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文本和翻译
Lesson 24 If could be worse不幸中之万幸
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！
词汇和短语
manager n. 经理
upset adj. 不安
sympathetic adj. 表示同情的
complain v. 抱怨
wicked adj. 很坏的，邪恶的
contain v. 包含，内装
honesty n. 诚实
the hotel manager名词可以修饰名词
名词可以作定语修饰名词，作定语的名词往往是说明其中名词的材料、用途、时间、地点、内容、类别等。
1.材料
a diamond necklace
a bamboo pole
paper money
a stone bridge
2.用途
a meeting room
the telephone poles
the railway staion
trade union
water pipe
welcome speech
eye drops
3.时间
a day bed
the dinner party
the Apring and Autum Period
evening suit
midday lunch
4.地点
London hotels
Beijing University
body temperature
the spaceship floor
the kitchen window
5.内容
a story book
piano lessons
the sports meet
oxygen supply
the air pressure
the grammar rules
6.类别
children education
enemy soldiers
a bus driver
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Lesson 24 If could be worse不幸中之万幸
练习
利用新概念英语学习口语，最好的方法就是复述，具体方法请查看：新概念英语口语练习方法:反述式练习
本课课文复述提纲：
1.Where did I enter?
2.How much money I had lost and how did I feel?
3.What did I say to the manager?
4.How did the manager answer?
5.What did the girl do when she came in?
6.What did the girl say?
