Lesson 24 It could be worse不幸中之萬幸
First listen and then answer the question.
聽錄音，然后回答以下問題。
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。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.'
“我把錢放在房間里，”我說，“可現(xiàn)在沒有了?！?BR> The manager was sympathetic, but he could do nothing.
經(jīng)理深表同情，但卻無能為力
'Everyone's losing money these days,' he said.
“現(xiàn)在大家都在丟錢，”他說
He started to complain about this wicked world but was interrupted by a knock at the door.
他開始抱怨起這個邪惡的世道來，卻被一陣敲門聲打斷了
A girl came in and put an envelope on his desk. It contained $50.
一個姑娘走了進(jìn)來，把一個信封放在了他桌上。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外撿到的，”她說
'Well,' I said to the manager, 'there is still some honesty in this world!'
“是啊，”我對那位經(jīng)理說，“這世界上還是有誠實(shí)可言的！”
New words and Expressions生詞和短語
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)理沒有任何同情心”“如果拾到錢的姑娘沒有把錢送回來”，結(jié)局會更糟糕。
2 Everyone's losing money these days.現(xiàn)在大家都在丟錢。
用現(xiàn)在進(jìn)行時來表示不斷重復(fù)的動作，其中常含有埋怨的意思。