NCE3 L13 旧旧.ppt

L13 It’s only me! After her husband had gone to work. Mrs. Richards sent her children to school and went upstairs to her bedroom. She was too excited to do any housework that morning, for in the evening she would be going to a fancy-dress part with her husband. 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. Though the costume consisted only of a sheet, it was very effective. After putting it on, Mrs. Richards went downstairs. She wanted to find out whether it would be comfortable to wear. Just as Mrs. Richards was entering the dinning room, there was a knock on the front door. She knew that it must be the baker. 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. Not wanting to frighten the poor man, Mrs. Richards quickly hid in the small storeroom under the stairs. She heard the front door open and heavy footsteps in the hall. Suddenly the door of the storeroom was opened and a man entered. Mrs. Richards realized that it must be the man from the Electricity Board who had come to read the metre. She tried to explain the situation, saying Its only me, but it was too late. The man let out cry and jumped back several paces. When Mrs. Richards walked towards him, he fled, slamming the door behind him. * 1.consist vi. 由...组成 consist of = be made of 2.effective adj. effectively adv. *be effective on 对...有效应, 对...起作用 *become effective(法律 、决议、协定等)生效 3.electricity n.电 electric adj.电的, 导电的, 电动的, 电气 electrify vt.使充电, 使通电, 使电气化 v.电气化 1.consist vi. 由...组成 *consist of = be made of 2.effective adj. effectively adv. *be effective on 对...起作用*become effective(法律 、决议、协定等)生效 3.electricity n.电 electric adj.电的, 导电的, 电动的, 电气 electrify vt.使充电, 使通电, 使电气化 v.电气化 pace n.[CN](一)步, 速度, 步调, 步法, 步态 *make five paces走五步 *at a good pace相当快地 *a jaunty pace 轻快的步态 vi.踱步, 缓慢的走 *pace u