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!’

/aɪ/ /ˈɛntərd/ /ðə/ /hoʊˈtɛl/ /ˈmænɪʤərz/ /ˈɔfəs/ /ænd/ /sæt/ /daʊn/. /aɪ/ /hæd/ /ʤʌst/ /lɔst/ ￡50 /ænd/ /aɪ/ /fɛlt/ /ˈvɛri/ /əpˈsɛt/.' /aɪ/ /lɛft/ /ðə/ /ˈmʌni/ /ɪn/ /maɪ/ /rum/,' /aɪ/ /sɛd/, /ænd/ /ɪts/ /nɑt/ /ðɛr/ /naʊ/.' /ðə/ /ˈmænəʤər/ /wʌz/ /ˌsɪmpəˈθɛtɪk/, /bʌt/ /hi/ /kʊd/ /du/ /ˈnʌθɪŋ/. /ˈɛvriˌwʌnz/ /ˈluzɪŋ/ /ˈmʌni/ /ðiz/ /deɪz/,' /hi/ /sɛd/. /hi/ /ˈstɑrtəd/ /tu/ /kəmˈpleɪn/ /əˈbaʊt/ /ðɪs/ /ˈwɪkəd/ /wɜrld/ /bʌt/ /wʌz/ /ˌɪntəˈrʌptɪd/ /baɪ/ /ə/ /nɑk/ /æt/ /ðə/ /dɔr/. /ə/ /gɜrl/ /keɪm/ /ɪn/ /ænd/ /pʊt/ /ən/ /ˈɛnvəˌloʊp/ /ɑn/ /hɪz/ /dɛsk/. /ɪt/ /kənˈteɪnd/ ￡5/oʊ/. /aɪ/ /faʊnd/ /ðɪs/ /ˈaʊtˈsaɪd/ /ðɪs/ /ˈʤɛntəlˌmʌnz/ /rum/ /ʃi/ /sɛd/. /wɛl/,' /aɪ/ /sɛd/ /tu/ /ðə/ /ˈmænəʤər/, /ðɛr/ /ɪz/ /stɪl/ /sʌm/ /ˈɑnəsti/ /ɪn/ /ðɪs/ /wɜrld/!’

任务配置：L0+L4

知识笔记：

complain about this wicked world

be interrupted by a knock at the door

练习感悟：

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