Lesson 92 Asking for trouble 自找麻烦
First listen and then answer the question.
听录音，然后回答以下问题。
Why did the policeman ask the writer to come to the police station?
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.
New words and expressions 生词和短语
fast adv. 熟（睡）
ladder n. 梯子
shed n. 棚子
sarcastic adj. 讽刺的，讥笑的
tone n. 语气，腔调
参考译文
我回到家时，一定已是凌晨两点左右了。我按响了门铃，试图唤醒我的老婆，但她睡得非常熟。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，下面一个人用讽刺的口吻说：我看不必在夜里这时擦窗子吧。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。我回答了他的话，但立刻又后悔不该那样说，我是如此说的：我喜欢在夜里擦窗子。
我也是的，警察用同样的声调回答，请原谅我打断了你。当一个人在忙着干活时，我是不想去打断他的，但请你跟我到警察局去一趟怎么样？
可我更想呆在这儿，我说，你瞧，我忘带钥匙了。
什么？他大声问。
钥匙！我喊道。
幸运得非常，这喊声惊醒了我的老婆。就在警察开始向我爬上来时，她打开了窗子。
自学导读
课文详注 Further notes on the text
1．ask for trouble，自找麻烦，自讨苦吃（多用于口语）。
You shouldn't have been so rude to her. You are asking for trouble.
你不该对她那样粗鲁。你这是自找麻烦。
The boss seems to be annoyed. To talk to him now is to ask for trouble.
老板好像在生气。目前找他谈话是自讨苦吃。
2．I don't think the windows need cleaning at this time of the night. 我看不必在夜里这个时侯擦窗子吧。
（1）有的动词如 think， believe，expect，suppose 等后面跟表示否定意思的宾语从句时，否定词not 总是用在主句中，但译成汉语时否定意义应在宾语从句中。大家一般不说 I think Mary won't come this evening，而说 I don't think Mary will come this evening。又如：
I don't believe he is still in London.
我相信他已不在伦敦。
（2）need cleaning 的意思等于 need to be cleaned。need 表示需要时，后面接的动名词有被动的意思（cf．第44课语法）：
The strap needs mending.
这提包带需要维修。
2．I immediately regretted answering in the way I did. 我立刻后悔不该那样回答。
regret 后面接动名词形式与接不定式的意思不同。接动名词形式表示对做过的事感到后悔，接不定式则表示对目前将发生的事感到遗憾或抱歉（cf．第41课课文详注）：
I regretted saying it almost at once.
我几乎立刻就后悔说了这话。
We regret to inform you that you needn't come here next week.
大家非常遗憾地公告你下周不需要来这儿了。
与 regret 相似， remember，forget，sTOP 等动词后面接不定式与接动名词形式的意义有非常大不一样。 remember / forget+不定式指将来的动作（或从过去看法看的将来的举动）：
Remember to post the letters.
要记住／别忘记去邮信。
I remembered to post the letters.
我记住去邮信了。（没忘记）
Don't forget to ask Tom.
别忘记去问汤姆。
I forgot to ask Tom.
我忘了去问汤姆。
remember / forget+ 动名词形式则指过去的动作（已发生过）：
I remember posting / having posted the letters.
我记得已把信寄了。
Have you forgotten meeting / having met her at a party?
你忘记了曾在一次聚会上见过她吗？
sTOP+ 不定式指目的：
On the way to the station I sTOPped to buy a paper.
去车站的路上，我停下来买了一张报纸。
sTOP+ 动名词形式表示停下正在做的动作：
When he told us the story, we just couldn't sTOP laughing.
他给大家讲故事时大家不禁都笑个不停。
词语学习 Word study
1．tone n.
（1）语气，口气，腔调：
The policeman answered in a sarcastic tone.
警察用讽刺的口吻回答。
The waiter greeted us in a friendly tone.
那酒保用友好的口气同大家打招呼。
（2）语调，声调：
You should use the rising / falling tone at the end of this sentence.
在这句话的结尾你应该用升调／降调。
（3）格调，风格，氛围：
Her dress has a bright tone.
她的衣服格调明快。
The building has a foreign tone.
这座建筑物有一种异国情调。
2．用于并列补充句和反应句的 so与 neither／nor
so和 neither／nor 用于并列补充句和表示反应的句子时表示也、同样， so 用于一定句，neither ／nor 用于否定句（neither 和 nor完全可以互换）。它们后面跟的是省略形式的分句，只有助动词+ 主语，也可以是情态助动词 +主语
You should work less and so should I.
你应该少干一点，我也应这样。
You shouldn't work so hard and nor should I.
你不应该这样用功，我也不应该。（重复情态助动词should）
I've got a new car and so has John.
我买了一辆新车，约翰也买了一辆。（重复助动词 have）
She's going to help us and so is Jim.
她将帮助大家，吉姆也将帮助大家。（重复助动词is）
He likes his beer and so does Frank.
他喜欢啤酒，弗兰克也喜欢。（加助动词 does）
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训练答案 Key to written exercises
1．重点句型训练答案
B （sample sentences）
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.
2．难题训练答案
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 any 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 could not speak French and neither could I.
3．多项选择题答案
1 b 2c 3d 4c 5b 6a
7b 8b 9a 10d 11c 12a
