New concept English Lesson 13
‘It's only me'
“是我，别怕”
What did the man expect to find under the stairs?
那人在楼梯底下想找什么？
expect to，期待
find，（经寻找、研究或思考）发现，查明，找出，求得
After her husband had gone to work.
她丈夫上班以后
go to work，上班
Mrs. Richards sent her children to school and went upstairs to her bedroom.
理查德夫人打法孩子去学校，上楼到她的卧室
sent her children to school，打发孩子去学校，不是送孩子去学校，否则她不能马上就上楼，送孩子去学校是take her children to school
go upstairs，上楼（貌似s不能少）
bedroom，卧室
She was too excited to do any housework that morning,
这个早上她太兴奋，以至于任何家务都不想做
too+形容词+to do，太……，以至于不……
excited，激动的；兴奋的；受刺激的；紧张不安的
excite，使激动；使兴奋
for in the evening she would be going to a fancy-dress party with her husband.
因为晚上她要和丈夫一起参加化妆舞会
fancy-dress party，化妆舞会
fancy，奇特的
She intended to dress up as a ghost and as she had made her costume the night before,
她打算化妆成鬼，并且由于她前一天晚上做好了服装
intended to，打算
dress up as，化妆成
costume，服装
she was impatient to try it on.
她急于穿上试试
was impatient to，急于
Though the costume consisted only of a sheet,
尽管服装只是一张床单
sheet，床单
it was very effective.
效果非常好
effective，产生预期结果的；有效的；实际的；事实上的；生效的；起作用的
After putting it on, Mrs. Richards went downstairs.
穿上之后，理查德夫人走下楼
go downstairs，下楼
She wanted to find out whether it would be comfortable to wear.
她想看看穿起来是否舒服
find out，（尤指通过刻意努力）发现，找出，查明；查出……行为不轨
Just as Mrs. Richards was entering the dinning room,
正在理查德夫人走进餐厅的时候
just as,正在…的时候
dinning room，餐厅
there was a knock on the front door.
前门响起敲门声
knock，敲击声；敲门（或窗等）声；捶击；敲击；撞击
She knew that it must be the baker.
她知道这一定是面包师
it 用于指人的时候，一般有两种情况，第一是身份不明的人，第二是指小孩
baker，面包师
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. 她曾经告诉他，如果她真的无法开门就直接进来，把面包放在厨房的桌子上
straight，adv. 直接，径直
if ever，（用于过去时，加强语气）如果真的……
fail to，未能；无法，使……失望
bread，面包
kitchen，厨房
Not wanting to frighten the poor man,
不想吓到这个可怜的人
frighten，使惊吓，使惊恐
Mrs. Richards quickly hid in the small storeroom under the stairs.
理查德夫人快速藏进楼梯下的小储藏室
storeroom，储藏室
She heard the front door open and heavy footsteps in the hall.
她听见前门打开，客厅响起沉重的脚步声
hear，感官动词，后面加动词原形，hear sb. do，同样的感官动词还有
see sb. do
watch sb. do
notice sb. do
footstep，脚步声，足迹
Suddenly the door of the storeroom was opened and a man entered.
突然，储藏室的门被打开，一个男人进来
Mrs. Richards realized that it must be the man from the Electricity Board who had come to read the metre.
理查德夫人意识到这是供电局的人，来查电表的
realize，意识到
the Electricity Board，供电局，电力局
board，委员会
read，查看（电表、水表）的读数
read a riddle，猜谜
read one’s face，察言观色
read one’s mind，猜心事
read one’s palm，看手相，算命
She tried to explain the situation, saying 'It's only me', but it was too late.
她试图想解释一下这个情况，说“是我，别怕”，但是太晚了
The man let out cry and jumped back several paces.
男人发出一声大叫，向后跳了几步
let out，发出（声音）
jump back，向后跳
pace，（移动的）速度；步速；发生的速度；步伐；节奏；（走或跑时）迈出的一步，一步的距离；步幅When Mrs. Richards walked towards him,
当理查德夫人走向他
he fled, slamming the door behind him.
他逃走了，门在他身后砰的一声关上了
fled（flee），逃离
slamming the door，砰地关上门
slam，砰地关上。