' 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.'
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wake up to 觉醒 最后他们才发觉事态严重。
At last they woke up to the seriousness of the situation.
I was almost there when a sarcastic voice below said, 'I don't think the windows need cleaning at this time of the night.
色调、浓淡 群山呈现出各种色调的绿色。
The mountains were in several tones of green.
格调，风格，气氛 这座建筑物有一种异国情调。
The building has a foreign tone.
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Grammar
So do I
肯定句中使用
Neither do I 否定句中使用
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Text Understanding
Asking for trouble
闹事, 捣乱、惹麻烦
make trouble
费力做某事，不辞劳苦做某事 take the trouble to do sth
陷入困境, 惹上麻烦
get into trouble
与某人有矛盾
have trouble with sb
She is going to buy a new dress . I am going to buy new dress. They didn’t run quickly . We didn’t run quickly. He hasn’t had breakfast . I haven’t had breakfast .
过河拆桥
knock down the ladder ＝ knock away the ladder
shed
n. 棚子、小屋、存放地
牛棚 a cattle shed
v. 滴、掉落
当她听到他死亡的消息她就流泪了。
She shed tears when she heard the news of his death.
'Well, I'd prefer to stay he 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.
'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?'
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.
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Daily Proverb
Time never dies, we never part.
时光不老，我们不散。
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New Words
ladder
n. 梯子
爬上梯子 climb up a ladder 爬下梯子 climb down a ladder
阶段、手段 成功的阶梯
the ladder to success ＝ the ladder of success
v. 落叶、脱毛 v. 散发（光、热、香气等）, 放射、带来
这女孩给身边的人带来快乐。
The girl shed happiness on people around her.
tone n. 语气，腔调
她用恼怒的口气说话。
She spoke in an angry tone.
音色、音调, 声调
rising / falling tone 升调／降调
He like classical music . I like classical music. He likes classical music and so do I.
He couldn’t speak French . I couldn’t speak French. He could not speak French and neither could I.