全文 10 句（男女对话）· 5 个生词和短语（加粗 + 红色音标 / 词性 / 释义）
我1. It must have been about two in the morning when I returned home.
我2. I tried to wake up my wife by ringing the doorbell, but she was fast /fɑːst/ adv. 熟（睡） asleep, so I got a ladder /'lædə/ n. 梯子 from the shed /ʃed/ n. 棚子 in the garden, put it against the wall, and began climbing towards the bedroom window.
我3. I was almost there when a sarcastic /sɑː'kæstɪk/ adj. 讽刺的，讥笑的 voice below said, "I don't think the windows need cleaning at this time of the night."
我4. I looked down and nearly fell off the ladder when I saw a policeman.
我5. I immediately regretted answering in the way I did, but I said, "I enjoy cleaning windows at night."
警察6. "So do I," answered the policeman in the same tone /təʊn/ n. 语气，腔调. "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?"
我7. "Well, I'd prefer to stay here," I said. "You see, I've forgotten my key."
警察8. "Your what?" he called.
我9. "My key," I shouted.
我10. Fortunately, the shouting woke up my wife who opened the window just as the policeman had started to climb towards me.
我1. 我回到家时，一定已是凌晨两点左右了。
我2. 我按门铃想把妻子叫醒，但她睡得很熟，于是我从花园的棚子里搬来一架梯子，把它靠在墙上，开始朝卧室的窗户爬去。
我3. 我快爬到那儿时，下面一个讽刺的声音说：“我看没有必要在夜里这个时候擦窗户。”
我4. 我朝下看，当看到一名警察时，差点从梯子上摔下来。
我5. 我立刻后悔刚才那样回答，但我还是说：“我喜欢在夜里擦窗户。”
警察6. “我也喜欢，”警察用同样的腔调回答说。“对不起，打扰你了。我不喜欢在人家忙着干活时打扰他，不过你介意跟我到警察局去一趟吗？”
我7. “可是，我更愿意待在这儿，”我说。“你知道，我忘带钥匙了。”
警察8. “你的什么？”他大声问。
我9. “我的钥匙，”我大声说。
我10. 幸运的是，喊声惊醒了我的妻子，就在警察开始朝我爬过来的时候，她打开了窗户。