新概念英語第二冊詳解第24課:It could be worse 不幸中之萬幸

§ Lesson 24 It could be worse 不幸中之萬幸

【New words and expressions】 生詞和短語

★manager n. 經(jīng)理(用能力, 辦事的)

boss : 有錢

manager : 干事

head : 表示 ①重要, ②關(guān)系親密的人物

★upset adj. 不安(事發(fā)后)

nervous : (事發(fā)前)

★sympathetic adj. 表示同情的

★complain v. 抱怨

complain of/about to sb.(對某人/向某人抱怨)

I compianed of my salary to my boss.

★wicked adj. 很壞的, 邪惡的

可用 “evil” 替代

★contain v. 包含, 內(nèi)裝(強調(diào)用容器裝)

container : 集裝箱

contain : 用容器裝　The cup contains water./ The bag contains books.

include :

★honesty n. 誠實

honest(adj.)

honestly(adv.)

【Text】

Lesson 24 It could be worse 不幸中之萬幸

First listen and then answer the question.聽錄音, 然后回答以下問題.

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!'

參考譯文

我走進飯店經(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. 他開始抱怨起這個邪惡的世道來, 卻被一陣敲門聲打斷了. 一個姑娘走了進來, 把一個信封放在了他桌上. 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, “我對那位經(jīng)理說, “這世界上還是有誠實可言的!”

【課文講解】

The hotel manger’s office

telephone number 電話號碼, 名詞可以修飾名詞

the village fair : 鄉(xiāng)村集市 (the fair of the village/the fair in the village)

feel+(adj.) : upset 不安(事發(fā)后); nervous : (事發(fā)前, 過程中)

not any=no

I could do nothing to help you. 我沒有辦法幫你, 我無能為力

I could do nothing for you.

Can you help me?

Sorry,I could do nothing for you.

Certainly.

Of couse.

It’s my pleasure.

用進行時態(tài)取代一般現(xiàn)在時, 在英文是一種修辭方法, 表示不滿, 一種感情.

start to do/start doing : 兩者無區(qū)別

a knock at the door (敲門聲) / knock at the door (敲門, 指動作)

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.) 文中為介詞

gentleman [??????????] n.閣下, 先生, 有身分的人, 紳士,男廁所, 男盥洗室

【Multiple choice questions】多項選擇題

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不可能同時并存

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 : 從...到外面去, 一定要和有實在意義的動詞連用, get/go/come out of

out : 在...外面, adv 不會加名詞

10 He lost his money. His money was ______ .

a.losing b.missing c.going away d.disappearing

10.

lose : 丟失; sb lose sth 人丟失東西

miss : 懷念, 錯過, 丟失(missing adj.)　My keys are lost/missing.

I lose my book/My book was lost/is missing./be missed.

人丟了只能用missing : My child is missing.

missing boy 失蹤的孩子

go away 離開(人走), something was gone

go : 走

be gone:不見了, 《Gone with wind》 : 《飄》(隨風而逝), My book is gone.我的書不見了

disappear:不見了(瞬間), 不及物動詞, 沒有被動語態(tài), 也很少用進行時態(tài)

be disappearing 慢慢的不見了

His money disppeared.

lose sth./sth. be lost

sth is missing

sth is gone.

sth/sb. disappear/disappeared : “dispear” 是不及物動詞, 無被動語態(tài).

Unit 2

【Key structures】　關(guān)鍵句型

word order in compound statements 并列句的語序

a Do you remember the six parts of a simple statement?

b We can join simple statements together to make compound statements

and

but : 但是

so : 因此

yet : 然而, adv. Have you finished yet? (“yet” 原來的理解 : 放在句末或句中, 與否定句, 疑問句相連, 并且與現(xiàn)在完成時用得比較多)

yet=but 放在兩個句子間, 起轉(zhuǎn)折作用

or:或者, 否則, Hurry up ,you will be late/Hurry up,or you will be late.

both...and...不但...而且

either...or...要么...要么... ,either you or I

neither...nor..., neither you nor I

not only...but...as well : 不但...而且...(“as well” 可省略)

not only...but also...