（Level 2）-Day_46 Home Alone

在喜马拉雅已支持实时字幕关注公众号“高效英语磨耳朵”获取文稿和音频词汇提示1.peeked 偷看2.robber 强盗3.creaking 吱吱作响4.clunking 沉闷声响5.furnace 火炉6.whirring 呼呼响7.alert 警惕8.suspicious 嫌疑原文Home AloneI remembered the first time that my parents left me home alone.I was very grown up，and I thought that I would be just fine.I was fine for a while.I watched television and had something to eat.I called my friend on the phone and we talked for a while.Then，I sat down to read a book.The house was quiet，very quiet.I found myself listening very carefully.I heard a tap，tap，tapping noise.I wondered where it was coming from.It seemed to be coming from the window.I turned out the lights so that nobody would see me，and I peeked out the window carefully.I was expecting to see a robber was tapping at my window.There was nobody there.It was just a tree branch swaying in the breeze and tapping at the window.I felt silly.I turn on my lights and sat back down to read my book.A few minutes later，I heard some creaking noises.I listened carefully.Then，I heard a clunking noise.I think it might have been the furnace.Then，there was a whirring noise.My imagination began to played tricks on me.I was imagining that there were all kinds of creatures in the house.I told myself to grow up.I wouldn't let my imagination run away with me.I was glad when my parents got home.I told them about all the noises that I had heard.My parents laughed and said that all house make noises.We're usually just so busy that we don't hear all the noise that go on.I have stayed home alone many times now.I just ignore all the little creaks and noises that I hear.I am still alert and listen for anything suspicious，but I know that there are lots of noises that are harmless.That tree that taps on my window still frightens me sometimes，but I'm a lot braver now than I was the first time that I stayed home alone.

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