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--- Lesson 92 Asking for trouble |
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--- First listen and then answer the question. |
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--- Why did the policeman ask the writer to come to the police station? |
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It must have been about two in the morning when I returned home. |
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I tried to wake up my wife by ringing the doorbell, but she was fast asleep, |
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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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I was almost there when a sarcastic voice below said, 'I don't think the windows need cleaning at this time of the night.' |
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I looked down and nearly fell off the ladder when I saw a policeman. |
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I immediately regretted answering in the way I did, but I said, 'I enjoy cleaning windows at night.' |
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'So do I,' answered the policeman in the same tone. 'Excuse my interrupting you.^“ |
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I hate to interrupt a man when he's busy working, but would you mind coming with me to the station?' |
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'Well, I'd prefer to stay here,' I said. 'You see. I've forgotten my key.' |
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'Your what?' he called. |
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'My key,' I shouted. |
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Fortunately, the shouting woke up my wife who opened the window just as the policeman had started to climb towards me. |
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