Lesson 92     Asking for trouble

Why did the policeman ask the write to come to the police station?

It must 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 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 stared to climb towards me.

Summary writing

In not more than 80 words describe what happened from the moment the write returned home. Write two different paragraphs using the points and connections given below.

The writer returned home at about two in the morning and rang the doorbell. Having failed to wake up his wife, he put a ladder against the wall and began climbing towards the bedroom window. Suddenly a policeman called out, but the writer answered him rudely. He told him he had forgotten his key. The shouting woke his wife. She opened window just as the policeman had started climbing the ladder after him.  (74 words)

On arriving home at about two in the morning, the writer rang the doorbell but failed to wake up his wife. After having put a ladder against the wall, he was climbing towards the bedroom window when a policeman called out. Answering him rudely, the writer told him he had forgotten his key. The shouting woke his wife, who opened the window at the moment when the policeman started climbing the ladder after him.

Composition

Continue the above passage. Write two paragraphs in about 150 words using the ideas given below;

1 At first my wife did not recognize me---thought I was a thief---saw the policeman---called for help.

2 The policeman pulled me down the ladder---my wife realized了解认识 her mistake---she explained who I was---she apologized to the policeman---the policeman apologized me.

Just as the policeman started to climb towards me, my wife woke up. She opened the window and looked out. At first she did not recognize me. She just took me for a thief. As she saw the policeman behind me, she called for help.

Hearing my wife’s cry, the policeman was assured确信 that I was a thief. As a result, he pulled me down the ladder. But as he was about to take me to the police station, my wife was able to see me clearly and realized her mistake. Then she tried to explain to him who I was and asked him to release me. Finally the policeman believed her explanation. She apologized to the policeman, and then the policeman apologized to me, too.

                                  (125 words)

Letter writing

Address写姓名和地址 an envelope to a married woman who lives abroad.

Mrs. D. Thompson,

17 Bunyan St.

Sevenoaks,

Kent,

England.

Key structures

I don’t think the windows need cleaning.

Exercises

B Complete the following sentences;

1 I am accustomed to().

2 Fancy幻想()!

3 I always avoid避开消除

4 He accused指责 me of().

1 I am accustomed to working late at night.

2 Fancy seeing you here!

3 I always avoid going to expensive restaurants.

4 He accused me of telling lies.

Special difficulties

‘I enjoy cleaning windows at night.’

‘So do I,’ answered the policeman.

Study these examples;

He reads a lot and so do I.

He doesn’t read much and neither do I.

He can swim and so can I.

He can’t swim and neither can I.

Exercise

Join each of these pairs of sentences using so or neither.

1 He likes classical古典music. I like classical music.

2 He has had breakfast. I have had breakfast.

3 He doesn’t like classical music. I don’t like classical music.

4 She will buy a new dress. I will buy a new dress.

5 He hasn’t had breakfast. I haven’t had breakfast.

6 They ran quickly. We ran quickly.

7 She won’t buy a new dress. I won’t buy a new dress.

8 You are late. I am late

9 They didn’t run quickly. We didn’t run quickly.

10 He could speak French. I could speak French.

11 He couldn’t speak French. I couldn’t speak French.

1 He likes classical music and so do I.

2 He has had breakfast and so have I.

3 He doesn’t like classical music and neither do I

4 She will buy a new dress and so will I.

5 He hasn’t had breakfast and neither have I.

6 They ran quickly and so did we.

7 She won’t buy a new dress and neither will I

8 You are late and so am I.

9 They didn’t run quickly and neither did we.

10 He could speak French and so could I

11 He couldn’t speak French and neither could I.

Multiple choice questions

1 The policeman ().

A believed the writer was going to clean the window

B suspected怀疑 that the writer was a thief

C arrested the writer

D interrupted the writer when he was busy working

B

2 None of this would have happened if the writer().

A hadn’t been rude

B hadn’t fallen off the ladder

C had remembered his key

D hadn’t shouted at the policeman

C

Structure

3 I don’t think the windows need cleaning. They don’t need().

A to clean        主动

B to be clean

C to be cleaning

D to be cleaned 

D note; 被动

4 I regretted answering like that. I was sorry () so.

A to do

B in doing

C to have done

D to be doing

C note; 不定式的完成时

5 Excuse my interrupting you. Excuse()you.

A me to interrupt

B me for interrupting

C me for interrupt

D me in interrupting

B note; excuse sb. for doing sth. 固定短语

6 Would you mind coming with me? I’d like () with me.

A you to come

B to come

C coming

D you coming

A

7 I’d prefer to stay here. That’s what I’d ().

A do

B rather do

C have done

D do best

B

Vocabulary

8 She was fast asleep. She was () asleep.

A deeply

B sound

C quick

D soon

9 I got a ladder from the shed. I () one.

A fetched取来

B took

C brought

D carried

A

10 He spoke in a sarcastic voice. He spoke in a () voice.

A funny

B laughing

C despicable卑劣的

D mocking嘲笑的

D

11 I nearly fell off the ladder. I nearly ().

A fell in 下沉

B fell over 翻倒

C fell down

D fell away 离开疏远

C

12 Fortunately, the shouting woke my wife. (), it woke her up.

A Luckily

B By chance 碰巧

C by accident 偶然

D On purpose 故意

A

Sentence structure

Rewrite this sentence, then check your answer against the text.

I think it was about two in the morning when I returned home.

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