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# 92 · 自找麻烦

### 第1段

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.

中文理解：我回到家，大概已是凌晨两点。我按门铃想叫醒妻子，可她睡得很沉。于是，我从花园小棚里找来梯子，靠在墙上，开始往卧室窗户爬。 我快爬到了，下面忽然有人讽刺地说：“这个点儿，窗户大概不用擦吧。”我低头一看，竟是警察，吓得差点从梯子上掉下来。 我说：“我就喜欢晚上擦窗户。”可刚说完就后悔了。警察用同样的语气回答：“我也是。” 他接着说：“对不起，打扰了。我也不愿打断正在忙活的人，不过，能不能请您跟我去警察局一趟？” 我说：“我还是想待在这儿。你看，我忘带钥匙了。”他大声问：“忘了什么？”我喊道：“钥匙！” 幸好，喊声把妻子吵醒了。她打开窗户时，警察正准备爬梯子上来。

* **wake up**：醒来；叫醒；可表示自己醒来，也可表示叫醒别人；代词宾语通常放中间。

* **fast asleep**：熟睡；fast表示睡得沉，不是睡得快。

* **at this time of the night**：在夜里这个时候；突出这个时间做某事不同寻常，常见于抱怨或惊讶。

* **fell off**：从……掉下；fall过去式fell；off表示脱离接触面。

* **in the same tone**：用同样的语气；tone侧重语气态度，voice也可描述声量或音质。

* **would you mind**：能否请你……；这里coming的执行者是听者，是请对方同行；与第68课my coming征求许可不同。Not at all通常表示不介意。

#### It must have been about two in the morning when I returned home.

复合句，主句主系表结构，后面是when 引导的时间状语从句，主谓结构.

#### 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.

并列句，本句分成3个句子，1. 主谓宾结构，动词不定式短语作宾语；2. 主系表结构；3. 并列句，三个并列的谓语，后面两个相当于省略了主语，都是主谓宾结构.

#### I was almost there when a sarcastic voice below said, 'I don't think the windows need cleaning at this time of the night.'

复合句，这里涉及到一个直接引语，我们拆分成两个句子来分析，1. 复合句，主句为主系表结构，后面是when 引导的时间状语从句；2. 主句主谓 + 宾语从句结构，宾语从句省略了that，该从句是主谓宾结构.

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

复合句，主句为并列句，主谓结构，有两个谓语；后面是when 引导的时间状语从句，主谓宾结构.

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

复合句，又涉及到了直接引语的情况，我们拆开来分析，1. 主谓宾结构，里面有一个省略了引导词that 的定语从句I did，主谓结构；2. 简单句，主谓宾结构.

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

简单句，这里的so do I，警察用了男人的语调来表示谁信啊，类似于中文“这巧了不是，我也喜欢晚上擦窗户，行了，别扯了，赶紧跟我走一趟”.

#### 'Excuse my interrupting you.

省略句，只有谓语和宾语，这里的表达接了动词的-ing 形式，在牛津词典上的例句与本句完全一样，标注了formal，说明这种用法非常正式，这里符合警察的发言语境.

#### I hate to interrupt a man when he's busy working, but would you mind coming with me to the station?'

复合句，主句主谓宾结构，后面是when 引导的时间状语从句，主系表结构；but 连接前后两句，but 后面是情态动词疑问句.

这里to interrupt 与interrupting 的用法区别，在第44课的Key Structure 已专门做了比较，请复习教材P200，比较1. I hate to disturb you, but can I come in \[for a moment] ^please^? 表示就是现在这一次打扰；2. I hate disturbing people \[when they are busy.] 表示一直不喜欢在别人忙的时候打扰. 再次强调，新概念英语教材除了课文，其后面的句型和练习是成体系的，应该认真完成.

#### 'Well, I'd prefer to stay here,' I said.

简单句，主谓宾结构，动词不定式作宾语.

#### 'Your what?' he called.

简单句，主谓宾结构.

#### 'My key,' I shouted.

简单句，主谓宾结构.

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

复合句，主句主谓宾结构，有一个who 引导的定语从句修饰my wife，该定语从句为主谓宾结构，在这个定语从句中又包含一个as 引导的时间状语从句，该从句为主谓宾结构.

## 学完这一课

先沿这条线复述《自找麻烦》：深夜回家，妻子没醒 → 窗下传来讽刺声 → 嘴硬回答，马上后悔 → 被请去警察局 → 只好解释忘了钥匙 → 妻子终于醒来解围。再借一个结构讲自己的事：先列出故事的一条线索，再选合适的情态词推测原因。

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