"It's only me' “是我，別害怕”

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 party 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 dining 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 meter. She tried to explain the situation, saying' It's only me', but it was too late. The man let out a cry and jumped back several paces. When Mrs Richards walked towards him, he fled, slamming the door behind him.

7．Just as Mrs Richards was entering the dining room, there was a knock on the front door.

理查茲夫人剛剛走進餐廳，前門就傳來敲門聲。

語言點1:句子結構分析:just as引導時間狀語從句。There be 句型一般表示“有…”。

語言點2:與“門”有關的詞匯總結:

front door 前門
back door 后門
side door 側門
gate 大門
entrance 入口
exit 出口
emergency exit 緊急出口

8. She knew that it must be the baker.
她知道來人一定面包師。

語言點:句子結構分析:that引導賓語從句。Must be表示相當肯定的推測。

9. 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.

她曾告訴過面包師，如果她不去開門，他可直接進門，把面包放在廚房的桌上。

語言點:句子結構分析:if引導條件狀語從句。主句中的兩個動詞不定式短語to come straight in和to leave the bread on the kitchen table都作him的賓語補足語。