Lesson 16 It could be worse
不幸中的萬幸

一、詞匯部分：
1.manager /ˈmæn.ə.dʒɚ/ n. 經理
CEO: Chief Executive Officer
2.upset /ʌpˈset/ adj. 難過的
擴展：depressed/sad
3.sympathetic /ˌsɪm.pəˈθet̬.ɪk/ adj.同情的
1）前綴：sym- 相同（symmetry）
2）詞根：path-感情（passion）
3）后綴：-et 小東西（wallet, closet）
4）后綴：-ic 形容詞后綴（fanatic 狂熱的）
4.complain /kəmˈpleɪn/ v.抱怨
口語詞：whine
5.wicked /ˈwɪk.ɪd/ adj. 很壞的，邪惡的
6.contain /kənˈteɪn/ v.包括
1）前綴：con-全部
2）詞根：tain- 拿（take in）
擴展：detain 拿下，扣留
近義詞：include 包括
7.honesty /ˈɑː.nə.sti/ n.誠實
擴展：to be honest 坦白說
擴展：honest 坦白的

二、文章講解

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 進入；entering freshman 入學新生
擴展：大學四個年級freshman/sophomore/junior/senior
and 并列關系的尋找：entered ---- sat
2)I had just lost $50 and I felt very upset.
had just lost ——過去完成時
and 并列關系尋找：had just lost ---felt
擴展搭配：lose one’s way 迷路；
常見口語表達：I’m not feeling well. 我身體不舒服。
常見搭配：feel like doing sth 想要做某事；
例句：I feel like going to bed right now. 我現在上床睡覺。

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.'
賓語理解角度：直接引語／間接引語
2)The manager was sympathetic, but he could do nothing.
But 轉折關系。前后對等。
常見表達：There’s nothing I could do. 我無能為力。
例句：I really want to help you, but there’s nothing I can/could do. 我真的很想幫你，但是我確實無能為力。

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 常見必備搭配：
Put away 放起來收好
Put out 撲滅
Put off 推遲
Put in for 申請（put in for a dorm room）
Put 表達
例：Let me put it this way. 讓我這么跟你說吧。
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—單數復數
There is car under the tree.
There are two cars under the tree.
2) There be 句型不能和have 連用。