Lesson 13
          "It's only me'
          “是我，别害怕”

【New words and expressions】 生词和短语

     ★costume
n.   化装服
costume ball: 化妆舞会
costume party:
fancy(dress) party
suit: 西装，西服
dress: 裙子

     ★consist
v.   由……组成
consist of...(表示被动概念）
== be made up of
== comprise……整体由部分所构成

be composed of  ---强调有什么成分所组成
Water is composed of oxygen and hydrogen

constitute ---- 由部分构成整体
G.B and Northern Ireland constitute The United Kingdom.

The committee consists of 10 members.
= Ten members constitute the committee.
 
Our class consists of 100 students.
 == Our class is made up of more than 100 students.
The United Kingdom consists of G.B and Northern Ireland.
 == The United Kingdom comprises G.B and Northern Ireland.
The house consists of six rooms.

     ★sheet
n.   被单

     ★effective
adj. 有明显效果的，有作用的
The costume is quite effective.
His words was effective.
influential: 有潜移默化影响力的
  What our parents do is influential to children.
efficacious: (医药）有效的，灵验的
　The drug is efficaious
fruitful: 有成效的
　Their experiment is fruitful.

     ★comfortable
adj. 舒适的
反义词：uncomfortable
comfort:(n)舒适 (a.)安慰
discomfort:(n.)不舒适
In spite of discomforts he is determined to stay here.

     ★storeroom
n.   储藏室
　 
　　 ★electricity
n.   电

     ★metre
n.   电表

     ★pace
n.   一步

     ★flee (fled, fled)
v.   逃走
flee:(vt./vi.)(总称）泛泛强调逃离危险的禁地
escape: 逃出监狱，逃出牢笼
        (vt.)逃掉，逃出
The people fled in panic when the bull got loose.
He was able to escape from the house.
I am sorry your name escaped me.
They tried to escape death.

     ★slam
v.   砰地关上   
slam the door
同义词：bang
  
Listen to the tape then answer the question below.
听录音，然后回答以下问题。
What did the man expect to find under the stairs?

    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.