Lesson 24 It could be worse不幸中之萬(wàn)幸
First listen and then answer the question.
聽(tīng)錄音，然后回答以下問(wèn)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(lái)。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(qián)放在房間里，”我說(shuō)，“可現(xiàn)在沒(méi)有了?！?BR> The manager was sympathetic, but he could do nothing.
經(jīng)理深表同情，但卻無(wú)能為力
'Everyone's losing money these days,' he said.
“現(xiàn)在大家都在丟錢(qián)，”他說(shuō)
He started to complain about this wicked world but was interrupted by a knock at the door.
他開(kāi)始抱怨起這個(gè)邪惡的世道來(lái)，卻被一陣敲門(mén)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(lái)，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(mén)外撿到的，”她說(shuō)
'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(shuō)，“這世界上還是有誠(chéng)實(shí)可言的！”
New words and Expressions生詞和短語(yǔ)
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(chéng)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(méi)有任何同情心”“如果拾到錢(qián)的姑娘沒(méi)有把錢(qián)送回來(lái)”，結(jié)局會(huì)更糟糕。
2 Everyone's losing money these days.現(xiàn)在大家都在丟錢(qián)。
用現(xiàn)在進(jìn)行時(shí)來(lái)表示不斷重復(fù)的動(dòng)作，其中常含有埋怨的意思。