Lesson 24
            If could be worse
              不幸中之万幸
【New words and expressions】 生词和短语

★manager  n. 经理
boss：有钱
manager：干事
head：重要，亲密的人物

★upset  adj. 不安

★sympathetic  adj. 表示同情的

★complain  v. 抱怨
complain of/about to sb.

★wicked  adj. 很坏的，邪恶的
evil

★contain  v. 包含，内装
container：集装箱
contain：用容器装　The bag contains books.
include：

★honesty  n. 诚实
honest(adj.)
honestly(adv.)

    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. 'I left the money in my room,' I said, 'and it's not there now.' The manager was sympathetic, but he could do nothing. 'Everyone's losing money these days,' he said. He started to complain about this wicked world but was interrupted by a knock at the door. A girl came in and put an envelope on his desk. It contained $50. 'I found this outside this gentleman's room,' she said. 'Well,' I said to the manager, 'there is still some honesty in this world!'

参考译文

    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。“我把钱放在房间里，”我说，“可现在没有了。”经理深表同情，但却无能为力。“现在大家都在丢钱，”他说。他开始抱怨起这个邪恶的世道来，却被一阵敲门声打断了。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。“这是我在这位先生的房门外捡到的，”她说。“是啊，”我对那位经理说，“这世界上还是有诚实可言的！”

【课文讲解】

telephone number 名词可以修饰名词
the village fair
feel+(adj.)
not any=no
Sorry,I could do nothing for you.
用进行时态取代一般现在时，表示不满
start to do
start doing
outside(prep.)

Exercises
4...c...
I can do nothing for you.
nothing=not any thing, not any=no
something,肯定句
nothing和not不可能同时并存
everything

6.
outside adv&prep. He is outside./He is outside the school.
out of：从...到外面去，一定要和有实在意义的动词连用，get/go/come out of
out：在...外面，adv 不会加名词

10.
lose：丢失，人丢失东西
miss：怀念，错过，丢失（missing）　My keys are lost/missing.
I lose my book/My book was lost(is missing.)
人丢了只能用missing  My child is missing.
missing boy 失踪的孩子
go away 离开（人走），something was gone
go：走
be gone:不见了，Gone with wind：飘（随风而逝），My book is gone.
disappear:不见了（瞬间）
be disappearing 慢慢的
His money disppeared
lose sth./sth. be lost
sth is missing
sth is gone.
sth/sb. disappear/disappeared

Unit 2

【Key structures】
word order in compound statements 并列句的语序
a Do you remember the six parts of a simple statement?

b We can join simple statements together to make compound statements

and
but：但是
so：因此
yet：然而，adv. Have you finished yet?
yet=but 放在两个句子间，起转折作用
or:或者，否则，Hurry up ,you will be late/Hurry up,or you will be late.
both...and...不但...而且
either...or...要么...要么... ,either you or I
neither...nor..., neither you nor I
not only...but...as well：不但...而且...
not only...but also...