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 'It's 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.
【課文翻譯】
理查茲夫人等丈夫上班走后，把孩子送去上學(xué)，然后來到樓上自己的臥室。那天上午，她興奮得什么家務(wù)活都不想做，因?yàn)橥砩纤煞蛞黄饏⒓右粋€(gè)化裝舞會(huì)。她打算裝扮成鬼的模樣。頭天晚上她已把化裝服做好，這時(shí)她急于想試試。盡管化裝服僅由一個(gè)被單制成，卻十分逼真。理查茲夫人穿上化裝服后下了樓，想看穿起來是否舒服。
理查茲夫人剛剛走進(jìn)餐廳，前門就傳來敲門聲。她知道來了一定面包師。她曾告訴過面包師，如果她不去開門，他可直接進(jìn)門，把面包放在廚房的桌上。理查茲夫人不想嚇唬這個(gè)可憐人，便趕緊躲到了樓梯下的小儲(chǔ)藏室里。她聽見前門被打開，走廊里響起重重的腳步聲。突然貯藏門開了，一個(gè)男人走了進(jìn)來。理查茲夫人這才想到一定是供電局來人查電表了。她說了聲“是我，別怕!”然后想進(jìn)行一番解釋，但已來不及了。那人大叫了一聲，驚退了幾步。理查茲夫人朝他走去，只見他 “砰”的一聲關(guān)上門逃走了。
【生詞和短語】
costume n. 化裝服
consist v. 由……組成
sheet n. 被單
comfortable adj. 舒適的
storeroom n. 儲(chǔ)藏室
electricity n. 電
metre n. 電表
pace n. 一步
flee v. 逃走
slam v. 砰地關(guān)上 例句：
1.What will life consist of on other planets?
在其他的星球上，生命將由何組成?
2.Computer systems consist of hardware and software.
計(jì)算機(jī)系統(tǒng)由硬件和軟件組成。
3.All bodies consist of molecules and these of atoms.
所有物質(zhì)都是由分子和原子組成的。
短語：
consist of 由…構(gòu)成
consist in 在于;存在于
consist with 符合;與…一致
近義：make up, be composed of
【comfortable】
還原：comfort→comfortable
例句：
1.You are certain to feel comfortable talking to a Libra.
和天秤座的人談話，肯定會(huì)讓你覺得很舒服。
2.In a corner, a man in shabby clothes dozed in a comfortable chair.
在一個(gè)角落里，一個(gè)衣著襤褸的男人正坐在舒適的椅子上打盹。
近義詞：pleasant, easy, cozy
【flee】
英英：run away quickly
例句：
1.Can a flying-fish flee far from a free fish fry?
飛魚能從免費(fèi)的油炸魚聚餐會(huì)會(huì)逃跑嗎?
2.The man flee to the mountain to avoid the conscription.
為了逃避徵兵，那個(gè)人躲到山里去了。
3.A mob torched a church, and many Christians had to flee.
暴徒用火點(diǎn)燃了一間教堂，基督徒們被迫逃出。
近義：escape, desert
【slam】
英英：close violently
例句：
1.I heard the door slam behind him.
我聽見他隨手砰地把門關(guān)上了。
2.The master switch is thrown and all the doors slam shut -- KA-THUMP!
主開關(guān)被關(guān)上，所有的門都被’咔—砰’地鎖住。
搭配
【dress up as...】
【be impatient to...】
【read the metre】
【let out cry】
【slam the door】