Question

新概念英语第二册听力及翻译Lesson 24

Answer 1

Lesson 24 It could be worse 不幸中之万幸

First listen and then answer the question.

听录音，然后回答下列问题。

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!’

New words and expressions 生词和短语

manager n. 经理
wicked adj. 很坏的，邪恶的
upset adj. 不安
contain v. 包含，内装
sympathetic adj. 表示同情的
honesty n. 诚实
complain v. 抱怨

Notes on the text 课文注释

1 本文的题目可以有几种不同的理解方式：“如果我丢失的不止50英镑”，“如果经理没有任何同情心”。“如果拾到钱的姑娘没有把钱送回来”，结局会更糟糕。

2 Everyone's losing money these days. 现在大家都在丢钱。

用现在进行时来表示不断重复的动作，其中常含有埋怨的意思。

参考译文

我走进饭店经理的办公室，坐了下来。我刚刚丢了50英镑，感到非常烦恼。“我把钱放在房间里，”我说，“可现在没有了。”经理深表同情，但却无能为力。“现在大家都在丢钱，”他说。他开始抱怨起这个邪恶的世道来，却被一阵敲门声打断了。一个姑娘走了进来，把一个信封放在了他桌上。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。“是啊，”我对那位经理说，“这世界上还是有诚实可言的！”