Lesson 24
第24課
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?
作者的錢被盜了嗎？
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。
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，“可現(xiàn)在沒有了。”
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(gè)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.
一個(gè)姑娘走了進(jìn)來，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。
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，“這世界上還是有誠(chéng)實(shí)可言的！”
第24課
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?
作者的錢被盜了嗎？
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。
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，“可現(xiàn)在沒有了。”
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(gè)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.
一個(gè)姑娘走了進(jìn)來，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。
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，“這世界上還是有誠(chéng)實(shí)可言的！”