新概念2 Lesson 24

1、Lesson 24It could be worseI entered the hotel managers office and sat down. 我走進飯店經理的辦公室, 坐了下來.manager(a) person controlling a business, etc 經理; 管理人shop,cinema, hotel, etc manager 商店 影院 旅店等的經理departmental managers 部門管理人員(b) person dealing with the business affairs of an entertainer, a sportsman, etc

2、（演員 運動員等的）經理人, 經紀人(c) person who controls a sports team （運動隊的）經理: the England football manager 英格蘭足球隊經理 (d) person who controls people, a household, money, etc in the way specified 以某種方式管理人 家庭 錢財等的人: Shes not a very good manager she always spends more money than she earns. 她不大會理財-總是入不敷出boss n. 老板（有錢

3、）head n. 頭兒，領導（表示重要，系親密的人物）the hotel mangers office 名詞可以修飾名詞telephone number 電話號碼the village fair 鄉(xiāng)村集市 (the fair of the village = the fair in the village) I had just lost 50 and I felt very upset. 我剛剛丟了50英鎊, 感到非常煩惱.upset (a) unhappy or disappointed because of sth unpleasant that has happened adj. 不安

4、(事發(fā)后)Theres no point getting upset about it.(b) distress the mind or feelings of (sb) 使（某人）苦惱或心煩Dont upset yourself - no harm has been done. 不要難過-并沒有造成傷害.nervous adj. 緊張，不安(事發(fā)前)lose vt. 遺失，丟失（賓語一般為錢物）Dont lose your key.feel +形容詞一般指心情“覺得，感覺到”feel upset 心煩意亂，很苦惱I left the money in my room, I said, and

5、 its not there now. “我把錢放在房間里, ”我說, “可現在沒有了. ”The manager was sympathetic, but he could do nothing. 經理深表同情, 但卻無能為力.sympathetic (to/towards/with sb) feeling, showing or resulting from sympathy 同情的; 表示同情的; 出於同情的: a sympathetic look, smile, remark 表示同情的目光 笑容 言語 feel sympathetic towards sb who is suffer

6、ing 對遭到不幸的某人十分同情 我父親去世時他深為同情.He was enormously sympathetic when my father died. could do nothing= could do nothing about it 對此事無能為力我沒有辦法幫你, 我無能為力I could do nothing to help you. Can you help me?Sorry,I could do nothing for you. / Certainly. Of couse. Its my pleasure.Everyones losing money these days,

7、 he said. “現在大家都在丟錢, ”他說.days可以指“時期，時代”，如in his boyhood days（在他的童年時代）。these days指“現今”用進行時態(tài)取代一般現在時, 在英文是一種修辭方法, 表示不滿, 一種感情。He started to complain about this wicked world but was interrupted by a knock at the door. 他開始抱怨起這個邪惡的世道來, 卻被一陣敲門聲打斷了.start to do sth. = start doing sth. 開始做某事，兩者無區(qū)別complain v. 抱

8、怨 vi. (to sb) (about/at sth) (often derog 常作貶義) say that one is dissatisfied, unhappy, etc 投訴; 抱怨; 訴苦; 發(fā)牢騷（常與of，about連用）complain of/about (to sb.) 對某人/向某人抱怨別抱怨天氣。 Dont complain about/of the weather.我向我老板抱怨我的薪水。 I complained of my salary to my boss. vi. 控告，抗議（與of，about連用）The people in that district c

9、omplained to the police about the noise from that factory.那家工廠噪音太大，當地的人們已向警方投訴。杰克遜一家亂扔垃圾，瑪麗已向他們提出抗議。 Mary complained to the Jacksons about the rubbish they had thrown everywhere.wicked adj. 很壞的, 邪惡的 adj. 邪惡的，壞的（道德上的壞，可用 “evil” 替代）她看到他臉上的壞笑。 She saw a wicked smile on his face. adj. 淘氣的，頑皮的（尤指小孩）Dont

10、be so wicked, Tom. adj.（天氣）惡劣的wicked (ie very bad or unpleasant) weather 糟糕的天氣.(of a person or his actions) morally bad; sinful or evil （指人或人的行為）不道德的, 缺德的, 邪惡的: That was very wicked of you. 你干的事可真缺德. 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 his desk.

11、 It contained 50. 一個姑娘走了進來, 把一個信封放在了他桌上.contain v. 包含, 內裝(強調用容器裝)container n. 集裝箱，容量contain v. 用容器裝The cup contains water. = The cup is full of water.The bag contains books.include v. 包含I found this outside this gentlemans room, she said. 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. Well, I said to the manager, there is still some honesty in this world!“是啊, ”我對那位經