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...