新概念英语3--（一天学一篇）---课13

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课文13  “是我，别害怕”
210. After her husband had gone to work, Mrs. Richards sent her children to school and went upstairs to her bedroom.
0 _& C" X0 Z! g2 a/ D- [        理查兹夫人等丈夫上班走后，把孩子送去上学，然后来到楼上自己的卧室。
211. 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.
        那天上午，她兴奋得什么家务活都不想做，因为晚上她要同丈夫一起参加一个化装舞会。
212. 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.
6 M0 i; ]3 |' Y) G5 c7 |5 z        她打算装扮成鬼的模样。头天晚上她已把化装服做好，这时她急于想试试。
7 i* D% V( H. {& ^2 C1 Q% f1 |213. Though the costume consisted only of a sheet, it was very effective.
. f, F$ V$ Z6 l% K/ a% G; k! M        尽管化装服仅由一个被单制成，却十分逼真。
& n0 U* ~0 ?$ o4 M# f. V214. After putting it on, Mrs. Richards went downstairs.
        理查兹夫人穿上化装服后下了楼，
215. She wanted to find out whether it would be comfortable to wear.
# i0 S& ^; p- A' w        想看穿起来是否舒服。
216. Just as Mrs. Richards was entering the dining room, there was a knock on the front door.
0 \$ h7 z) [, T+ W9 f: `% g        理查兹夫人刚刚走进餐厅，前门就传来敲门声。
/ d4 h2 }" L4 e1 R3 R217. She knew that it must be the baker.
        她知道来了一定面包师。
; {2 x( A1 F" h/ \" o/ U218. 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.
        她曾告诉过面包师，如果她不去开门，他可直接进门，把面包放在厨房的桌上。
" e4 P$ N. @8 w4 Q- W& k: z. A219. Not wanting to frighten the poor man, Mrs. Richards quickly hid in the small storeroom under the stairs.
        理查兹夫人不想吓唬这个可怜人，便赶紧躲到了楼梯下的小储藏室里。
! U7 N9 P  z2 B9 H* C) a220. She heard the front door open and heavy footsteps in the hall.
        她听见前门被打开，走廊里响起重重的脚步声。
221. Suddenly the door of the storeroom was opened and a man entered.
; u: A' k1 f; @: U9 Z4 v7 b        突然贮藏门开了，一个男人走了进来。
222. Mrs. Richards realized that it must be the man from the Electricity Board who had come to read the metre.
        理查兹夫人这才想到一定是供电局来人查电表了。
/ z) ]9 L2 w( d! Y5 u223. She tried to explain the situation, saying 'It's only me', but it was too late.
  E; A% H, e& Y9 K) }7 d: h        她说了声“是我，别怕！”然后想进行一番解释，但已来不及了。
224. The man let out a cry and jumped back several paces.
        那人大叫了一声，惊退了几步。
225. When Mrs. Richards walked towards him, he fled, slamming the door behind him.
        理查兹夫人朝他走去，只见他“砰”的一声关上门逃走了。