新概念英語(yǔ)第二冊(cè)逐句精講語(yǔ)言點(diǎn) 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(shí)一定是凌展兩點(diǎn)多了。

　　語(yǔ)言點(diǎn) must在此表示對(duì)事情的肯定推測(cè)。

　　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(mén)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(lái)了一個(gè)梯子，把它靠在墻邊，開(kāi)始向臥室的窗口爬去。

　　語(yǔ)言點(diǎn) by ringing the door bell通過(guò)按門(mén)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(shí)，下面有一個(gè)人用諷刺的口吻說(shuō)道廣我看不必在夜里這個(gè)時(shí)候擦窗子吧。"

　　語(yǔ)言點(diǎn)1 a sarcastic voice below來(lái)自下面的帶諷刺口吻的聲音

　　語(yǔ)言點(diǎn)2 the windows need cleaning窗戶(hù)需要擦

　　重點(diǎn)單詞解析學(xué)習(xí)：

　　returned [ri't?:nd]

　　adj. 回國(guó)的;歸來(lái)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(gè)錢(qián)包交給了經(jīng)理。過(guò)了一會(huì)兒，一對(duì)上了年紀(jì)的夫婦匆忙地返回餐館來(lái)認(rèn)領(lǐng)錢(qián)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(shuí)能在這么晚的時(shí)間給我們打電話(huà)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(zhǎng)統(tǒng)襪抽絲時(shí)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(shuō)，臉上浮現(xiàn)出不屑一顧的笑容。