单词详解

1. manager  n. 经理

2. upset  adj. 不安的

3. sympathetic  adj. 表示同情的

翻译：她对那只可怜的小狗深表同情。

She felt sympathetic towards / to the poor puppy.

派生：sympathy  n. 同情心

4. complain  v. 抱怨

结构：complain to sb. about / of sth. 向某人抱怨某事

翻译：他总是向我抱怨作业繁重。

He is always complaining to me about his heavy homework.

complaint department 投诉部门

5. wicked  adj. 很坏的，邪恶的

6. contain  v. 包含，内装

The food contains a lot of nutrition. 含有

The car can contain at least four persons. 容纳

Contain your anger, please! 控制

辨析：

The cup contains water. （全部包含）

The bag includes books.（包含部分）

7. honesty  n. 诚实

派生：honest  adj. 诚实的

填空：He is a/an dishonest boy because he always tells lies to us.

课文解析

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.

l 单词：lose表示丢失，意思多样：

    lose heart 丧失信心

    lose face 丢脸

    lose oneself in reading 全神贯注于阅读

l 词组：can / could do nothing (about it) 对于……无能为力

翻译：人类对于死亡是无能为力的。

      Human beings can do nothing about death.

2. ‘Everyone’s losing money these days,’ he said.

l 词组：these days 现如今，用于现在与过去的比较

l 语法：进行时态取代一般现在时，表示说话人的感情色彩

翻译：他总是打电脑游戏。

      He is always playing computer games. (表示抱怨)

          她总是帮助他人。

      She’s always helping people. (表示赞扬)

3. He started to complain about this wicked world but was interrupted by a knock at the door.

l 词组：start / begin to do sth.= start / begin doing

l 单词：knock  n. (注意后面仍跟介词at)

翻译：有人敲门。

      There is a knock at the door.

4. A girl came in and put an envelope on his desk. It contained £50. ‘I found this outside this gentleman’s room,’ she said.

l 判断以下outside的词性

The outside of the house needs painting.  词性： n.

We’ll need outside help to finish the project.   词性： adj.

You can park your car outside your house. 词性：prep.

Please wait outside.  词性：adv.

5.  ‘Well,’ I said to the manager, ‘there is still some honesty in this world !’

l there be存在句可以描述具体的，也可描述抽象概念。

翻译：在这个世界上还是有幸福可言的。

      There is still some happiness in the world.

      这个邪恶的世界上还是有真友情存在的。

      There is still some genuine friendship left in this wicked world.

【思考1】

总经理怎么表达?

General Manager

【思考2】

could do nothing 的反义词组是什么？怎么解释？

can / could do everything (about it)，感觉无所不能

【复习】

还有哪一课也是用进行时态表达感情色彩？

他觉得这次旅行相当激动人心。 (Lesson 4)

He is finding this trip very exciting. （表示赞美）

【思考3】

interrupt加ed的发音怎么读？

/tid/的词尾发音