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!’
ˈlɛsn24 ɪt kʊd biː wɜːs
aɪ ˈɛntəd ðə həʊˈtɛl ˈmænɪʤəz ˈɒfɪs ænd sæt daʊn. aɪ hæd ʤʌst lɒst ￡50 ænd aɪ fɛlt ˈvɛri ʌpˈsɛt.' aɪ lɛft ðə ˈmʌni ɪn maɪ ruːm,' aɪ sɛd,ænd ɪts nɒt ðeə naʊ.' ðə ˈmænɪʤə wɒz ˌsɪmpəˈθɛtɪk, bʌt hiː kʊd duː ˈnʌθɪŋ.ˈɛvrɪwʌnz ˈluːzɪŋ ˈmʌni ðiːz deɪz,' hiː sɛd. hiː ˈstɑːtɪd tuː kəmˈpleɪn əˈbaʊt ðɪs ˈwɪkɪd wɜːld bʌt wɒz ˌɪntəˈrʌptɪd baɪ ə nɒk æt ðə dɔː. ə gɜːl keɪm ɪn ænd pʊt ən ˈɛnvələʊp ɒn hɪz dɛsk. ɪt kənˈteɪnd ￡5əʊ. aɪ faʊnd ðɪs ˌaʊtˈsaɪd ðɪs ˈʤɛntlmənz ruːm ʃiː sɛd. wɛl,' aɪ sɛd tuː ðə ˈmænɪʤə, ðeər ɪz stɪl sʌm ˈɒnɪsti ɪn ðɪs wɜːld!’
选择 /d/ 音练习:
/kʊd/ /ˈɛntəd/ /ænd/ /hæd/ /sɛd/ /ˈstɑːtɪd/ /ˈwɪkɪd/ /wɜːld/ /faʊnd/
