Lesson 24 It could be worse不幸中之萬幸
First listen and then answer the question.聽錄音，然后回答以下問題。
Had the writer's money been stolen?
I entered the hotel manager's office and sat down. I had just lost $50 and I felt very upset.
我走進(jìn)飯店經(jīng)理的辦公室，坐了下來。我剛剛丟了50英鎊，感到非常煩惱
'I left the money in my room,' I said, 'and it's not there now.'
“我把錢放在房間里，”我說，“可現(xiàn)在沒有了。”
The manager was sympathetic, but he could do nothing.
經(jīng)理深表同情，但卻無能為力
'Everyone's losing money these days,' he said.
“現(xiàn)在大家都在丟錢，”他說
He started to complain about this wicked world but was interrupted by a knock at the door.
他開始抱怨起這個(gè)邪惡的世道來，卻被一陣敲門聲打斷了
A girl came in and put an envelope on his desk. It contained $50.
一個(gè)姑娘走了進(jìn)來，把一個(gè)信封放在了他桌上。它里面裝著50英鎊
'I found this outside this gentleman's room,' she said.
“這是我在這位先生的房門外撿到的，”她說
'Well,' I said to the manager, 'there is still some honesty in this world!'
“是啊，”我對(duì)那位經(jīng)理說，“這世界上還是有誠實(shí)可言的！”
New words and Expressions生詞和短語
manager
n. 經(jīng)理
upset
adj. 不安
sympathetic
adj. 表示同情的
complain
v. 抱怨
wicked
adj. 很壞的，邪惡的
contain
v. 包含，內(nèi)裝
honesty
n. 誠實(shí)
Notes on the text課文注釋
1 本文的題目可以有幾種不同的理解方式:“如果我丟失的不止50英鎊”，“如果經(jīng)理沒有任何同情心”“如果拾到錢的姑娘沒有把錢送回來”，結(jié)局會(huì)更糟糕。
2 Everyone's losing money these days.現(xiàn)在大家都在丟錢。
用現(xiàn)在進(jìn)行時(shí)來表示不斷重復(fù)的動(dòng)作，其中常含有埋怨的意思。
Lesson 24 自學(xué)導(dǎo)讀First things first
課文詳注 Further notes on the text1．I had just lost ￡50 and I felt very upset. 我剛剛丟了50英鎊，感到非常煩惱。
（1）lose指“遺失”、“丟失”時(shí)，賓語一般為錢物：
Don't lose your ticket/key.
別把你的票／鑰匙丟了。
（2）feel +形容詞一般指心情“覺得……”、“感覺到……”：
Do you feel hungry now?
你覺得餓嗎？
I feel happy/excited.
我覺得開心／激動(dòng)。
feel upset 表示“心煩意亂、“很苦惱”。
2．The manager was sympathetic, but be could do nothing. 經(jīng)理深表同情，但卻無能為力。
could do nothing可以補(bǔ)全為 could do nothing about it，即關(guān)于此事他什么忙也幫不上。do為完全動(dòng)詞，表示“做”、“干”。do類似的用法還有：
Is there anything I can do for you?
我能給您做點(diǎn)什么嗎？
3．Everyone's losing money these days. 現(xiàn)在大家都在丟錢。
（1）days可以指“時(shí)期”、“時(shí)代”，如 in his boyhood days（在他的童年時(shí)代）。these days指“現(xiàn)今”。
（2）現(xiàn)在進(jìn)行時(shí)在這里表示動(dòng)作的頻繁，仿佛隨時(shí)都有人丟錢似的。
4．‘Well,’I said to the manager,‘there is still some honesty in this world!’“是啊，”我對(duì)那位經(jīng)理說，“這世界上還是有誠實(shí)可言的！”
well作為感嘆詞可以表達(dá)多種感情，如驚訝、讓步等，在這里表示松了一口氣（因?yàn)殄X沒丟）。
語法 Grammar in use
復(fù)習(xí)第2～23課部分語法
除了第23課語法中復(fù)習(xí)過的內(nèi)容外，在第2～23課中，我們還學(xué)習(xí)了what引導(dǎo)的感嘆句、動(dòng)詞的直接賓語和間接賓語、否定句的兩種形式、動(dòng)詞和小品構(gòu)成的短語動(dòng)詞、作形容詞的現(xiàn)在分詞與過去分詞的區(qū)別等內(nèi)容。
What a beautiful garden (it is)!
多美的花園！
He lent me his dictionary.
他把字典借給了我。（me為間接賓語，his dictionary為直接賓語）
與動(dòng)詞連用的小品詞如果能與動(dòng)詞分開使用，即它的位置可變動(dòng)，那么這個(gè)小品詞一般為副詞；如果位置不可變動(dòng)，則一般為介詞。
I'm looking for my brother.
我在找我的兄弟。（for為介詞）
詞匯學(xué)習(xí) Word study
1．complain vi．
（1）抱怨，發(fā)牢騷，訴苦（常與of，about連用）：
She is always complaining.
她總是發(fā)牢騷。
Don't complain about/of the weather.
別抱怨天氣。
（2）控告，抗議（與of，about連用）：
The people in that district complained to the police about the noise from that factory.
那家工廠噪音太大，當(dāng)?shù)氐娜藗円严蚓酵对V。
Mary complained to the Jacksons about the rubbish they had thrown everywhere.
杰克遜一家亂扔垃圾，瑪麗已向他們提出抗議。
2．wicked adj．
（1）邪惡的，壞的（道德上）：
Don't believe him. He is a wicked person.別相信他。他很壞。
She saw a wicked smile on his face.
她發(fā)現(xiàn)他臉上帶著惡意的微笑。
（2）淘氣的，頑皮的（尤指小孩）：
Don't be so wicked, Tom.
湯姆，別這么淘氣。
（3）（天氣）惡劣的：
Few people walked about in this wicked weather.
很少有人在這么惡劣的天氣四處走動(dòng)。
Lesson 24 課后練習(xí)和答案Exercises and Answer
