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.
我走進(jìn)飯店經(jīng)理的辦公室，坐了下來(lái)。
I had just lost $50 and I felt very upset.
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(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，”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)，卻被一陣敲門聲打斷了。
A girl came in and put an envelope on his desk.
一個(gè)姑娘走了進(jìn)來(lái)，把一個(gè)信封放在了他桌上。
It contained $50.
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(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！”
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.
我走進(jìn)飯店經(jīng)理的辦公室，坐了下來(lái)。
I had just lost $50 and I felt very upset.
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(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，”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)，卻被一陣敲門聲打斷了。
A girl came in and put an envelope on his desk.
一個(gè)姑娘走了進(jìn)來(lái)，把一個(gè)信封放在了他桌上。
It contained $50.
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(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！”