新概念英语第二册 Lesson 24 It could be worse 讲义

Lesson 24

It could be worse？

🌻Part 1: Text

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 $5o. 'I found this outside this gentleman's room' she said. 'Well,' I said to the manager, 'there is still some honesty in this world!' 

 

🌻Part 2: New words and expressions

1 manager ['mænidʒə] n.经理

2 upset [ʌp'set] a.不安

3 sympathetic [ˌsimpə'θetik] a.表示同情的

4 complain [kəm'plein] v.抱怨

5 wicked ['wikid] a.很坏的，邪恶的

6 contain [kən'tein] v.包含，内装

7 honesty ['ɔnisti] n.诚实

区别：

boss     老板，头

head     1.重要, 2. 关系亲密的人物

🌻Part 3: Notes on the text

1、I entered the hotel manager's office and sat down

名词修饰名词

The hotel manager's office修饰名词实质名词还有: telephone number 电话号码举例: the village fair :乡村集市(the fair of the village/the fair in the village)

名词修饰名词的复数

表示修饰作用的名词永远是单数，但是man和woman除外

 

2、I had just lost $50 and I felt very upset

feel+(adj.)

upset不安(事发后);

nervous:(事发前过程中)

感官动词+ 形容词

感官动词属于系动词

感官动词: feel，look，soundtaste,smell,

也叫连系动词，是非主流动词，不能单独使用做谓语，必须和表语构成系表结构。

状态动词:Be

持续动词:keep，stay

变化动词: become，get，go,grow ,turn

 

3、The manager was sympathetic, but he could do

nothing

I could do nothing.我无能为力

例句: 我帮不了你

I could do nothing for you.

区别: I can't help you.我不能帮你。

4.Everyone's losing money these days, he said

Everyone is losing money...

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

lam losing you.什么意思