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:

4、I looked down and nearly fell off the ladder when I saw a policeman.

我向下面看去,當(dāng)我看清是一個(gè)警察時(shí),差點(diǎn)從梯子上掉下去。

5、I immediately regretted answering in the way I did, but I said, 'I enjoy cleaning windows at night

我情急之下竟'然回答道:"我喜歡在夜里擦窗戶(hù)。"說(shuō)完我馬上就后悔不該那樣說(shuō)!

語(yǔ)言點(diǎn) in the way I did以我那樣的方式

6、'So do I, ' answered the policeman in the same tone.

"我也是,"那位警察用同樣的語(yǔ)氣答道。