[by:英语听力网|http://yingyu.chazidian.com||查字典英语网] [00:00.00]喜欢chazidian.com，就把chazidian.com复制到QQ个人资料中！Lesson 13 ’It’s only me’ [00:07.20]13 "是我,别害怕" [00:14.39]Listen to the tape then answer the question below. [00:17.53]听录音,然后回答以下问题. [00:20.66]What did the man expect to find under the stairs? [00:26.10]这个男人想到楼梯下找什么? [00:31.53]After her husband had gone to work, [00:33.55]丈夫上班走后, [00:35.58]Mrs.Richards sent her children to school [00:37.92]理查兹夫人把孩子送去上学 [00:40.25]and went upstairs to her bedroom. [00:42.17]然后来到楼上自己的卧室. [00:44.09]She was too excited to do any housework that morning, [00:46.42]那天上午,她兴奋得什么家务活都不想做 [00:48.74]for in the evening she would be going to a fancy-dress party with her husband [00:52.02]因为晚上她要同丈夫一起去参加一个化装舞会 [00:55.30]She intended to dress up as a ghost [00:57.98]她打算装扮成鬼的模样 [01:00.66]and as she had made her costume the night before, [01:03.14]头天晚上她已把化装服做好 [01:05.62]she was impatient to try it on [01:07.84]这时她急于想试试. [01:10.06]Though the costume consisted only of a sheetit was very effective. [01:13.60]尽管化装服仅由一个被单制成却十分逼真. [01:17.14]After putting it on,Mrs.Richards went downstairs. [01:20.08]理查兹夫人穿上化装服后下了楼. [01:23.02]She wanted to find out whether it would be comfortable to wear. [01:25.59]她想看看穿起来是否舒服 [01:28.16]Just as Mrs.Richards was entering the dining-room, [01:30.84]理查兹夫人刚刚走进餐厅 [01:33.52]there was a knock on the front door. [01:35.65]前门就传来敲门声. [01:37.78]She knew that it must be the baker. [01:39.81]她知道来人一定是面包师. [01:41.85]She had told him to come straight in if ever she failed to open the door [01:44.79]她告诉过面包师,如果她不去开门, [01:47.73]and to leave the bread on the kitchen table. [01:50.16]他可直接进门把面包放在厨房的桌上. [01:52.59]Not wanting to frighten the poor man, [01:54.65]理查兹夫人不想吓唬这个可怜的人 [01:56.72]Mrs.Richards quickly hid in the small storeroom under the stairs. [01:59.89]便赶紧躲到了楼梯下的小储藏室里 [02:03.06]She heard the front door open and heavy foots in the hall. [02:06.04]她听见前门被打开,进而大厅响起脚步声. [02:09.02]Suddenly the door of the storeroom was opened and a man entered [02:12.55]突然贮藏室门开了,一个男人走了进来. [02:16.07]Mrs.Richards realized [02:17.84]理查兹夫人这才想到 [02:19.60]that it must be the man from the Electricity Board who had come to read the metre [02:23.23]一定是供电局的人来查电表了. [02:26.86]She tried to explain the situation,saying ’It’s only me’, [02:29.75]她说了声"是我,别怕!"然后想进行一番解释, [02:32.63]but it was too late. [02:34.11]但已来不及了. [02:35.59]The man let out a cry and jumped back several paces. [02:38.37]那人大叫了一声,惊退了几步. [02:41.15]When Mrs.Richards walked towards him, [02:43.07]理查兹夫人朝他走去, [02:44.99]he fled,slamming the door behind him.