关于噪音的初中英语短文阅读: A Noisy Neighbor
编者按：有一个吵闹的邻居是种什么样的体验呢?来阅读以下这篇英语短文你就会了解了。这篇英语短文时候初中生阅读哦!
A Noisy Neighbor
(吵闹的邻居)
Barbara couldn’t take it any more.
芭芭拉再也忍受不了了
Her upstairs neighbor was blasting his stereo again.
她楼上的邻居再一次打开了他的立体音响
She had asked him twice already to turn the volume down.
她已经两次叫他把声音调小点
The first time she asked, he was surprised.
第一次她提出这样的要求时，他感到很惊讶
He said he didn’t know that she could hear his stereo.
他说他并不知道芭芭拉可以听到
"Yes," she said, "it’s just like your stereo was in my living room.
“当然(听得到)，”她说“就好像你的音响就在我的客厅
I can hear every note!"
我可以听见每一个音符。”
He said he would keep it down.
他说他会调低音量的
She hoped that he was telling the truth.
她希望他说的是实话
Of course, he wasn’t.
当然了，他果然没做到
The very next day, he blasted his stereo.
第二天，他打开了音响
She marched upstairs to remind him of his promise.
她走上楼，提醒他记住自己的承诺
He said the volume was so low that he could barely hear it.
他说他把声音调的很低，以至于自己几乎听不到了
She asked him to turn it lower.
她要求他调的更小一点
He said he would try.
他说他会试试
Barbara could swear that when she reentered her apartment, the music was louder than when she had walked upstairs.
芭芭拉可以发誓，当她重新回到自己的公寓时，音乐比她上楼时更大声了
So, this was the third time.
这是第三次了
She took her baseball bat upstairs with her.
她(这次)上楼时带着她的棒球棒
She knocked very loudly on his door.
她非常大声的敲击他的门
When he opened the door, she screamed at him like a crazy person.
当他打开门时，她疯狂的冲他尖叫
She told him she would kill him if he didn’t turn the music down and keep it down.
她警告他，如果他不把音乐调小并且继续这样的话，她会杀了他
His eyes got big.
他睁大了眼睛
She went back downstairs.
当她再次回到楼下时，
She couldn’t hear a note.
她听不到一点音乐声了
I can’t believe I said that, she told herself.
我不相信我居然说出这种话，她对自己说道。
重点知识讲解
【相关句型辨识】
She had asked him twice already to turn the volume down.
她已经两次叫他把声音调小点。
这句话运用了过去完成时，即 “主语+had+动词的过去分词...”它表示动作发生的时
间是“过去的过去”，侧重事情的结果。
常搭配的时间状语是by the time：
By the end of last term, we had learned 5000 new words.
到上学期末，我们已经学习了5000个生词。
The bus had already left by the time I got there.
公车在我到那之前已经走了。
By (the time of) last year ,we had built two bridges.
到去年为止我们已经建了两座桥了。
知识讲解老师：Linda
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