新概念英语第二册第24课听力:It could be worse

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新概念英语第二册第24课听力:It could be worse

  Lesson 24 It could be worse不幸中之万幸

  First listen and then answer the question.

  听录音,然后回答以下问题。

  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.

  我走进饭店经理的办公室,坐了下来。我刚刚丢了50英镑,感到非常烦恼

  'I left the money in my room,' I said, 'and it's not there now.'

  “我把钱放在房间里,”我说,“可现在没有了。

  The manager was sympathetic, but he could do nothing.

  经理深表同情,但却无能为力

  'Everyone's losing money these days,' he said.

  “现在大家都在丢钱,”他说

  He started to complain about this wicked world but was interrupted by a knock at the door.

  他开始抱怨起这个邪恶的世道来,却被一阵敲门声打断了

  A girl came in and put an envelope on his desk. It contained $50.

  一个姑娘走了进来,把一个信封放在了他桌上。它里面装着50英镑

  'I found this outside this gentleman's room,' she said.

  “这是我在这位先生的房门外捡到的,”她说

  'Well,' I said to the manager, 'there is still some honesty in this world!'

  “是啊,”我对那位经理说,“这世界上还是有诚实可言的!”

  New words and Expressions生词和短语

  manager

  n. 经理

  upset

  adj. 不安

  sympathetic

  adj. 表示同情的

  complain

  v. 抱怨

  wicked

  adj. 很坏的,邪恶的

  contain

  v. 包含,内装

  honesty

  n. 诚实

  Notes on the text课文注释

  1 本文的题目能够有几种不同的理解方式:“如果我丢失的不止50英镑”,“如果经理没有任何同情心”“如果拾到钱的姑娘没有把钱送回来”,结局会更糟糕。

  2 Everyone's losing money these days.现在大家都在丢钱。

  用现在实行时来表示持续重复的动作,其中常含有埋怨的意思。

新概念英语第二册第24课听力:It could be worse

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