新概念英语第二册第24课课文详解、翻译及语法

Lesson 24 If 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!' New words and expressions 生词和短语 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 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！” 【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.) 【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