学二姐，每日一篇新概念 II册第92课 ，边学边实践-11月20日

92 Asking for trouble
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.

92. It was about two in the early morning when I returned home and I found out I was locked outside. I tried to wake up my wife but she was fast asleep. So, I had to climb a ladder towards my bedroom window. I was almost there when a policeman saw me. Apparently, he thought I was a thief and I talked back to him rudely too. Luckily, at the moment he started to climb up the ladder to reach me, my wife woke up.

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