Lesson 13 "It's only me' “是我，别害怕 ” 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. 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。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。【课文讲解】①too ... to：太...而不能不定式 to,在大部分情况下，表示否定概念not/ never too ... to: 并不太 ...所以能够One is never too old to learn 活到老，学到老。The question is not too difficult for me to answer. 如果在副词 too前发现修饰语 all, but, only,不定式 to 的概念也是肯定的。They are all too satisfied to work with you. I am only too glad to have someone to speak to. He was but too eager to get home. ②fancy-dress party = costume party 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。【课文讲解】① intended to = mean to:有什么打算，意图② dress up as: 化妆成为③ the night before: 前一个晚上（以过去的某一个时间为基准点) last night: 昨天晚上（以现在为基准点）E.g. she went to New York on business three days ago, the night before she got everything ready. ④be impatient to do sth. 急于要做某事 , 迫不及待做某事impatient 可以换为 eager, anxious, hungry, thirsty, desperate（adj.不顾一切的, 拼死的） , can't wait(口语) E.g. She was impatient (eager, anxious) to try it on. （try on 试穿）Though the costume consisted only of a sheet, it was very ...
