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Lesson 24 It could be worse
phrases
1.could be 可能是
2. Hotel manager’s office
酒店经理办公室
3. feel upset 感到难过
4.be sympathetic感到同情
5. can do nothing无能为力
6.these days 近日来
7.complain about 抱怨
8.the wicked world邪恶的世界
9 be interrupted by被打断
10 a knock at the door 敲门声
I entered the hotel manager’s office and sat down.
sit sat sat
并列句
manager n. 经理
someone in charge of a store , business, etc. or in charge of a group of people at work. GM
General Manager 总经理
同: head boss
manage v.管理,经营
manage a company
管理公司
manage a school
管理学校
管理商店
同: operate run
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.’
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并列句
upset a. 不安,难过的
Jazz Chant
I’m sad.
I’m very sad.
I’m very very sad.
I’m very very very sad.
I feel bad.
I feel awful!
I feel upset!
I feel uncomfortable!
Don’t bother me!
sympathetic
a.同情的,表示同情的
The manager was sympathetic, but he could do nothing.
When I told her why I was worried, she was very sympathetic.
当我告诉她为什么我担心时,她很同情我.
同: compassionate mercy
‘Everyone’s losing money these days,’ he said.
lose lost lost
be doing(进行时表示比较强烈的感情色彩)
We are looking forward to seeing you.
我们盼着见你们的面.
Grandpa is forgetting things now.
爷爷越来越健忘了.
He started to complain about this wicked world but was interrupted by a knock at the door.
What a world!
Nothing is fair!
Things all go wrong!
People all go crazy!
It’s a wicked, evil, crazy, and wild world!
interrupt 打扰 v.
to stop or hinder for a short time; to start talking before someone e