【新编英语教程】（第一册）Unit1 赫伯特回家(1/2)

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HINTS：
Herbert Marshall
Cambridge
St. Albans
living-room
问句有引号，比如 "What's your name?"Herbert Marshall was a student at Cambridge, but his hometown was St. Albans. It was August and the family had gone to the seaside. Herbert went to France for his holiday, but he ran out of money, and came home a week earlier than he had expected to.
His train didn't get into St. Albans until just before midnight. The last bus had gone, so he had to walk home. He let himself into the kitchen, and as he was feeling hot and sticky, he took off his shirt to have a wash.
Suddenly he heard heavy footsteps running up the path. The back door burst open, and he found himself surrounded by policemen. They pushed him into the living-room next door, made him sit down, and began asking him questions.
"What's your name?"
"Where do you live?"
"What's in that case?"
"What are you doing here?"
"I live here," said Herbert, "I've been on holiday." But nobody listened to him. They just went on asking questions. Then suddenly one of the policemen said.