Lesson 24 It could be worse

中文

我走进饭店经理的办公室，坐了下来。

我刚刚丢了50英镑，感到非常烦恼。

“我把钱放在房间里，”我说，“可现在没有了。”

经理深表同情，但却无能为力。

“现在大家都在丢钱，”他说。

他开始抱怨起这个邪恶的世道来，却被一阵敲门声打断了。

一个姑娘走了进来，把一个信封放在了他桌上。

它里面装着50英镑。

“这是我在这位先生的房门外捡到的，”她说。

“是啊，”我对那位经理说，“这世界上还是有诚实可言的！”

英文

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

I had just lost [lɒst] $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 [ˌsɪmpəˈθetɪk], but he could do nothing.

"Everyone is losing money these days' he said

He started [ˈstɑːtɪd] to complain [kəmˈpleɪn] about this wicked [ˈwɪkɪd] world but was interrupted [ˌɪntəˈrʌptɪd] by a knock at the door.

A girl came in and put an envelope on his desk.

It contained [kənˈteɪnd] $50.

"I found this outside this gentleman's room" she said.

"Well" I said to manager, "there is still some honesty in this world!"

分析

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

• simple sentence:
  • I entered the hotel manager's office
    • I [subject]
    • entered [predicate verb phrase]
    • the hotel manager's office [object]
  • and
  • I sat down
    • I [subject]
    • sat down [predicate verb phrase]

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

• compound sentence:
  • I had just lost $50
    • I [subject]
    • had just lost [predicate verb phrase]
    • $50 [object]
  • and
  • I felt very upset.
    • I [subject]
    • felt [link-verb]
    • very upset [predicative] [noun phrase]

---

'I left the money in my room,' I said, 'and it's not there now.'

• simple sentence:
  • I left the money in my room
    • I [subject]
    • left [predicate verb phrase]
    • the money [object]
    • in my room [adverbial of place]
  • and
  • it's not there now
    • it [subject]
    • is not [predicate verb phrase]
    • there [predicative]
    • now [adverbial of time]

---

The manager was sympathetic, but he could do nothing.

• simple sentence:
  • The manager was sympathetic
    • the manager [subject]
    • was [be verb]
    • sympathetic [predicative] [adjective]
  • but
  • he could do nothing.
    • he [subject]
    • could do [predicate verb phrase]
    • nothing [object]

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

• simple sentence:
  • everyone [subject]
  • is losing [predicate verb phrase] [present continuous tense]
  • money [object]
  • these days [adverbial of time]

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

• complex sentence:
  • He started to complain about this wicked world
    • he [subject]
    • started to do [predicate verb phrase]
    • to complain about this wicked world [to-do as object]
      • complain about [predicate verb phrase]
      • this wicked world [object]
  • but
  • he was interrupted by a knock at the door.
    • he [subject]
    • was interrupted [predicate verb phrase] [passive form of verb] [past simple tense]
    • by a knock at the door [adverbial of manner]
      • a knock
      • at the door [attributive]
• knowledge:
  • at + the + door
    • prep. 在门口

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A girl came in and put an envelope on his desk.

• compound sentence:
  • a girl [subject]
  • came in and put [predicate verb phrase]
  • an envelope [object]
  • on his desk [adverbial of place]

---

It contained $50.

• simple sentence:
  • It [subject]
  • contained [predicate verb phrase]
  • $50 [object]

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'I found this outside the gentleman's room,' she said.

• simple sentence:
  • I [subject]
  • found [predicate verb phrase]
  • this [object]
  • outside the gentleman's room [adverbial of place]

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'Well' I said to the manager, 'there is still some honesty in this world!'

• simple sentence:
  • there is [there be]
  • still some honesty in this world [real subject]