英语大赢家 上册 131.Topic 3社区安全 Community Security

 Shirley: What's happening here?

 

Benjamin: Our lock was broken, honey. Somebody broke into our house.

 

Shirley: Oh, that was me.

 

Benjamin: You? What? What the hell¹ are you talking about?

 

Shirley: I left my keys inside so I called the superintendent² to break the lock.

 

Policeman: Hey, what are you guys doing here?

 

Shirley: Sorry, sir. There's been a mistake.

 

Benjamin: But you can't leave with an opening door!

 

Shirley: I got to buy a new lock! Plus, the superprintendent won't let any stranger in…

 

Benjamin: Oh, you are always a trouble maker³.

 

Policeman: It seems that there is not my job here. This seems that it's been a false alarm.

 

Benjamin: Er…look, here, sir, I am terribly sorry.

 

Policeman: Well, don't call the police unless there is a real case. I hope this won't happen again.

 

Shirley: Oh, “ I hope this won't happen again” I hate hearing this.

 

Policeman: Is there anything wrong, Ma'am?

 

Shirley: The superintendent said the same thing to me today a thousand times!

 

 

 

听看学

 

雪莉：这儿出了什么事？

 

本杰明：我们的锁被砸了，亲爱的。有人闯进我们家了。

 

雪莉：哦，是我。

 

本杰明：你？什么？你在说什么啊？

 

雪莉：我把钥匙落在里面了，所以我叫了物业来把锁砸开。

 

警察：嘿，你们这些人在做什么啊？

 

雪莉：对不起，警官。恐怕这里面有点误会。

 

本杰明：但你不能让门开着就离开啊！

 

雪莉：我得去买把新的锁！再说，物业不会让陌生人进来的……

 

本杰明：哦，你总是惹麻烦。

 

警察：看起来这儿没我的事了。好像有人报错了警。

 

本杰明：嗯……您看，警官，真是非常抱歉。

 

警察：下次没有真情况可不要报警。我希望下次不要发生这种事。

 

雪莉：哦，“我希望下次不要发生这种事”我讨厌听到这个。

 

警察：怎么啦，太太？

 

雪莉：这话物业今天已经跟我说过一千遍了！

1 hell   

n.地狱，阴间；用以咒骂或表示愤怒，不满

参考例句：

• It's a hell of a hike from Sydney to Perth.从悉尼到珀斯的徒步旅行简直苦死了。
• The boss really gave me hell today.老板今天着实数落了我一通。

2 superintendent   

n.监督人，主管，总监；(英国)警务长

参考例句：

• He was soon promoted to the post of superintendent of Foreign Trade.他很快就被擢升为对外贸易总监。
• He decided to call the superintendent of the building.他决定给楼房管理员打电话。

3 maker   

n.制造者，制造商

参考例句：

• He is a trouble maker，You must be distant with him.他是个捣蛋鬼，你不要跟他在一起。
• A cabinet maker must be a master craftsman.家具木工必须是技艺高超的手艺人。