不幸中的萬幸
【課文】
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!'
【課文翻譯】
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。“我把錢放在房間里，”我說，“可現(xiàn)在沒有了。”經(jīng)理深表同情，但卻無能為力。“現(xiàn)在大家都在丟錢，”他說。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。一個(gè)姑娘走了進(jìn)來，把一個(gè)信封放在了他桌上。它里面裝著50英鎊。“這是我在這位先生的房門外撿到的，”她說。“是啊，”我對(duì)那位經(jīng)理說，“這世界上還是有誠實(shí)可言的!”
【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)
【知識(shí)點(diǎn)講解】
1. enter [動(dòng)詞]送入，進(jìn)入
enter into 進(jìn)入，參加，建立 enter for 報(bào)名參加 enter on 著手做，開始
She was singing happily when we entered the room.
我們進(jìn)入房間時(shí)她正在開心地唱著歌。
2. I had just lost 50 pounds.
我剛丟了50英鎊。
這里lost是動(dòng)詞lose的過去式。lost還可作形容詞，表示丟失的，既可以作表語，也可以作定語。
My key was lost.
我的鑰匙不見了。
3. sympathetic [形容詞]同情的;共鳴的
sympathetic的名詞形式是sympathy。
People were enormously sympathetic when the old man died.
這位老人去世時(shí)人們深表同情。
4. complain [動(dòng)詞]抱怨
側(cè)重因?qū)μ幘巢粷M、待遇不公或自己有痛苦等而向別人訴說、埋怨。
complain about /of sth. to sb. 向某人抱怨，發(fā)牢騷，訴苦
complain+that從句
She is always complaining about her working environment to her boyfriend.
她老是向她男朋友抱怨自己的工作環(huán)境。
He complained to the police that the little boy had stolen his wallet.
他向警察控告小男孩偷了他的錢包。
5. I left the money in my room.
我把錢放在房間里。
left，原形為leave，把...留在...地方
the money，這里的money特指前面的50 pounds，所以加上了定冠詞the。
it是指the money(不可數(shù)n. 所以此處用單數(shù))
后文的Everyone's losing money these days. 現(xiàn)在大家都在丟錢。這里的money是泛指，所以沒有加定冠詞the。
6. There is still some honesty in this world.
some少許的，一些
honesty作為抽象名詞，要用單數(shù)形式。
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