新概念英语第二册lesson 24
 It Could be Worse
 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 com-
plain 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 &5o. 'I found this outside
this gentleman's room' she said. 'Well,'
I said to the manager, 'there is still some
honesty in this world !'

New words and expressions 生词和短语

manager n. 经理
upset adj. 不安
sympathetic adj. 表示同情的
complain v. 抱怨
wicked adj. 很坏的，邪恶的
contain v. 包含，内装
honesty n. 诚实