新概念英语第二册 lesson 24 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. 'I left the money in my room,' I said, 'and it's not there now.' The manager was sympathetic¹, but he could do nothing. 'Everyone's losing money these days,' he said. He started to complain about this wicked² world but was interrupted³ 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 honesty⁴ in this world!'

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

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！”

 

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　　自学导读
1．I had just lost ￡50 and I felt very upset. 我刚刚丢了50英镑，感到非常烦恼。
（1）lose指“遗失”、“丢失”时，宾语一般为钱物：
Don't lose your ticket/key.
别把你的票／钥匙丢了。
（2）feel +形容词一般指心情“觉得……”、“感觉到……”：
Do you feel hungry now?
你觉得饿吗？
I feel happy/excited.
我觉得开心／激动。
feel upset 表示“心烦意乱、“很苦恼”。
2．The manager was sympathetic, but be could do nothing. 经理深表同情，但却无能为力。
could do nothing可以补全为 could do nothing about it，即关于此事他什么忙也帮不上。do为完全动词，表示“做”、“干”。do类似的用法还有：
Is there anything I can do for you?
我能给您做点什么吗？
3．Everyone's losing money these days. 现在大家都在丢钱。
（1）days可以指“时期”、“时代”，如 in his boyhood days（在他的童年时代）。these days指“现今”。
（2）现在进行时在这里表示动作的频繁，仿佛随时都有人丢钱似的。
4．‘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！”
well作为感叹词可以表达多种感情，如惊讶、让步等，在这里表示松了一口气（因为钱没丢）。

　　语法 Grammar in use
复习第2～23课部分语法
除了第23课语法中复习过的内容外，在第2～23课中，我们还学习了what引导的感叹句、动词的直接宾语和间接宾语、否定句的两种形式、动词和小品构成的短语动词、作形容词的现在分词与过去分词的区别等内容。
What a beautiful garden (it is)!
多美的花园！
He lent me his dictionary.
他把字典借给了我。（me为间接宾语，his dictionary为直接宾语）
与动词连用的小品词如果能与动词分开使用，即它的位置可变动，那么这个小品词一般为副词；如果位置不可变动，则一般为介词。
I'm looking for my brother.
我在找我的兄弟。（for为介词）

　　词汇学习 Word study
1．complain vi．
（1）抱怨，发牢骚，诉苦（常与of，about连用）：
She is always complaining.
她总是发牢骚。
Don't complain about/of the weather.
别抱怨天气。
（2）控告，抗议（与of，about连用）：
The people in that district complained to the police about the noise from that factory.
那家工厂噪音太大，当地的人们已向警方投诉。
Mary complained to the Jacksons about the rubbish they had thrown everywhere.
杰克逊一家乱扔垃圾，玛丽已向他们提出抗议。
2．wicked adj．
（1）邪恶的，坏的（道德上）：
Don't believe him. He is a wicked person.别相信他。他很坏。
She saw a wicked smile on his face.
她发现他脸上带着恶意的微笑。
（2）淘气的，顽皮的（尤指小孩）：
Don't be so wicked, Tom.
汤姆，别这么淘气。
（3）（天气）恶劣的：
Few people walked about in this wicked weather.
很少有人在这么恶劣的天气四处走动。

　　练习答案 Key to written exercises
1．难点练习答案
A 1 received           2 on the                     3 On the
4 believes              5 of                           6 salary
7 lend                    8 asked for                 9 Apart from
10 an irritable         11 are                        12 pay attention to
13 Remember        14 suit                       15 grow up
16 beside               17 It's…exciting         18 understand
19 home                20 There is
B 1 What a wonderful garden(this is)!
2 What a lot of trouble he is causing!
3 What a tall building (it is)!
4 What a clever girl you are!
C 1 He handed the prize to me.
2 The waiter brought the man a bottle of beer.
3 I've ordered you some soup.
4 Bring me that book please!
5 She promised the finder a reward⁵.
D 1 haven't any/have no money.
2 I didn't go anywhere/went nowhere in the holidays.
3 There wasn't anybody/was nobody present when the accident happened.
E 1 It's George's.
2 It's that woman's.
3 I like Keats' poetry best.
4 They're the children's.
5 They're the soldiers'.
F 1 off  2 back  3 up  4 over  5 on  6 away
G 1 I put my hat on.
2 I took my coat off.
3 He put the fire out.
4 They cut the king's head off.
2．多项选择题答案
1b  2a  3a  4c  5a  6a
7 c  8 c  9 c  10 b  11a   12 b

　　【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
evil⁶
★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.)

　　【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（missing⁷）　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 compound⁸ statements¹⁰ 并列句的语序
a Do you remember the six parts of a simple statement⁹?
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...

1 sympathetic   

adj.有同情心的；表示好感或赞同的

参考例句：

• He is a sympathetic person.他是一个有同情心的人。
• They were quite sympathetic to our proposals.他们很赞同我们的建议。

2 wicked   

adj.邪恶的，恶劣的，缺德的；淘气的

参考例句：

• Let everyone know all the wicked things she has done.把她干的坏事给大家抖搂抖搂。
• The wicked must be wiped out.恶人必须除掉。

3 interrupted   

adj. 中断的 动词interrupt的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He could not conceal his annoyance at being interrupted. 他因受扰而难掩怒色。
• She was interrupted by the entrance of an attendant. 服务员进来，打断了她的话。

4 honesty   

n.诚实，公正，正直

参考例句：

• I would never question his honesty.我绝不会怀疑他的诚实。
• All respect him for his honesty.他为人诚实，大家都尊敬他。

5 reward   

n.报酬，酬谢，赏金；vt.奖赏，酬谢，报应

参考例句：

• He will expect some reward after working so hard.他工作很努力，会得到报偿的。
• I didn't do it for reward;I did it for love.我做这件事不是为了报酬，而是出于爱好。

6 evil   

n.邪恶，不幸，罪恶；adj.邪恶的，不幸的，有害的，诽谤的

参考例句：

• We pray to God to deliver us from evil.我们祈求上帝把我们从罪恶中拯救出来。
• Love of money is the root of all evil.爱钱是邪恶的根源。

7 missing   

adj.遗失的，缺少的，失踪的

参考例句：

• Check the tools and see if anything is missing.检点一下工具，看有无丢失。
• All the others are here;he's the only one missing.别人都来了，就短他一个。

8 compound   

n.化合物；大院；adj.化合的；vt.加重；使化合

参考例句：

• Air is a mixture,not a compound of gases.空气是气体的混合物，不是化合物。
• How many households in the compound?院内有几家住户？

9 statement   

n.陈述；声明；综述

参考例句：

• The government will put out a new statement tomorrow.政府将于明天发布一项新声明。
• Put down your statement in black and white.把你的话用白纸黑字写下来。

10 statements   

n.声明( statement的名词复数 )；（思想、观点、文章主题等的）表现；（文字）陈述；结算单

参考例句：

• We are faced with two apparently contradictory statements. 我们面前这两种说法显然是矛盾的。
• The report is inconsistent with the financial statements. 这个报告与财务报表内容不一致。