§ Lesson 24 It could be worse 不幸中之万幸

【New words and expressions】 生词和短语

★manager n. 经理(用能力, 办事的)

boss : 有钱

manager : 干事

head : 表示 ①重要, ②关系亲密的人物

★upset adj. 不安(事发后)

nervous : (事发前)

★sympathetic adj. 表示同情的

★complain v. 抱怨

complain of/about to sb.(对某人/向某人抱怨)

I compianed of my salary to my boss.

★wicked adj. 很坏的, 邪恶的

可用 “evil” 替代

★contain v. 包含, 内装(强调用容器装)

container : 集装箱

contain : 用容器装　The cup contains water./ The bag contains books.

include :

★honesty n. 诚实

honest(adj.)

honestly(adv.)

【Text】

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 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】

The hotel manger’s office

telephone number 电话号码, 名词可以修饰名词

the village fair : 乡村集市 (the fair of the village/the fair in the village)

feel+(adj.) : upset 不安(事发后); nervous : (事发前, 过程中)

not any=no

I could do nothing to help you. 我没有办法帮你, 我无能为力

I could do nothing for you.

Can you help me?

Sorry,I could do nothing for you.

Certainly.

Of couse.

It’s my pleasure.

用进行时态取代一般现在时, 在英文是一种修辞方法, 表示不满, 一种感情.

start to do/start doing : 两者无区别

a knock at the door (敲门声) / knock at the door (敲门, 指动作)

A girl came in and put an envelope on the desk.

A girl came in with an envelope and put it on the desk.

outside(prep.)(adv.) 文中为介词

gentleman [??????????] n.阁下, 先生, 有身分的人, 绅士,男厕所, 男盥洗室

【Multiple choice questions】多项选择题

4 He could do nothing. He couldn't do ______ .

a.something b.nothing c.anything d.everything

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 Where did she find the money? ______ the room.

a.Outside b.Out of c.Out d.Without

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 He lost his money. His money was ______ .

a.losing b.missing c.going away d.disappearing

10.

lose : 丢失; sb lose sth 人丢失东西

miss : 怀念, 错过, 丢失(missing adj.)　My keys are lost/missing.

I lose my book/My book was lost/is missing./be missed.

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.我的书不见了

disappear:不见了(瞬间), 不及物动词, 没有被动语态, 也很少用进行时态

be disappearing 慢慢的不见了

His money disppeared.

lose sth./sth. be lost

sth is missing

sth is gone.

sth/sb. disappear/disappeared : “dispear” 是不及物动词, 无被动语态.

Unit 2

【Key structures】　关键句型

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” 原来的理解 : 放在句末或句中, 与否定句, 疑问句相连, 并且与现在完成时用得比较多)

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...(“as well” 可省略)

not only...but also...