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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.
一、詞匯部分
1.fast/fæst/ adv. 熟（睡）
擴(kuò)展：fast 禁食
e.g. One day a week he fasts for health reasons.
2.ladder/ˈlæd.ɚ/ n. 梯子
3.shed/ʃed/ n. 棚子
shed tears, blood, light, etc.: to produce tears, light, blood, etc.:
e.g. She shed a few tears at her daughter's wedding.
e.g. So much blood has been shed in this war.
4.sarcastic/sɑːˈkæstɪk/ adj. 諷刺的，譏笑的
5.tone/toʊn/ n. 語氣，腔調(diào)
擴(kuò)展：tone-deaf
e.g. Henry wasn't really very musical but Ivy Hooper was tone-deaf.
一、文章講解
1.It must have beenabout 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.1)must have been 對過去肯定的推測
e.g. The ground is wet. It must have rained last night
e.g. The lights are on, so they must be home
2)about two ——表示大約的表達(dá) (數(shù)字-ish )
e.g. How long have you been living here? About 6 or 7 years./7-ish years.
e.g. How many people will come to your party? About twenty people./20-ish
3)return: the point of no return. 只能進(jìn)不能退的地步。
e.g. I've invested so much in this project, I felt like I've reached the point of no return.
4)do something by doing something
e.g. You can only do this just by starting doing this.
E.g. You can only learn English well by studying English.
2.I was almost there when a sarcastic voice below said, 'I don't think the windows need cleaningat 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.'
1)Need 實(shí)意動(dòng)詞用法
人＋need ＋to do 需要做某事
物＋need ＋doing 需要被做
物＋need ＋to be done 需要被做
e.g.We need to collect the parcel before we leave for America．
e.g.We need to tell him the truth．
e.g.My car needs repairing．
e.g.The flowers need watering.
e.g.My car needs to be repaired.
e.g.The flowers need to be watered.
2)this time last night/year/month
e.g. This time last year, I was in America.
E.g. This time last night, I was hanging out with my friends.
E.g. This time next year, I’ll make my company go public.
3)Fall 必備10個(gè)搭配
1.Fall Apart
Break into pieces
e.g. That chair is so old, it looks like it’ll fall apart if anyone sits on it.
Become emotionally upset and incapable of behaving normally
e.g.After Laura lost her job and her husband left her, she completelyfell apart.
2.Fall Back:Retreat (especially in the case of an army)
e.g. The general ordered the soldiers to fall back to a safer location.
3.Fall Back On
Have the option to use something if other plans are not successful.
e.g.If I don’t get this job, I still have my freelance work to fall back on.
4.Fall Behind
Not make sufficient progress to stay on schedule.
e.g.We fell behind on the project and finished it ten days late.
5.Fall Down / Fall Over
When a person or structure falls to the ground.
e.g.The skaters fell down in the middle of their performance.
e.g.The ladder fell over when he tried to climb it.
6.Fall For
Fall in love, develop a romantic attraction to someone
e.g.I think I’m falling for Jeremy – I just can’t stop thinking about him!
2. Believe a lie or a story that is false
e.g.Vivian told the teacher that she missed class because her dog was sick – and the teacher fell for it.
7.Fall Off
When something detaches from a bigger object.
e.g.My glasses fell off when I bent down to pick up the paper from the floor.
e.g. The wheels have fallen off the bike!
8.Fall Out
To have an argument with someone and then be angry with each other
e.g. John left the company after falling out with his business partner.
可以說：“have a fallout” – or “have a falling out”
e.g.I had a falling out with my best friend, and now she’s not speaking to me.”
9.Fall Through
Be unsuccessful (usually used with “plans”)
e.g. We were going to travel to Russia, but our plans fell through because we couldn’t get a visa.
3.'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 windowjust as the policeman had started to climb towards me.
1)Would you mind doing something?
e.g. Would you mind turning off the TV?
2)Prefer to do
e.g. I prefer to stay home rather than go to club.
3)定語從句＋as 3個(gè)核心用法
