新概念英语第二册92

92 Asking for trouble自找麻烦 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. 我回到家时，肯定已是凌晨两点左右。我试图唤醒我的妻子，按响了门铃，但她睡得很熟，所以我有一个梯子，从花园的棚子里，把它靠在墙边，开始向卧室的窗口爬去。我几乎没有时的口吻说，“我看不必在晚上的这个时候擦窗户。我低头一看，差点从梯子上掉下来时，我看到一个警察。我立刻后悔我做了这样的回答，我说，“我喜欢在夜里擦窗子。”“我也是的，”警察用同样的声调回答。”请原谅我打断你的话。我恨打断一个人当他忙着干活，但请您跟我到车站吗？”嗯，我更愿意呆在这儿，”我说。”你瞧。我忘记带我的钥匙了。”“什么？”他称。”我的钥匙，”我喊道。幸运的是，这喊声惊醒了我的妻子打开窗子就在警察开始向我爬来。