Notes on the text課文注釋
1 would be going, 是過去將來進(jìn)行時(shí)，用來表示過去預(yù)計(jì)將要發(fā)生的動(dòng)作。
2 fancy-dress party化裝舞會(huì)。
3 dress up as, 化裝成……。
4 try it on, it指costume, try on是“試穿”、“試戴”。
5 just as…, 正當(dāng)……的時(shí)候。
6 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. 她曾告訴過他，如果她沒去開門，他可直接進(jìn)來，把面包放在廚房的桌子上。if ever在條件句中表示強(qiáng)調(diào)，可譯作“任何時(shí)候”。to come straight in指“直接進(jìn)來”。
7 Not wanting to frighten the poor man, 不想去嚇唬這個(gè)可憐的人。這是現(xiàn)在分詞短語的否定形式，作目的狀語。
參考譯文
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)橥砩纤煞蛞黄鹑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。她知道來人一定是面包師。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)可憐的人，便趕緊躲到了樓梯下的小儲(chǔ)藏室里。她聽見前門被打開，走廊里響起了重重的腳步聲。突然貯藏室門開了，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。
Summary writing摘要寫作
In not more than 80 words describe what happened from the moment Mrs. Richards entered the dining room. Do not include anything that is not in the last paragraph.
Answer these questions in note form to get your points:
1 How was Mrs. Richards dressed?
2 Where was she going when someone knocked at the door?
3 Whom did she think it was?
4 Where did she hide?
5 Did she hear footsteps in the hall or not?
6 Who suddenly opened the storeroom door?
7 What did she say to him?
8 Did he get a bad fright or not?
9 Did she walk towards him or not?
10 Did he flee or did he stay there?
11 Did he slam the front door or not?
Vocabulary詞匯
Give another word or phrase to replace the following words as they are used in the passage:intended（1．4）;impatient（1．6）;try it on（1．6）;whether（1．8）; failed to（1．10）;fled（1．16）；slamming（1．16）.
Composition作文
Imagine that the man from the Electricity Board returned to Mrs. Richards' house with a policeman. Mrs. Richards was no longer dressed as a ghost. Expand the following into a paragraph of about 150 words. Mrs. Richards immediately went upstairs and… She felt sorry for the poor man from… but at the same time, she was…Suddenly, there was a knock at the front door and Mrs. Richards…The electricity man had returned, accompanied…so she…The man told Mrs. Richards that… and that… Though Mrs. Richards explained that… he refused to believe her. She told him to open the storeroom door but he…so she…While the electricity man and the policeman…, Mrs. Richards fetched… She showed it… and… (85 words)
Letter writing書信寫作
Put yourself in the position of the electricity man. Imagine you are writing a letter of about 80 words to your mother describing your experience. Supply a suitable Introduction and Conclusion. Use the following ideas to write the Purpose:you got a terrible shock----house haunted----ghost under stairs----it ran after you----you fled ----the story is really true.
Key structures關(guān)鍵句型
Must. (IKS 89)（參見第二冊第89課關(guān)鍵句型）
Exercise練習(xí)
A Note how must has been used in lines 10 and 13.
B Write three pairs of sentences using the following:
1 must go and must be;
2 mustn't and needn't;
3 had to and ought to have.
Special difficulties難點(diǎn)
It would be comfortable to wear. （1．8）形容詞 動(dòng)詞不定式
Instead of saying: I was sorry when I learnt that he had had an accident. We can say: I was sorry to learn that he had had an accident.
Study these examples:
He was delighted to learn that his offer had been accepted.
I was glad to hear that he had arrived.
I was pleased to hear that you now feel better.
He was anxious to leave early.
Exercises練習(xí)
A Write these sentences again changing the form of the words in italics:1 I was glad when I heard that she had gone away for ever.
2 He said he was sorry if he had upset me.
3 You will be sad when you hear what I have to tell you.
B Write sentences using the following:pleased to;proud to;delighted to;shocked to.Multiple choice questions多項(xiàng)選擇題
Choose the correct answers to the following questions.
Comprehension 理解
1 Mrs. Richards went upstairs because ______ .
a．she did not need to do any housework
b．she still had to finish the costume she was going to wear
c．she wanted to change her clothes before doing the housework
d．she wanted to change into her fancy-dress costume
2 Mrs. Richards did not go to the door because ______ .
a．she was upstairs changing her clothes
b．she did not want to make a bad impression on the baker
c．she thought the baker might be taken in by her disguise
d．the baker had already left the bread on the kitchen table
3 By saying‘It's only me’, Mrs. Richards hoped ______ .
a．the man would realize she was alone
b．to persuade the man he was seeing a ghost
c．the man would recognize her
d．the man would not close the door of the storeroom
Structure結(jié)構(gòu)
4 After her husband had gone to work and the children ______ to school, she went upstairs…（11．1-2）
a．had sent
b．were sent
c．had been sent
d．were sending
5 She wanted to find out how ______ to wear. （1．8）
a．comfortable it was
b．comfortable it would be
c．it was comfortable
d．it would be comfortable
6 ______ to frighten the poor man, Mrs. Richards quickly hid under the stairs. （11．11-12）
a．Not anxious about
b．Anxious not
c．Being not anxious
d．Not being anxious for
7 Trying to explain the situation, she ______ ‘It's only me’. （1．14）
a．was saying
b．said
c．had said
d．has been saying
8 On seeing Mrs. Richards ______ towards him, he fled. （11．15-16）
a．to walk
b．having walked
c．walk
d．walkedVocabulary詞匯
9 ______ Mrs. Richards was entering the dining room…（1．9）
a．At the very moment
b．So long as
c．Only when
d．During the time
10 ----if she ever ______ the door and to leave the bread…（11．10-11）
a．missed opening
b．forgot to open
c．did not succeed in opening
d．happened not to open
11 It was the man from the Electricity Board who had come to take a metre- ______ . （11．13-14）
a．reading
b．measurement
c．regulation
d．study
12 The man ______ a cry. （1．15）
a．escaped
b．gave
c．left
d．shouted