新概念英语第三册 less13_new

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[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.