练习材料
Lesson92 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 door-bell, 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.
ˈlɛsn92 ˈɑːskɪŋ fɔː ˈtrʌbl
ɪt mʌst hæv biːn əˈbaʊt tuː ɪn ðə ˈmɔːnɪŋ wɛn aɪ rɪˈtɜːnd həʊm. aɪ traɪd tuː weɪk ʌp maɪ waɪf baɪ ˈrɪŋɪŋ ðə dɔː-bɛl, bʌt ʃiː wɒzfɑːst əˈsliːp, səʊ aɪ gɒt ə ˈlædə frɒm ðə ʃɛd ɪn ðə ˈgɑːdn, pʊt ɪt əˈgɛnst ðə wɔːl, ænd bɪˈgæn ˈklaɪmɪŋ təˈwɔːdz ðə ˈbɛdru(ː)mˈwɪndəʊ. aɪ wɒz ˈɔːlməʊst ðeə wɛn ə sɑːˈkæstɪk vɔɪs bɪˈləʊ sɛd,' aɪ dəʊnt θɪŋk ðə ˈwɪndəʊz niːd ˈkliːnɪŋ æt ðɪs taɪm ɒv ðənaɪt.'
aɪ lʊkt daʊn ænd ˈnɪəli fɛl ɒf ðə ˈlædə wɛn aɪ sɔː ə pəˈliːsmən. aɪ ɪˈmiːdiətli rɪˈgrɛtɪd ˈɑːnsərɪŋ ɪn ðə weɪ aɪ dɪd, bʌt aɪ sɛd, aɪɪnˈʤɔɪ ˈkliːnɪŋ ˈwɪndəʊz æt naɪt.'
səʊ duː aɪ,' ˈɑːnsəd ðə pəˈliːsmən ɪn ðə seɪm təʊn. ɪksˈkjuːs maɪ ˌɪntəˈrʌptɪŋ juː. aɪ heɪt tuː ˌɪntəˈrʌpt ə mæn wɛn hiːz ˈbɪziˈwɜːkɪŋ, bʌt wʊd juː maɪnd ˈkʌmɪŋ wɪð miː tuː ðə ˈsteɪʃən?'
wɛl, aɪd priˈfɜː tuː steɪ hɪə,' aɪ sɛd. juː siː, aɪv fəˈgɒtn maɪ kiː.'
jɔː wɒt ?' hiː kɔːld.
maɪ kiː,' aɪ ˈʃaʊtɪd.'
ˈfɔːʧnɪtli, ðə ˈʃaʊtɪŋ wəʊk ʌp maɪ waɪf huː ˈəʊpənd ðə ˈwɪndəʊ ʤʌst æz ðə pəˈliːsmən hæd ˈstɑːtɪd tuː klaɪm təˈwɔːdz miː.
任务配置：L0+L4
笔记：fast asleep 睡的很熟，sarcastic讽刺的，讥笑的，against反对，靠紧
regret doing sth 对已发生的事表示后悔；regret to do sth 表示对现在要发生的事表示抱歉
感悟：/l/跟/ə/在一起总是发不好，口型舌位很不自然，要多加练习。