sth.
- vt. 把...叫醒, 弄醒...
- get + sth.① + from + sth.②
- begin + doing. + (sth.)
- v. 开始...(做某事)
- climb + prep. + sth.
- v. 攀登..., 上升..., 爬...
- fast asleep 熟睡
- try + to + do. + (sth.)
I was almost there when a sarcastic voice below said, 'I don't think the windows need cleaning at this time of the night'.
- simple sentence:
- I was almost there when a sarcastic voice below said,
- I was almost there
- I
[subject] - was
[be verb] - almost there
[predicative]
- I
- when a sarcastic voice below said
- when + clause
[adverbial clause of time] - a sarcastic voice
[subject] - below
[adverbial of place] - said
[predicate verb phrase]
- when + clause
- I was almost there
- 'I don't think the windows need cleaning at this time of the night'.
- I
[subject] - don't think
[predicate verb phrase] - the windows need cleaning
[object] - at this time of the night
[adverbial of time]
- I
- I was almost there when a sarcastic voice below said,
I looked down and nearly feel off the ladder when I saw a policeman.
- complex sentence:
- I looked down
- I
[subject] - looked down
[predicate verb phrase]
- I
- and
- I nearly feel off the ladder when I saw a policeman.
- I nearly feel off the ladder
- I
[subject] - nearly
[adverbial] - feel
[predicate verb phrase] - off the ladder
[object]
- I
- when I saw a policeman
- when + clause
[adverbial clause of time] - I
[subject] - saw
[predicate verb phrase] - a policeman
[object]
- when + clause
- I nearly feel off the ladder
- I looked down
I immediately regretted answering in the way I did but I said, 'I enjoy cleaning windows at night'.
- simple sentence:
- I immediately regretted answering in the way I did
- I
[subject] - immediately
[adverbial] - regretted doing
[predicate verb phrase] - answering in the way I did
- I did
[attributive clause]=> the way
- I did
- I
- but I said
- 'I enjoy cleaning windows at night'.
- I
[subject] - enjoy
[predicate verb phrase] - cleaning windows
[doing as object] - at night
[adverbial of time]
- I
- I immediately regretted answering in the way I did
- knowledge:
- regret + doing. + (sth.)
- v. 后悔做过某事
- in + the + way + 定语从句，构成状语结构
- enjoy + doing. + (sth.)
- v. [喜欢/喜爱]...(做某事); 享受...的乐趣; 乐于...
- regret doing sth 表示对已经发生的事后悔
- regret to do sth 表示对现在发生的事后悔
- regret + doing. + (sth.)
'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?'
- simple sentence:
- 'So do I'
- answered the policeman in the same tone,
- the policeman answered in the same tone
- the policeman
[subject] - answered
[predicate verb phrase] - in the same tone
[adverbial of manner]
- the policeman
- the policeman answered 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?'
- Excuse my interrupting you.
- I hate to interrupt a man when he's busy working
- I
[subject] - hate to do
[predicate verb phrase] - to interrupt a man
[to-do as object]- interrupt
[verb phrase] - a man
[object]
- interrupt
- when he's busy working
- when + clause
- he
[subject] - busy
[adverbial] - is working
[predicate verb phrase][present continuous tense]
- I
- but would you mind coming with me to the station?
- Would you mind
- coming with me to the station
- knowledge:
- hate + to + do. + (sth.)
- be. + busy + doing. + (sth.)
- in the same tone 以同样的语气
'Well', I'd[I would] prefer to stay here' I said, 'You see, I've forgotten my key.'
- simple sentence:
- I'd[I would] prefer to stay here
- I
[subject] - would prefer to do
[predicate verb phrase] - to stay here
[object]- stay
[predicate verb phrase] - here
[object]
- stay
- I
- I've forgotten my key.
- I
[subject] - have forgotten
[predicate verb phrase][present perfect tense] - my key
[object]
- I
- I'd[I would] prefer to stay here
- knowledge:
- prefer + to + do. + (sth.)
- v. 更喜欢做某事; 宁愿做某事; 宁可做某事
- prefer + to + do. + (sth.)
'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.
- complex sentence:
- Fortunately
- the shouting woke up my wife who opened the window
- the shouting
[subject] - woke up
[predicate verb phrase] - my wife who opened the window
[object]
- the shouting
- just as the policeman had started to climb towards me
- just as + clause
[adverbial clause of time] - the policeman
[subject] - had started to do
[predicate verb phrase][past perfect tense] - to climb towards me
[to-do as object]- climb towards
[predicate verb phrase] - me
[object]
- climb towards
- just as + clause
- knowledge:
- just as 正当...的时候
- wake up sb 叫醒某人
- against prep. 依靠着
- against the wall
- need doing = need to be done 主动表被动
- So do I 我也是的