Lesson 16 It could be worse
不幸中的万幸

一、词汇部分：
1.manager /ˈmæn.ə.dʒɚ/ n. 经理
CEO: Chief Executive Officer
2.upset /ʌpˈset/ adj. 难过的
扩展：depressed/sad
3.sympathetic /ˌsɪm.pəˈθet̬.ɪk/ adj.同情的
1）前缀：sym- 相同（symmetry）
2）词根：path-感情（passion）
3）后缀：-et 小东西（wallet, closet）
4）后缀：-ic 形容词后缀（fanatic 狂热的）
4.complain /kəmˈpleɪn/ v.抱怨
口语词：whine
5.wicked /ˈwɪk.ɪd/ adj. 很坏的，邪恶的
6.contain /kənˈteɪn/ v.包括
1）前缀：con-全部
2）词根：tain- 拿（take in）
扩展：detain 拿下，扣留
近义词：include 包括
7.honesty /ˈɑː.nə.sti/ n.诚实
扩展：to be honest 坦白说
扩展：honest 坦白的

二、文章讲解

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 girlcame 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!'

1.I entered the hotel manager's office and sat down. I had just lost $50 and I felt very upset.
1）enter 进入；entering freshman 入学新生
扩展：大学四个年级freshman/sophomore/junior/senior
and 并列关系的寻找：entered ---- sat
2)I had just lost $50 and I felt very upset.
had just lost ——过去完成时
and 并列关系寻找：had just lost ---felt
扩展搭配：lose one’s way 迷路；
常见口语表达：I’m not feeling well. 我身体不舒服。
常见搭配：feel like doing sth 想要做某事；
例句：I feel like going to bed right now. 我现在上床睡觉。

2.'I left the money in my room,' I said, 'and it's not there now.' The manager was sympathetic, but he could do nothing.
1)'I left the money in my room,' I said, 'and it's not there now.'
宾语理解角度：直接引语／间接引语
2)The manager was sympathetic, but he could do nothing.
But 转折关系。前后对等。
常见表达：There’s nothing I could do. 我无能为力。
例句：I really want to help you, but there’s nothing I can/could do. 我真的很想帮你，但是我确实无能为力。

3.'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.
1)start to do sth –start doing sth
2) complain about something 抱怨某事

4.A girl came in and put an envelope on his desk. It contained $50.
1)Put 常见必备搭配：
Put away 放起来收好
Put out 扑灭
Put off 推迟
Put in for 申请（put in for a dorm room）
Put 表达
例：Let me put it this way. 让我这么跟你说吧。
2）It contained $50.

5.'I found this outside this gentleman's room,' she said. 'Well,' I said to the manager, 'there is still some honesty in this world!'
there be 句型：
1)be—单数复数
There is car under the tree.
There are two cars under the tree.
2) There be 句型不能和have 连用。