Lesson 13 'It's only me'-英语听力

[00:01.120]--- lesson 13 'It's only me' “
是我，别害怕” [00:05.560]--- Listen to the tape then answer the question below.
^听录音，然后回答以下问题。 [00:11.120]--- What did the man expect to find under the stairs? [00:16.800]After her husband had gone to work, Mrs. Richards sent her children to school and went upstairs to her bedroom.
^理查兹夫人等丈夫上班走后，把孩子送去上学，然后来到楼上自己的卧室。 [00:25.840]She was too excited to do any housework that morning, for in the evening she would be going to a fancy-dress party with her husband.
^那天上午，她兴奋得什么家务活都不想做，因为晚上她要同丈夫一起参加一个化装舞会。 [00:34.160]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.
^她打算装扮成鬼的模样。头天晚上她已把化装服做好，这时她急于想试试。 [00:43.080]Though the costume consisted only of a sheet, it was very effective.
^尽管化装服仅由一个被单制成，却十分逼真。 [00:48.840]After putting it on, Mrs. Richards went downstairs.
^理查兹夫人穿上化装服后下了楼， [00:53.440]She wanted to find out whether it would be comfortable to wear.
^想看穿起来是否舒服。 [00:58.040]Just as Mrs. Richards was entering the dining room, there was a knock on the front door.
^理查兹夫人刚刚走进餐厅，前门就传来敲门声。 [01:04.520]She knew that it must be the baker.
^她知道来人一定是面包师。 [01:07.480]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.
^她曾告诉过面包师，如果她不去开门，他可直接进门，把面包放在厨房的桌上。 [01:15.520]Not wanting to frighten the poor man, Mrs. Richards quickly hid in the small storeroom under the stairs.
^理查兹夫人不想吓唬这个可怜人，便赶紧躲到了楼梯下的小储藏室里。 [01:23.520]She heard the front door open and heavy footsteps in the hall.
^她听见前门被打开，走廊里响起了重重的脚步声。 [01:28.440]Suddenly the door of the storeroom was opened and a man entered.
^突然贮藏室门开了，一个男人走了进来。 [01:34.240]Mrs. Richards realized that it must be the man from the Electricity Board who had come to read the meter
^理查兹夫人这才想到一定是供电局来人查电表了。 [01:41.960]She tried to explain the situation, saying 'It's only me', but it was too late.
^她说了声“是我，别怕！”然后想进行一番解释，但已来不及了。 [01:47.880]The man let out a cry and jumped back several paces.
^那人大叫了一声，惊退了几步。 [01:52.240]When Mrs. Richards walked towards him, he fled, slamming the door behind him.
^理查兹夫人朝他走去，只见他“砰”的一声关上门逃走了。