新概念英語第二冊逐句精講語言點 第92課(1)

　　Lesson 92 Asking for trouble 自找麻煩

　　It must have been about two in the morningwhen I returned home. I tried to wake up mywife by ringing the doorbell, but she was fastasleep, so I got a ladder from the shed in thegarden, put it against the wall, and beganclimbing towards the bedroom window. I wasalmost there when a sarcastic voice belowsaid, 'I don't think the windows need cleaningat this time of the night.'

　　句子講解：

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

　　我回到家時一定是凌展兩點多了。

　　語言點 must在此表示對事情的肯定推測。

　　2、I tried to wake up my wife by ringing the door bell, but she was fast asleep, so I got aladder from the shed in the garden, put it against the wall, and began climbing towards thebedroom window.

　　我按響了門鈴試圖喚醒我的妻子，但她睡得很熟。于是，我從花園的小棚里找來了一個梯子，把它靠在墻邊，開始向臥室的窗口爬去。

　　語言點 by ringing the door bell通過按門鈴的方式

　　3、I was almost there when a sarcastic voice below said, ' I don't think the windows needcleaning at this time of the night，

　　我快要爬到窗口時，下面有一個人用諷刺的口吻說道廣我看不必在夜里這個時候擦窗子吧。"

　　語言點1 a sarcastic voice below來自下面的帶諷刺口吻的聲音

　　語言點2 the windows need cleaning窗戶需要擦

　　重點單詞解析學(xué)習(xí)：

　　returned [ri't?:nd]

　　adj. 回國的;歸來的;被送回的

　　例句:

　　1. I gave the purse to the manager, and a moment later an elderly couple returned in a hurry to claim it.

　　我把這個錢包交給了經(jīng)理。過了一會兒，一對上了年紀的夫婦匆忙地返回餐館來認領(lǐng)錢包。

　　ringing ['ri?i?]

　　adj. 響亮的;明白的

　　n. 鈴聲

　　v. 響(ring的ing形式)

　　例句:

　　1. Who can be ringing us at this late hour?

　　誰能在這么晚的時間給我們打電話呢

　　ladder ['læd?]

　　n. 階梯;途徑;梯狀物

　　vi. 成名;發(fā)跡

　　vt. 在……上裝設(shè)梯子

　　例句:

　　1. It is annoying when stockings ladder.

　　長統(tǒng)襪抽絲時真叫人掃興。

　　shed [?ed]

　　vt. 流出;擺脫;散發(fā);傾吐

　　vi. 流出;脫落;散布

　　n. 小屋，棚;分水嶺

　　例句:

　　1. The crow even shed tears.

　　烏鴉甚至流下了眼淚。

　　sarcastic [sɑ:'kæztik]

　　adj. 挖苦的;尖刻的，辛辣的

　　例句:

　　1. "Tell me, " he said, a sarcastic smirk on his face.

　　“告訴我，”他說，臉上浮現(xiàn)出不屑一顧的笑容。