内容正文:
NCE2-L24
Have you ever lost any money?
Did anyone give it back to you?
核心词汇
v.
n.
adj.
honesty
manager
upset
sympathetic
complain
wicked
contain
sympathetic adj. 表示同情的
be ~ to/ towards/with sb. 对……同情的
翻译:我很同情他。
I am sympathetic to him.
派生:
sympathize[ˈsɪmpəθaɪz] with sb. vi. 同情
sympathy[ˈsɪmpəθi] n. 同情心
complain v. 抱怨
complain to sb. about / of sth.
向某人抱怨某事
她总是向我抱怨作业繁重。
She is always complaining to me
about her heavy homework.
contain v. 包含,内装
The food contains a lot of nutrition. 含有
The car can contain at least four persons. 容纳
Contain your anger, please! 控制
辨析:
The cup contains water. (全部包含)
通常用来指某种容器中盛有、装有某物
The bag includes books.(包含部分)
通常作为其中的一部分包括在内
honesty n. 诚实
派生:honest adj. 诚实的
填空:
He is a/an dishonest boy because
he always tells lies to us.
Had the writer's money been stolen?
1. Why did the writer feel upset?
Because he had lost the money in his room.
2. How did the hotel manager react to(反应) the situation?
He was sympathetic, but he could do nothing.
3. What did the hotel manager begin to complain about?
He began to complain about this wicked world.
4. Why did the writer say:“There is still some honesty in this world!”
Because a girl returned the money he had lost.
How to explain the title :
It could be worse?
A.The writer lost more than fifty pounds.
B.The hotel manager even didn't feel sorry for the wtiter.
C.The girl picked the money, but she would not give it back to the writer.
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.'
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.'
Section 1
I had just lost £50 and I felt very upset.
lose表示丢失,意思多样:
lose heart 丧失信心
lose face 丢脸
lose oneself in reading 全神贯注于阅读
I entered the hotel manager's office and sat down.
I had just lost $50 and I felt very upset.
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