新概念英语第二册逐句精讲语言点 第24课(1)

Lesson 24 It could be worse

课文内容：

I entered the hotel manager's office and satdown. I had just lost $50 and I felt veryupset.‘I left the money in my room,' I said,‘andit's not there now.' The manager wassympathetic, but he could do nothing. ‘Everyone'slosing money these days,' he said. He started tocomplain about this wicked world but wasinterrupted by a knock at the door. A girl came inand put an envelope on his desk. Itcontained $50. ‘I found this outside this gentleman'sroom,' she said. ‘Well,' I said to the manager, ‘there is still some honesty in this world!'

语法归纳：

本文未出现新语法点，每个句子都是对之前中每篇课文的关键句型进行复习。

精讲笔记：

1、I entered the hotel manager’s office and sat down.

我走进饭店经理的办公室，坐了下来。

语言点1 manager’s office经理办公室，关于名词所有格，请参考Lesson 13课文讲解。

语言点2 名词hotel作定语，名词作定语举例：hat shop帽子店;barber shop理发店;general shop 杂货店;show shop展销店;grocery store杂货店;book store书店;drug store 药房;dry store干货仓库

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

我刚刚丟了50英镑，感到非常烦恼。

语言点 just为时间副词，常用于完成时，起强调作用(参考Lesson2课文分析)。

3、‘I left the money in my room,’ I said, ‘and it’s not there now.’

“我把钱放在房间里，”我说，“现在却不见了。”

语言点 此句为典型的直接引语，请参考Lesson 15课文分析。

变为间接引语：I told the manager that I had left the money in my room and it was not there then.