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Asking for trouble
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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.'
我回到家时，肯定都凌晨两点左右了。 我按响了门铃，试图叫醒我的妻子，但她睡得很熟。于是，我从花园的小棚里搬来了一个梯子，把它靠在墙边，开始向卧室的窗口爬去。快要爬到窗口时，下面传来一个带着讥讽的声音：“我看这窗户没必要现在这么晚擦吧。”我向下面看去，当我看清是一个警察时，差一点儿从梯子上掉下去。我回答完之后马上就后悔不该这么说了，我说的是：“我喜欢在夜里擦窗子。”
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'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.
“巧了，我也是，” 警察用同样的声调回答， “请原谅我打断你。当一个人在忙着干活时，我是不愿意去打断他的，但你能跟我到警察局去一趟吗？” [3]“可我更愿意呆在这儿，”我说，“其实，我忘带钥匙了。” [4]“你说什么？”他大声问道。 [5]“忘带钥匙！”我喊道。 [6]幸运得很，这喊声惊醒了我的妻子。就在警察开始向我爬上来时，她打开了窗户。
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