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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 £5o. 'I found this outside this gentleman's room' she said. 'Well,' I said to the manager, 'there is still some honesty in this world !'

manager
1.经理
2.经纪人
manage：v.经营,管理
manage to do sth.:成功做成某事
regional manager:地区经理
the General Manager 总经理

upset
adj.不安的
be upset about 因...心烦
upset & nervous
nervous - 事前
upset -事后

sympathetic
adj.同情的
sympathy:n.
feel/have sympathy for sb 对某人抱有同情
sympathetic : adj.
be sympathetic
sympathize: v. 同情
sympathize with

**complain **
v.抱怨
complain about
口语：
can't complain : 还好
Menopause makes me upset, but I can't complain.
Menopause 更年期

**wicked **
adj.邪恶的， 缺德的
同义词：evil

contain
v.包含，内装
The cup contains water.
These cigarettes contains about 9 mg of nicotine.
container:容器

honesty
n.诚实，坦诚，正直
honest：adj
honestly: adv.
to be honest = honestly 坦诚说，诚实的讲

课文解析

难点复习：

• 词义辨析

词语	区别
in the way / on the way	in the way是挡在路上，on the way在路上
be made of /be made from	be made of 由...做成，可以看出原材，be made from 由...做成，经过化学变化，看不出原材料
salary/wages	salary一般是月薪，wages是日薪
except/apart from	apart from"除什么之外还有---", except"除....之外"
suit/costume	suit 工作服装，costume喜剧服装

• 感叹句
  what + adj. + n. +主语+ v.
  What a clever girl you are!

3. 直接宾语&间接宾语
   buy sb. sth. = buy sth. for sb.
   tell sb. sth. = tell sth. to sb
4. there be 结构
   a.有，拥有
   b.there be sb. doing sth. + spl. 某地有某人在做某事
   c.表示天气，后跟n.,用there be 结构
5. 名词所有格，'s或'号的位置
6. knock，give ，be
   knock ：
   knock at the door 敲门
   knock off(knock sth. off) 击倒，停工，中断
   knock over(knock sb. over) 打倒
   knock out 敲空；击倒；打破；使筋疲力竭
   **give: **
   give up
   give away 泄露；分发；出卖；放弃
   give in 屈服，屈从于....
   give in to ....屈服于....,屈从于....
   be:
   be over 结束
   be away 要离开
   be on 上映，上演

I entered the hotel manager's office and sat down.

enter the hotel
错误用法 :enter into....
hotel manager's office
n. 修饰 n.
telephone number
这里的and是顺承关系

I had just lost £50 and I felt very upset.

and 连接两个简单句，因果关系
feel + adj.

He could do nothing.
I could do nothing for you.我帮不了你

'Everyone's losing money these days,' he said.

everyone's ：everyone is
Everything is ready.
Everybody has come.
现在进行时代替一般现在时，示意说话人的某种感情色彩
The little boy is always making trouble.

Well begun is half done.
好的开始是成功的一半。