Lesson 24 It could be worse
词汇
manager n. 经理 (管理者)
构成:man+age=manage v. 管理,操纵
-er:发出这个动作的人或东西
复习:表示”人”的后缀
er: teacher, singer
or: operator, doctor
ee: employee
-ist: tourist, dentist
-ant/ent: student
区别:boss n. 老板
head n. 首领
leader n. 领袖
搭配:manage to + 动词原形
例句:我是新任的经理,你们將在我手下工作。
I am the new manager and you will be working under me.
我们成功的在4点抵达了酒店。
We managed to arrive at the hotel at 4 o’ clock.
upset a. 不安,心情烦躁 [事发后] a. 身体不舒服的
区别:nervous a. 紧张 [事发前]
worried a. 紧张,焦虑 [过程中]
例句:演讲之前我感到很焦躁。
I felt very nervous before the speech.
考试之后我感到很焦躁。
I felt very upset after the test.
我的胃不舒服。
I have an upset stomach.
构成:up+set
带有up的短语:
get up 起床
hang up 挂断电话
keep up with 跟上
look up to 尊敬,敬佩
pick up 检起,接
put up 把挂起来,支起来
wake up 醒来
clean up 清除
dress up+人 盛装打扮
make up one’s minds 下决心
shut up 闭嘴
back up 支持,支援
blow up 炸掉
cheer up 鼓舞
look up 查阅
make up 虚构,弥补
show up 出现,露面
speed up 加快速度
take up 占据
break up 打碎,分手
give up 放弃
burnup 烧光
eat up 吃光
stay up 熬夜
throw up 呕吐
bring up 抚养
带有set的短语:
set up 安装
TV set 电视机
tea set 茶几
set the table 摆桌
set the rule 制定规则
a set of 套
set fire to 在上放火
set one’s teeth 咬紧牙关
set free 放掉
complain v. 抱怨
构成:com- 多个 plain a. 平凡的
用法:complain of/about + 事情 to + 人 对某人/向某人抱怨…事
例句:我向我的老板抱怨工资太低。
I complained of my salary to my boss.
她只知道抱怨。
All she does is complain.
plain a. 平凡的,朴素的,明白的 n. 平原
例句:她的穿着很朴素。
She’s in plain clothes.
显然你以前没做过这种事情。
It’s plain to see you haven’t done this before.
wicked a. 很坏的,邪恶的
= evil/devil 魔鬼,在英文中指“邪恶”
相关:wick n. 灯芯,蜡烛芯
例句:这是一个关干邪恶女巫的故事。
This is a story about a wicked witch.
contain v. 包含,内装 (强调用容器装) v. 用容器装,盛放
相关:container n.集装箱,容器
例句:大厅可以容纳200人。
The hall can contain two hundred people.
contain v. 包含,内装 [强调用容器装]
区别:include v. 包括 [抽象的]
例句:我讨厌所有人,包括你。
I hate everyone include you.
这个包里装着一张圣诞卡。
The bag contained a Christmas card.
honesty n. 诚实
<口语> in all honesty 老实说
相关:honest a. 诚实的
honestly adv. 诚实地,坦诚地
例句:诚实的人朋友多。
An honest person has a lot of friends.
课文部分
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!’
语言点
I entered the hotel manager’s office and sat down.
我走进酒店经理的办公室,坐了下来。
名词修饰名词:
The hotel managers(修饰名词) office(实质名词)
相关:telephone number 电话号码
the village fair 乡村集市
=the fair of the village = the fair in the village
名词修饰名词的复数:
表示修饰作用的名词永远是单数,实质的名词,可以变复数。
例外:man / woman 表示修饰时,前后一起变
口诀:后变前不变,男女一起变
例如:5棵苹果树 5 apple trees
4个女老师 4 women teachers
I had just lost £50 and I felt very upset.
我刚刚丢了50块钱,感到很不爽。
用法:feel+形容词 感到
感官动词+形容词原型
感官动词属于系动词:也叫连系动词,是非主流动词,不能单独使用做谓语,必须和表语构成系表结构。
感官动词:feel look sound taste smell
状态动词:be
持续动词:keep stay
变化动词:become get go
The manager was sympathetic,but he could do nothing.
经理表示同情,但是他无能为力。
搭配:can do nothing 无能为力 [实在帮不上]
例句:我帮不了你。
I could do nothing for you. = There is nothing I can do for you
区别:I can’t help you. 我不能帮你。[可能是不愿意帮]
"Everyone is losing money these days, "he said.
“现在大家都在丢钱,”他说。
用进行时态取代一般现在时,在英文是一种修辞方法,表示不满的情绪。
固定用法:I am losing you. 我这里信号不好。
进行时态 还可以表示將来时,动词一般为瞬间动词。
例句:一场暴风雨即將来袭。
A storm is coming soon.
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。
搭配:start to do = start doing 开始做 [两者无区别]
例句:他开始学习英语了。
He started to learn English. = He started learning English.
搭配:start with 以……开始
例句:派对以他的歌开始。
The party started with his song.
I found this outside this gentleman’ s room
这是我在这位先生的房门外检到的。
outside prep./adv.文中为介词
例句:外面正在下雨。
It’ s now raining outside.
gentleman n. 阁下,先生,有身份的人,绅士
构成:gentle a. 温柔的,有风度的
例句:迈克尔的语气很温柔。
Michael’s voice was gentle and consoling.