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课文13 “是我,别害怕”) l# Z0 O) {1 \
210. After her husband had gone to work, Mrs. Richards sent her children to school and went upstairs to her bedroom.# v3 F$ [+ W- A7 z
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。
# d8 |1 G+ d3 ^4 l$ [* x211. 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.
& X4 k2 l* Z$ C 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。7 q5 s; u! Y6 E: p/ C! f, U) I8 D
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.
% ]: K9 h K* C 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。
' a* P/ }; c' |8 [; z213. Though the costume consisted only of a sheet, it was very effective.1 t6 ^0 E+ \* D1 A- b
尽管化装服仅由一个被单制成,却十分逼真。
5 I3 i; X0 R" G5 G4 T- ?. A, d; R# l214. After putting it on, Mrs. Richards went downstairs." N2 `6 s% }9 A; Z, q5 p
理查兹夫人穿上化装服后下了楼,1 m" Q. q# x& j1 m1 q( D+ M
215. She wanted to find out whether it would be comfortable to wear.' s; i! C" y8 L5 l) {
想看穿起来是否舒服。0 U0 G6 b& e0 c G. e1 a: T1 s
216. Just as Mrs. Richards was entering the dining room, there was a knock on the front door.
" K! E1 n0 ^( C* X! o' c6 ~ 理查兹夫人刚刚走进餐厅,前门就传来敲门声。$ O' |% T, q+ ~. e( ]! G+ W
217. She knew that it must be the baker.' u5 {3 S6 e- ^3 s& _6 t* Q
她知道来了一定面包师。
3 g6 c* ~* X$ x/ ]7 V5 c! Z* P; H218. 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. o9 Z, @! t. x) z
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。+ R/ H$ a* t F6 t' I
219. Not wanting to frighten the poor man, Mrs. Richards quickly hid in the small storeroom under the stairs.
; I7 n1 Z) D1 P: D 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。5 A2 {& u2 Q: ^1 z( a; t; C
220. She heard the front door open and heavy footsteps in the hall.
; D: X7 H. m* e% }: d2 Q8 |1 _ 她听见前门被打开,走廊里响起重重的脚步声。
$ j- d5 G N4 P! F x" @; B221. Suddenly the door of the storeroom was opened and a man entered.
' z, A1 \! E V5 e+ w. g9 f 突然贮藏门开了,一个男人走了进来。0 U3 g1 X3 c; t6 H1 ~( l }
222. Mrs. Richards realized that it must be the man from the Electricity Board who had come to read the metre.
! f& V" s( P7 @! y 理查兹夫人这才想到一定是供电局来人查电表了。( y$ Z- y3 L b' H; E! ?, d
223. She tried to explain the situation, saying 'It's only me', but it was too late.' f3 I6 l1 u! U9 |* E
她说了声“是我,别怕!”然后想进行一番解释,但已来不及了。
3 D) Q' s3 S, i' j- l224. The man let out a cry and jumped back several paces.
/ ^0 D. a1 I# v* Z9 y- h 那人大叫了一声,惊退了几步。$ t9 F: A. L- z
225. When Mrs. Richards walked towards him, he fled, slamming the door behind him.
' z) G. h5 O# Y7 p1 { 理查兹夫人朝他走去,只见他“砰”的一声关上门逃走了。 |
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