慢速英语短文听力 响了！响了！

Ring! Ring!

响了！响了！

Neal's front yard was full of leaves. He went outside and raked¹ the leaves. His cell phone rang. He answered it. Then he continued raking². He raked the leaves into three plastic bags. The recycling truck came by an hour later. The driver threw the bags into the truck. Neal wanted to call his wife. He couldn't find his cell phone. He searched his house. He searched his front yard. Was his phone in one of the plastic bags? He called the recycling center. It was still open. He drove there with his teenage daughter. A 20-foot high pile of leaves was at the center. His daughter used her cell phone to call his phone. At first he heard nothing. She kept calling. He kept digging through the pile. About 15 minutes later, he heard his phone ringing! He dug it out. "Don't tell your mom about this," Neal said.

尼尔的前院满是树叶。他耙平了叶子。他的电话响了。他接起了电话。之后，他继续耙树叶。他将树叶装进了三个塑料袋中。一个小时之后，回收车来了。司机将袋子扔进了卡车。尼尔想给他的妻子打电话。他找不到电话。他在屋子中寻找。他在前院中寻找。手机是不是在塑料袋中？他呼叫了回收中心。中心还开着门。他和女儿一起驱车前往。回收中心堆集了20英尺高的树叶。女儿呼叫爸爸的电话。起初，他什么也没听到。她继续打电话。他继续在树叶中寻找。大约15分钟之后，他听到了自己的电话声！他将电话挖了出来。尼尔说：“别告诉你妈妈这件事”。

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搜索( rake的过去式和过去分词 )； 以耙子耙平（泥土等）； 用耙子把…耙在一起； （翻阅旧记录、文件等以）搜寻事实等

参考例句：

• The leaves had been raked into a pile. 树叶已经用耙子拢成了一堆。
• Litter in the hen coop beds down if it is not raked. 鸡笼里的稻草如不清除会形成硬层。

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参考例句：

• He is raking around in the library for some reference books. 他正在图书馆里找参考书。
• How would you like to spend your Sundays raking up dead leaves? 你难道会愿意在园里耙枯叶子来消磨你的星期天？