1、自找麻煩Lesson 92 Asking for troubleText It must have been about two in the morning when I returned home. I tried to wake up my wife byringing the doorbell, but she was fast asleep, so I got a ladder from the shed in the garden, put itagainst the wall, and began climbing towards the bedroom window. I wa

2、s almost there when a sarcastic voice below said, 'I don't think the windows need cleaning at this time of the night.' I lookeddown and nearly fell off the ladder when I saw a policeman. I immediately regretted answering in theway I did, but I said, 'I enjoy cleaning windows at night

3、.''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.

4、''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.【課文翻譯】我回到家時，肯定已是凌晨兩點左右了。我按響了門鈴，試圖喚醒我的妻子，但她睡得很熟。于是，我從花園的小棚里搬來了一個梯子，把它靠在墻邊，開始向臥室的窗口爬去?？煲赖酱翱跁r，下面一個人用諷刺的口吻說：我看不必在夜里這個時候擦窗

5、子吧。"我向下面看去。當(dāng)我看清是一個警察時，差一點兒從梯子上掉下去。我回答了他的話，但馬上又后悔不該那樣說，我是這樣說的：我喜歡在夜里擦窗子?！蔽乙彩堑?，”警察用同樣的聲調(diào)回答，情原諒我打斷了您。當(dāng)一個人在忙著干活時，我是不愿意去打斷他的，但請您跟我到警察局去一趟好嗎？”可我更愿意呆在這兒，"我說，您瞧，我忘帶鑰匙了。 ”什么？ ”他大聲問。鑰匙！ "我喊道。幸運得很，這喊聲驚醒了我的妻子。就在警察開始向我爬上來時，她打開了窗子。New words and expressions生詞和短語fast adv.熟（睡）ladder n.梯子shedn.棚子sarcas

6、tic adj. 諷刺的，譏笑的tonen.語氣，腔調(diào)【生詞講解】1. fast1 ) adv. 熟(睡) ( soundly )eg : He is fast asleep .= He is sleeping soundly .=He is sleeping deeply .他睡得很熟.2 ) 快( rapidly ?r?pidliad. 迅速地)eg ： Airplanes can go much faster than trains.飛機遠比火車快。eg ： He ran to school fast.他飛快地跑到學(xué)校。2. ladder1 ) n. 梯子put up a ladder

7、against a tree請把梯子靠樹放= set up a ladder against a treeclimb up a ladder爬上梯子 <-> climb down a ladder 爬下梯子eg ： Walking under a ladder is considered bad luck .從梯子下面走過會帶來厄運。2 ) (發(fā)跡、成功于)階段、手段the ladder to success = the ladder of success 成功的階梯climb up the social ladder 踏上發(fā)跡之途knock down the ladder = k

8、nock away the ladder 過河拆橋3. shed1 ) n. 棚子、小屋、存放地a cattle shed 牛棚；a wood shed 木棚子2 ) v.滴、掉落 shed - shed -shedeg ： She shed tears when she heard the news of his death.當(dāng)她聽到他死亡的消息她就流淚了。3 ) v. 落葉、脫毛shed leaves 落葉 ； shed skin 脫皮4 ) v. 散發(fā)(光、熱、香氣等), 放射、帶來這女孩給身邊的人帶來快樂。eg ： The girl shed happiness on people a

9、round her4. sarcasticadj. 諷刺的，譏笑的sarcasm ?s ak?z ?m, ?s cr- n.諷刺irony ?ai?r?ni n. 反語，冷嘲；具有諷刺意味的事，嘲弄與 irony 相比， sarcasm 通常含有欲傷及對方的敵意eg: I'm sick of your sarcastic remarks.我已經(jīng)聽膩了你的冷嘲熱諷eg: She talked with him with sarcastic tones.她用挖苦的語調(diào)和他說話。5. tone1 ) n. 語氣，腔調(diào)eg ： She spoke in a low tone.她用低沉的口氣說話

10、。eg ： She spoke in an angry tone.她用惱怒的口氣說話。eg: The policeman answered in a sarcastic tone.警察用諷刺的口吻回答。eg: The waiter greeted us in a friendly tone.那侍者用友好的口氣同我們打招呼。eg ： He described the new building in tones of disapproval .他以不以為然的語氣描述那座建筑物。2 ) 音色、音調(diào), 聲調(diào)the sweet tone ( s) of a clarinet 單簧管的甜美音色eg: Yo

11、u should use the rising / falling tone at the end of this sentence.在這句話的結(jié)尾你應(yīng)該用升調(diào)降調(diào)。3 ) 色調(diào)、濃淡eg ： The mountains were in several tones of green.群山呈現(xiàn)出各種色調(diào)的綠色。4 ) 格調(diào)，風(fēng)格，氣氛：eg: Her dress has a bright tone.她的衣服格調(diào)明快。eg: The building has a foreign tone.這座建筑物有一種異國情調(diào)?！菊n文講解】1. Asking for trouble自找麻煩make troubl

12、e 鬧事 , 搗亂、惹麻煩take the trouble to do sth費力做某事，不辭勞苦做某事get into trouble 陷入困境, 惹上麻煩have trouble with sb 與某人有矛盾eg: You shouldn't have been so rude to her. You are asking for trouble.你不該對她那么粗魯。你這是自找麻煩。eg: The boss seems to be annoyed. To talk to him now is to ask for trouble.老板似乎在生氣?，F(xiàn)在找他談話是自討苦吃。eg: Yo

13、u asked for it.你自找的。2. It must have been about two in the morning when I returned home. must have done 對發(fā)生完得事的一種比較肯定的判斷must+have+過去分詞表示對過去發(fā)生的事進行推測（其否定式為 can't+have+過去分詞，cf.第17課語法）；need+have+過去分詞表示過去不必做但實際已做了的事（ cf.第41課語法）；should/oughtto+have+過去分詞表示本來應(yīng)該做而實際未做的事（ cf.第65課語法）：eg: He had found five e

14、mpty whisky bottles which the ghost must have drunk the night before.他發(fā)現(xiàn)了5 只空的威士忌酒瓶子，這肯定是鬼魂前天晚上喝的。eg: The examiner must have been pleased with my performance.主考人對我的表現(xiàn)想必是滿意的。eg: You needn't have said that.你沒必要這么說。（實際已經(jīng)說了）eg: You needn't have told him about my plans.你本不必把我的打算告訴他。（實際上已告訴了他）eg:

15、He should have gone along a side street.他應(yīng)該走一條小街。（實際上他走了主要街道）3. I tried to wake up my wife by ringing the doorbell, but she was fast asleep, so I gota ladder from the shed in the garden, put it against the wall, and began climbing towards the bedroom window.try to do sth 盡力做某事awake sb 叫醒某人（主動）： wake

16、 sb up = wake up sb（被動） ： sb be woken up 某人被叫醒1 ）wake up 喚醒或吵醒某人eg ： Stop shouting or you'll wake up the neighbors.不要喊了，否則你會把鄰居吵醒的。2 ） 清醒，警覺eg ： A cold shower will soon wake you up.你洗個冷水澡，馬上就清醒了。wake up to 覺醒eg ： At last they woke up to the seriousness of the situation .最后他們才發(fā)覺事態(tài)嚴(yán)重。3 ）醒來eg: What

17、 time did you usually wake up in the morning?你平常早晨通常幾點鐘醒來? fast asleep/sound asleep 熟睡eg: He seems to be fast asleep.他好像睡得很熟。be awake 清醒 ring the doorbell 按響門鈴 bedroom 臥室sitting-room = living-room 客廳 bath room 浴室4 ） against（ 1 ）違反 , 與 相反 , 反對eg: That's against the law. 那是違法的.（ 2 ）倚 ; 靠eg ： His d

18、esk is against the wall.他的辦公桌靠墻放著。4. I was almost there when a sarcastic voice below said, 'I don't think the windows need cleaning at this time of the night.not 往 有些動詞如think ， believe ， expect ， suppose 等后面跟表示否定意思的賓語從句時，否定詞往用在主句中，但譯成漢語時否定意義應(yīng)在賓語從句中。我們一般不說I think Mary won't come this even

19、ing而說 I don't think Mary will come this evening又如：I don't believe he is still in London.我相信他已不在倫敦。 need doing sth需要做某事、被需要做某事want doing sth想做，想要eg ： The classroom needs cleaning.（=needs to be cleaned）教室需要打掃.eg ： The shirt needs ironing.這件襯衫需要熨燙 at this time of the night 夜里這個時候5. ' I look

20、ed down and nearly fell off the ladder when I saw a policeman. I immediatelyregretted answering in the way I did, but I said, 'I enjoy cleaning windows at night.' regret 后面接動名詞形式與接不定式的含義不同。接動名詞形式表示對做過的事感到后悔，接不定式則表示對現(xiàn)在或?qū)戆l(fā)生的事感到遺憾或抱歉regret doing sth后悔做過某事regret to do sth遺憾（要）做某事eg: I regretted

21、 saying it almost at once.我?guī)缀躐R上就后悔說了這話。eg: We regret to tell you that you are not welcome.我們很遺憾地告訴您，您不受歡迎。eg: We regret to inform you that you needn't come here next week.我們很遺憾地通知你下周不用來這兒了。與 regret 相似， remember ， forget ， stop 等動詞后面接不定式與接動名詞形式的意義有很大不同。remember / forget+不定式指未來的動作（或從過去觀點看的“未來的 ”舉動

22、） ：eg: Remember to post the letters.要記著別忘記去郵信。eg: I remembered to post the letters.我記著去郵信了。（沒有忘記）eg: Don't forget to ask Tom.別忘記去問湯姆。eg: I forgot to ask Tom.我忘了去問湯姆。remember / forget+動名詞形式則指過去的動作（已發(fā)生過）：eg: I remember posting / having posted the letters.我記得已把信寄了。eg: Have you forgotten meeting / h

23、aving met her at a party?你忘記了曾在一次聚會上見過她嗎？stop+ 不定式指目的：eg: On the way to the station I stopped to buy a paper.去車站的路上，我停下來買了一張報紙。stop+ 動名詞形式表示停下正在做的動作：eg: When he told us the story, we just couldn't stop laughing.他給我們講故事時我們不禁都笑個不停。 I did 為定語從句，修飾the way enjoy doing sth 喜歡做某事eg ： I enjoy sitting in

24、 a boat and doing nothing at all.我喜歡坐在船上，做么也不做。6. '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, butwould you mind coming with me to the station?' 用于并列補充句和反應(yīng)句的so 與 neither norso 和 neither nor 用于并列補

25、充句和表示反應(yīng)的句子時表示“也 ”、 “同樣 ”， so 用于肯定句，neither nor 用于否定句（neither 和 nor 完全可以互換）。它們后面跟的是省略形式的分句，只有助動詞 + 主語，也可以是情態(tài)助動詞+ 主語：eg: John can speak French and so can I.John can' t speak French and neither / nor can I.約翰會說法語，我也會。（重復(fù)情態(tài)助動詞）約翰不會說法語，我也不會。eg: I went to a meeting last night.So did I.昨晚我參加了一個會議。我也一樣。

26、（原句沒有助動詞時用等）eg: I didn' t got to the meeting last night.Neither / Nor did I.昨晚我沒去參加那個會議。我也沒去。eg: I've got a new car and so has John.我買了一輛新車，約翰也買了一輛。（重復(fù)助動詞have ）eg: She's going to help us and so is Jim.她將幫助我們，吉姆也將幫助我們。（重復(fù)助動詞is）eg: He likes his beer and so does Frank.他喜歡啤酒，弗蘭克也喜歡。（加助動詞does

27、 ） excuse 原諒excuse sb for doing sth = excuse one ' s doing sth 原諒某人做某事 eg ： She excused him for being late.她原諒了他遲到。= She excused his being late.hate to do = hate doing不喜歡做hate to do 表目前這次不想做某事hate doing 不喜歡做某事、是一直的喜好eg ： I hate to disturb you , but may I come in？我不想打擾你，但我可以進來嗎？eg ： I hate distur

28、bing people when they are busy.我不喜歡在人家忙時打擾他人。hate to do / hate doing 不愿意、不想做eg ： I hate to say it, but you are mistaken.我不想這么說，但你弄錯了。 be busy doing 忙于做某事 would you mind doing sth 你是否介意做某事would you mind one s doing sth 你介意某人做某事嗎?eg ： Would you mind opening the window你介意我開窗嗎？= Would you mind my openin

29、g the window7. 'Well, I'd prefer to stay here,'X prefer to do 更愿意做某事prefer to go the movies更喜歡看電影。prefer not to do 更(不)喜歡做 stheg ： I ' d prefer not to go there.我寧可不要去那里。prefer to do + rather than(to ) do 寧愿作某事，而不愿作某事eg : I prefer to go to the movies rather than(to ) stay home .eg : I

30、 prefer going to the movies to staying home.我寧愿去看電影，也不愿意待在家里。prefer + sb + to do sth更喜歡某事/某人/做某事eg : They preferred their son to go to college.他們寧愿兒子去上大學(xué)。8. I said. 'You see. I've forgotten my key.''Your what?' he called.'My key,' I shouted.Fortunately, the shouting woke

31、up my wife who opened the window just as the policeman had started to climb towards me.who opened the window為定語從句，修飾 my wife6. enjoy cleaning7. excuse my interrupting you8. hate to do sth9. would you mind doing sth10.【關(guān)鍵詞組摘錄】1. return home2. try to wake up3. fast asleep4. regret doing sth5. prefer t

32、o do sth【Key structuresv-ing (參見 KS 20, 44, 68)在句中做主語、賓語、表語、定語eg : Eating is always a pleasure .吃總是一種享受。eg : His job is keeping the hall clean .他的工作是保持大廳干凈eg : I hate telling lies .我討厭說謊。a swimming pool游泳池Exsecises完成以下句子我習(xí)慣了.staying up late .I am accustomed tof I am accustomed toFancy 想象you here ！我總

33、是避免going to expensive restaurants他指責(zé)我的telling lies .fFancy meetingI always avoidfI always avoidHe accused me offHe accused me ofSpecial DifficultiesSo do I ：肯定句中使用neither do I ：否定句中使用1 .He like classical music . I like classical music .fHe likes classical music and so do I .2 .He has breakfast .I ha

34、ve had breakfast .fHe has breakfast and so do I .3 . He doesn t like classical music . I don t like classical music .fHe doesn' t like classical music and neither do I .4 .She will buy a new dress . I will buy new dress .f She will buy a new dress and so will I .5 . He hasn t had breakfast . I h

35、aven t had breakfast .fHe hasn' t had breakfast and neither have I .6 .They ran quickly . We ran quickly .f They ran quickly and so did we .7 .She won t buy a new dress . I won t buy news d. resfShe won' t buy a new dress and neither will I .8 .You are late . I am late .fYou are late and so am I .9 .They didn t run quickly . We didn t run quickly .f They didn ' t run quickly and neither did we .10 .He co