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Lesson 24 It could be worse 不幸中之万幸 Page 1 of 7 Lesson 24 It could be worse 不幸中之万幸不幸中之万幸 不幸中之万幸不幸中之万幸 First listen and then answer the question. 听录音，然后回答下列问题。 Had the writers money been stolen? I entered the hotel managers office and sat down. I had just lost ￡50 and I felt very upset. ‘I left the money in my room, ’ I said, ‘and its not there now. ’ The manager was sympathetic, but he could do nothing. ‘Everyones 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 gentlemans room, ’ she said. ‘Well, ’ I said to the manager, ‘there is still some honesty in this world! ’ New words and expressions 生词生词和短和短语 语 生生词词和短和短语语 manager (1. 1) /m$nid{+/ n, 经理 wicked (1. 5) /wikid/ adj. 很坏的，邪恶的 upset (1. 2) /?)pset/ adj. 不安 contain (1. 7) /k+ntein/ v. 包含，内装 sympathetic (1. 3) /?simp+Ietik/ adj. 表示同情的 honesty (1. 8) /onisti/ n. 诚实 complain (1. 5) /k+mplein/ v. 抱怨 Notes on the text 课文注课文注释 释 课课文注文注释释 1 本文的题目可以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 Everyones losing money these days. 现在大家都在丢钱。 用现在进行时来表示不断重复的动作，其中常含有埋怨的意思。 ebook:2\nce02s24.htm 2013-1-20 Lesson 24 It could be worse 不幸中之万幸 Page 2 of 7 参考参考译译文文 参参考考译译文文 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 ！” Summary writing 摘要摘要写作