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# 13 · “是我，别害怕”

### 第1段

After her husband had gone to work, Mrs. Richards sent her children to school and went upstairs to her bedroom. She was too excited to do any housework that morning, for in the evening she would be going to a fancy-dress party with her husband. She intended to dress up as a ghost and as she had made her costume the night before, she was impatient to try it on. Though the costume consisted only of a sheet, it was very effective. After putting it on, Mrs. Richards went downstairs. She wanted to find out whether it would be comfortable to wear.
Just as Mrs. Richards was entering the dinning room, there was a knock on the front door. She knew that it must be the baker. She had told him to come straight in if ever she failed to open the door and to leave the bread on the kitchen table. Not wanting to frighten the poor man, Mrs. Richards quickly hid in the small storeroom under the stairs. She heard the front door open and heavy footsteps in the hall. Suddenly the door of the storeroom was opened and a man entered. Mrs. Richards realized that it must be the man from the Electricity Board who had come to read the metre. She tried to explain the situation, saying "It's only me", but it was too late. The man let out a cry and jumped back several paces. When Mrs. Richards walked towards him, he fled, slamming the door behind him.

中文理解：丈夫上班后，理查兹太太把孩子送去学校，便上楼回了卧室。那天早晨，她兴奋得根本没心思做家务，因为晚上要和丈夫一起参加化装舞会。她打算扮成鬼，头天晚上就做好了服装，早已等不及要试穿。所谓服装其实只有一条床单，但扮鬼的效果还真不错。理查兹太太穿上它走下楼，想试试这样穿着是否舒服。
她刚走进餐厅，就听见有人敲前门。她认定是送面包的来了，因为她曾嘱咐过对方，万一自己没来开门，就直接进屋，把面包放在厨房的桌子上。她不想吓着这个可怜人，赶紧躲进楼梯下面的小储藏室。随后，她听见前门打开了，门厅里传来沉重的脚步声。突然，储藏室的门也开了，一个男人走了进来。理查兹太太这才意识到，来的是电力公司抄电表的人。她想解释，连忙说：“是我，别害怕。”可已经来不及了。那人惊叫一声，向后连跳了好几步。她一朝他走过去，他就逃了出去，还砰地关上了身后的门。

* **too excited to**：兴奋得无法……；too + 形容词 + to do：正面形容词也可产生无法做的结果。

* **dress up as**：装扮成；as 后说明扮成谁或什么。

* **was impatient to**：迫不及待地想……；be impatient to do 表急切；impatient with someone 才是对人不耐烦。

* **try it on**：试穿它；代词放在动词和 on 中间。

* **consisted only of**：仅由……组成；consist of 不用被动式；only 限定组成内容。

* **find out**：查明；得知；重在查明信息；寻找一件物品通常说 look for。

* **whether it would be comfortable**：是否会舒服；whether 引出间接疑问，用陈述语序；would 依过去视角选择。

* **there was a knock**：有人敲门；a knock at / on the door；There was 引入突然出现的声音。

* **come straight in**：直接进来；straight 用作副词修饰动作，指不用停候。

* **heavy footsteps**：沉重的脚步声；hear footsteps，声音可以成为判断来人身份的线索。

* **read the metre**：查电表；抄表；仪表通常拼 meter；本课PDF保留 metre，学习使用 meter，不改动录音原文。

* **explain the situation**：解释情况；explain something to someone，不用 explain someone something。

* **let out a cry**：叫了一声；适合描写惊吓或疼痛时的反应。

* **slamming the door**：砰地关门；用动词本身表现动作和声音，不必另加 close loudly。

#### 原文注释 · After her husband had gone to work, Mrs. Richards sent her children to school and went upstairs to her bedroom.

注释：①too…to 通常表示“太……而不能……”，本句是兴奋得做不下家务。有些带愿意、乐意等含义的形容词可构成肯定表达，例如 only too happy to help 是“非常乐意帮忙”；不能仅凭 too 前出现 all/but/only，就认定整个结构变成肯定。② intended = planned = mean to。③头天晚上的表达不等于昨晚(last night)，同理，去年 (last year)也不等于上一年(the previous year)。④impatient = eager = can't wait = anxious = hungry = thirsty = desperate。⑤try it on = put it on to see what it was like。⑥consisted of = be made up of = be composed of。⑦whether = if。

\[语法符号讲解] \[1]本句为动词不定式短语to find out 作宾语，该宾语本身又带有一个whether 引导的宾语从句，这里予以细分。

#### 原文注释 · Just as Mrs. Richards was entering the dinning room, there was a knock on the front door.

注释：①if ever 表条件句，任何时候、任何场合。②failed to = didn't(do sth. you were normally expected to do)。③not wanting 是分词否定结构作原因状语。 ④slamming = banging。⑤fled = ran away，而escape 侧重逃脱、摆脱。

#### Summary 摘要

Mrs. Richards had dressed up as a ghost and was just going into the dining room when there was a knock on the door. Thinking it was the baker, she hid in the storeroom under the stairs. She heard footsteps in the hall and then the man from the Electricity Board opened the storeroom door. Though she said "It's only me", he got a bad fright. When she walked towards him, he fled, slamming the front door behind him. (79 words)

#### Composition 作文

Mrs. Richards immediately went upstairs and took off(脱下) her costume. She felt sorry for the poor man from the Electricity Board, but at the same time she was rather amused. Suddenly, there was a knock at the front door and Mrs. Richards opened it at once. The electricity man had returned, accompanied by a policeman, so she invited both in. The man told Mrs. Richards that he had tried to read her metre and that there was a ghost in the storeroom. Though Mrs. Richards explained that she had dressed up as a ghost, he refused to believe her. She told him to open the storeroom door, but he was too frightened, so she opened it herself. While the electricity man and the policeman were looking for the ghost in the storeroom, Mrs. Richards fetched(v.取来) her costume. She showed it to both men and only then did they(only 开头的部分倒装) believe her. (150 words)

## 学完这一课

用 after + had… 写一个先后清楚的早晨安排。

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