初三英语课文04

初三课文：Unit 04 What Were They Doing
TEACHER: What are you doing, Li Lei?
老师： 李垒，你在做什么？

LI LEI: I am trying to draw a horse.
李垒： 我在试着画一匹马。

TEACHER: It's quite a nice horse! But please don't play with my chalk.
老师： 这匹马相当好看！但请不要玩我的粉笔。

LI LEI: Sorry! I won't do it again.
李垒： 对不起！我不会再这样了。

THE MAN UPSTAIRS
住在楼上的人

A man lived in a tall building in the city of Moscow. He liked living there. It was usually very quiet, and he could see the park from his window. There was only one problem: the man upstairs.
有一个人住在莫斯科城的高楼里。 他喜欢住那儿。 那儿通常很安静，从他的窗户他可以看见公园。 但仅有一个问题：住在楼上的人。

Every night, the man upstairs came back late. He always took off his shoes and threw them on the floor. At this time, the man downstairs was trying to sleep. But every night he heard the noise upstairs. Bang! One shoe. Bang! The other shoe. It was too bad. He found it very difficult to get to sleep and he was rather angry with the man upstairs.
每天晚上，楼上人回来很晚。 他总是脱下鞋子，把它们丢在地板上。 这时楼下人正试图入睡。 但每天晚上他都听到楼上的声音。 砰！一只鞋子。砰！另一只鞋子。 这真是太糟了。他觉得这样很难入睡， 他对楼上的人相当生气。

One day, the man downstairs went to talk to the man. He went upstairs and knocked the door. The man opened it. With a smile the man from downstairs said: "I'm sorry to trouble you, comrade."
一天，楼下人去找楼上人谈谈。 他上楼敲门。楼上人打开门。 那位楼下人笑着说："对不起，打扰你了，同志。"

"What is it?" asked the man.
"什么事？"楼上人问。

"Well, every time you get back at night, you drop your shoes on the floor. It happens every night. The noise wakes me up. Would you please not do this?"
"唔，每一次晚上回来时，你都把鞋子丢在地板上。每晚都这样。这声音总吵醒我！请你别这样，好吗？"

"I'm very sorry, comrade, " said the man. "I won't do it again."
"很对不起，同志，"楼上人说，"我不会再这么做了。"

The next evening the man upstairs came home from work late as usual. He was feeling very tired. He took off the first shoe and threw it on the floor. Then he remembered his comrade downstairs. So he took off the second shoe and put it under his bed very quietly. He had his supper, listened to the radio, read a newspaper and then went to bed. He was just falling asleep when there was a loud knock at the door. He opened it and saw the man from downstairs.
第二天晚上，楼上人和平时一样很晚才下班回家。 他感到很累。 他脱下第一只鞋子，把它丢在地板上。 然后他想起楼下的同

志。他脱下第二只鞋子，轻轻地放在床下边。 他吃晚餐，听收音机，读报纸，然后睡觉。 他刚要入睡，就有人很响地敲门。 他打开门，看见楼下人。

"Please!" said the man from downstairs. "Please drop the other shoe! I was waiting for the sound of the other shoe! I can't get to sleep!"
"劳驾！"楼下人说，"请丢下另一只鞋吧！我一直在等待另一只鞋落地的响声！我睡不着！"