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Noisy Neighbours
I live in a quiet street, where most people don’t make a lot of noise–except for our next-door neighbours! A few weeks ago, Mum and Dad had a big argument with them. Everyone was shouting at each other. Mum said she couldn’t sleep at night time because their music was too loud. This doesn’t bother Dad, because he works on the night shift(夜班), but what bothers him is their dog, which keeps him
awake in the daytime by barking and barking when he’s trying to sleep. He says it does this because it’s lonely. The barking doesn’t bother me because I’m at school in the daytime, and it doesn’t bother Mum either, because she’s at work during the day.
The next day, everything was quiet at the neighbours’ house. Mum said they must have learned their lesson, but Dad said they were probably just out and he didn’t think anything would change, and it turned out that he was right. They were away for a few days, but when they came back, Mum and Dad started arguing with them again. Mum said the music they played didn’t even have a tune! Dad said they didn’t deserve to own a dog if they couldn’t look after it properly. It was so disagreeable with everyone fighting, so I hoped they would all reach an agreement quickly.
A few days later, the police came to our place. Mum and Dad were outside talking when the neighbours started up their music. Mum stood on the balcony and shouted at them. She said she couldn’t hear herself think with all that endless noise. Then the dog started barking because Mum was shouting. Then Dad started shouting at the dog. The neighbours came out and argued too. Then we all heard a police siren(汽笛，警报器)! Everyone stopped shouting when the police car stopped outside. The policemen said the neighbours on the other side of the street had complained about all the shouting. They called the police because their baby woke up and started crying!
Mum didn’t know what to say, but finally she started laughing. That started Dad off, and then the neighbours joined in. The policeman didn’t know what was going on. When Mum explained that they were arguing because of the noise the neighbours were making, they started laughing too. Mum apologised to the lady with the baby. The neighbour with the dog apologised to Dad. Mum said the music was okay but asked them to please play it more quietly. Ever since that day, we have had a more peaceful life. I am so glad that everyone has learned to compromise and get on better now. (444 words)
except for＋名词：
Every one is here except Lucy
I can answer all the questions except for the last.
The meal was excellent except for the first course.
argument
have an argument with sb
have a fight with sb
quarrel with sb
长难句分析
What bothers him is their dog, which keeps him awake in the daytime by barking and barking when he’s trying to sleep. at the neighbours’
at the＋人名＋’s＝
at the＋职业＋’s＝
重点句型：it turns out that…
reach an agreement
I wanted to go to Greece, and my wife wanted to go to Spain.
So we made a compromise
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重点短语：see sb do/doing
1．Did anybody see the accident (happen/happening)?
2．We listened to the old man (tell/telling) his story from beginning to end.
3．Listen! Can you hear a baby (cry/crying)?
4．We watched the two men (open/opening) a window and
(climb/climbing) through it into the house
5．When we got home, we found our cat (sleep/sleeping) on the table.
complain的用法
complain about sth
He complained about the poor service.
complain to sb He complained to the waiter
complain to sb about sth
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(扩展) make a complaint
apologize的用法
apologize to sb
I must apologize to your sister.
apologize for sth
I apologized for my behaviour.
apologize to sb for sth
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(扩展)Make an apology
3。