练习材料
Lesson24 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 complain 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!’
/ˈlɛsən/24 /ɪt/ /kəd/ /bi/ /wɜrs/
/aɪ/ /ˈɛntərd/ /ðə/ /hoʊˈtɛl/ /ˈmænɪʤərz/ /ˈɔfəs/ /ənd/ /sæt/ /daʊn/. /aɪ/ /həd/ /ʤəst/ /lɔst/ ￡50 /ənd/ /aɪ/ /fɛlt/ /ˈvɛri/ /əpˈsɛt/.' /aɪ/ /lɛft/ /ðə/ /ˈmʌni/ /ɪn/ /maɪ/ /rum/,' /aɪ/ /sɛd/, /ənd/ /ɪts/ /nɑt/ /ðɛr/ /naʊ/.' /ðə/ /ˈmænəʤər/ /wəz/ /ˌsɪmpəˈθɛtɪk/, /bət/ /hi/ /kəd/ /dʊ/ /ˈnʌθɪŋ/. /ˈɛvriˌwʌnz/ /ˈluzɪŋ/ /ˈmʌni/ /ðiz/ /deɪz/,' /hi/ /sɛd/. /hi/ /ˈstɑrtəd/ /tə/ /kəmˈpleɪn/ /əˈbaʊt/ /ðɪs/ /ˈwɪkəd/ /wɜrld/ /bət/ /wəz/ /ˌɪntəˈrʌptɪd/ /baɪ/ /ə/ /nɑk/ /ət/ /ðə/ /dɔr/. /ə/ /gɜrl/ /keɪm/ /ɪn/ /ənd/ /pʊt/ /ən/ /ˈɛnvəˌloʊp/ /ɑn/ /ɪz/ /dɛsk/. /ɪt/ /kənˈteɪnd/ ￡5/oʊ/. /aɪ/ /faʊnd/ /ðɪs/ /ˈaʊtˈsaɪd/ /ðɪs/ /ˈʤɛntəlˌmʌnz/ /rum/ /ʃi/ /sɛd/. /wɛl/,' /aɪ/ /sɛd/ /tə/ /ðə/ /ˈmænəʤər/, /ðər/ /ɪz/ /stɪl/ /səm/ /ˈɑnəsti/ /ɪn/ /ðɪs/ /wɜrld/!’
