新概念2 Lesson 24

1、Lesson 24It could be worseI entered the hotel managers office and sat down. 我走进饭店经理的办公室, 坐了下来.manager(a) person controlling a business, etc 经理; 管理人shop,cinema, hotel, etc manager 商店 影院 旅店等的经理departmental managers 部门管理人员(b) person dealing with the business affairs of an entertainer, a sportsman, etc

2、（演员 运动员等的）经理人, 经纪人(c) person who controls a sports team （运动队的）经理: the England football manager 英格兰足球队经理 (d) person who controls people, a household, money, etc in the way specified 以某种方式管理人 家庭 钱财等的人: Shes not a very good manager she always spends more money than she earns. 她不大会理财-总是入不敷出boss n. 老板（有钱

3、）head n. 头儿，领导（表示重要，系亲密的人物）the hotel mangers office 名词可以修饰名词telephone number 电话号码the village fair 乡村集市 (the fair of the village = the fair in the village) I had just lost 50 and I felt very upset. 我刚刚丢了50英镑, 感到非常烦恼.upset (a) unhappy or disappointed because of sth unpleasant that has happened adj. 不安

4、(事发后)Theres no point getting upset about it.(b) distress the mind or feelings of (sb) 使（某人）苦恼或心烦Dont upset yourself - no harm has been done. 不要难过-并没有造成伤害.nervous adj. 紧张，不安(事发前)lose vt. 遗失，丢失（宾语一般为钱物）Dont lose your key.feel +形容词一般指心情“觉得，感觉到”feel upset 心烦意乱，很苦恼I left the money in my room, I said, and

5、 its not there now. “我把钱放在房间里, ”我说, “可现在没有了. ”The manager was sympathetic, but he could do nothing. 经理深表同情, 但却无能为力.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 言语 feel sympathetic towards sb who is suffer

6、ing 对遭到不幸的某人十分同情 我父亲去世时他深为同情.He was enormously sympathetic when my father died. could do nothing= could do nothing about it 对此事无能为力我没有办法帮你, 我无能为力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. “现在大家都在丢钱, ”他说.days可以指“时期，时代”，如in his boyhood days（在他的童年时代）。these days指“现今”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, 一种感情。He started to complain about this wicked world but was interrupted by a knock at the door. 他开始抱怨起这个邪恶的世道来, 却被一阵敲门声打断了.start to do sth. = start doing sth. 开始做某事，两者无区别complain v. 抱

8、怨 vi. (to sb) (about/at sth) (often derog 常作贬义) say that one is dissatisfied, unhappy, etc 投诉; 抱怨; 诉苦; 发牢骚（常与of，about连用）complain of/about (to sb.) 对某人/向某人抱怨别抱怨天气。 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，抗议（与of，about连用）The people in that district c

9、omplained to the police about the noise from that factory.那家工厂噪音太大，当地的人们已向警方投诉。杰克逊一家乱扔垃圾，玛丽已向他们提出抗议。 Mary complained to the Jacksons about the rubbish they had thrown everywhere.wicked adj. 很坏的, 邪恶的 adj. 邪恶的，坏的（道德上的坏，可用 “evil” 替代）她看到他脸上的坏笑。 She saw a wicked smile on his face. adj. 淘气的，顽皮的（尤指小孩）Dont

10、be so wicked, Tom. adj.（天气）恶劣的wicked (ie very bad or unpleasant) weather 糟糕的天气.(of a person or his actions) morally bad; sinful or evil （指人或人的行为）不道德的, 缺德的, 邪恶的: That was very wicked of you. 你干的事可真缺德. a knock at the door (敲门声) knock at the door (敲门, 指动作)A girl came in and put an envelope on his desk.

11、 It contained 50. 一个姑娘走了进来, 把一个信封放在了他桌上.contain v. 包含, 内装(强调用容器装)container n. 集装箱，容量contain v. 用容器装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. 它里面装着50英镑. ”这是我在这位先生的房门外捡到的, “她说. Well, I said to the manager, there is still some honesty in this world!“是啊, ”我对那位经