新概念英語(yǔ)第二冊(cè)逐句精講語(yǔ)言點(diǎn) 第24課(2)

Lesson 24 It could be worse

課文內(nèi)容：

I entered the hotel manager's office and sat down. Ihad just lost $50 and I felt very upset.‘I left themoney in my room,' I said,‘and it's not there now.'The manager was sympathetic, but he could donothing. ‘Everyone's losing money these days,'he said. He started to complain about thiswicked world but was interrupted by a knock atthe door. A girl came in and put an envelope on hisdesk. Itcontained $50. ‘I found this outside this gentleman's room,' she said. ‘Well,' I said tothe manager, ‘there is still some honesty in this world!'

精講筆記：

4、The manager was sympathetic，but he could do nothing.

經(jīng)理深表同情，但是他也無(wú)能為力。

語(yǔ)言點(diǎn)1 but—詞用于并列句，請(qǐng)參考Lesson 8課文講解。

語(yǔ)言點(diǎn)2 標(biāo)題：It could be worse 還能比這更壞—不幸中的萬(wàn)幸

It could not be worse.

不能比這更壞了。這就是最壞的。

It could be better.

還能比這更好。—這不是最好的。

It could not be better.

不能比這更好了。—這就是最好的。

5、‘Everyone’s losing money these days,’he said.

“現(xiàn)在大家都在丟錢，”他說(shuō)。

語(yǔ)言點(diǎn) everyone作主語(yǔ)謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞用第三人稱單數(shù)，請(qǐng)參考Lesson 8課文講解

6、He started to complain about this wicked world but was interrupted by a knock atthe door.

他開(kāi)始抱怨起這個(gè)邪惡的世道來(lái)，卻被一陣敲門聲打斷了。