Lesson 24 It could be worse
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]
- I
- and
- I sat down
- I
[subject] - sat down
[predicate verb phrase]
- I
- I entered the hotel manager's office
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]
- I
- and
- I felt very upset.
- I
[subject] - felt
[link-verb] - very upset
[predicative][noun phrase]
- I
- I had just lost $50
'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]
- I
- and
- it's not there now
- it
[subject] - is not
[predicate verb phrase] - there
[predicative] - now
[adverbial of time]
- it
- I left the money in my room
The manager was sympathetic, but he could do nothing.
- simple sentence:
- The manager was sympathetic
- the manager
[subject] - was
[be verb] - sympathetic
[predicative][adjective]
- the manager
- but
- he could do nothing.
- he
[subject] - could do
[predicate verb phrase] - nothing
[object]
- he
- The manager was sympathetic
'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]
- everyone
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]
- complain about
- he
- 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]
- he
- He started to complain about this wicked world
- knowledge:
- at + the + door
- prep. 在门口
- at + the + door
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]
- a girl
It contained $50.
- simple sentence:
- It
[subject] - contained
[predicate verb phrase] - $50
[object]
- It
'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]
- I
'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]
- there is