Notes on the text课文注释
1 would be going, 是过去将来进行时，用来表示过去预计将要发生的动作。
2 fancy-dress party化装舞会。
3 dress up as, 化装成……。
4 try it on, it指costume, try on是“试穿”、“试戴”。
5 just as…, 正当……的时候。
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. 她曾告诉过他，如果她没去开门，他可直接进来，把面包放在厨房的桌子上。if ever在条件句中表示强调，可译作“任何时候”。to come straight in指“直接进来”。
7 Not wanting to frighten the poor man, 不想去吓唬这个可怜的人。这是现在分词短语的否定形式，作目的状语。
参考译文
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。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去参加一个化装舞会。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。尽管化装服仅由一个被单制成，却十分逼真。理查兹夫人穿上化装服后下了楼，想看看穿起来是否舒服。
理查兹夫人刚刚走进餐厅，前门就传来敲门声。她知道来人一定是面包师。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。理查兹夫人不想吓唬这个可怜的人，便赶紧躲到了楼梯下的小储藏室里。她听见前门被打开，走廊里响起了重重的脚步声。突然贮藏室门开了，一个男人走了进来。理查兹夫人这才想到一定是供电局来人查电表了。她说了声“是我，别怕！”然后想进行一番解释，但已来不及了。那人大叫了一声，惊退了几步。理查兹夫人朝他走去，只见他“砰”的一声关上门逃走了。
Summary writing摘要写作
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词汇
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书信写作
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关键句型
Must. (IKS 89)（参见第二册第89课关键句型）
Exercise练习
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难点
It would be comfortable to wear. （1．8）形容词+动词不定式
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练习
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.