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 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 $50. 'I found this outside this gentleman's room,' she said. 'Well,' I said to the manager, ‘there is still some honesty in this world!'

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！”

Grammar

1. 复习直接引语转间接引语，there be 结构

2. 复习感叹句和动名词。

感叹句是单词what 或how引导的句子，其解题口诀可以概括为：倒看去主谓，名词what，形副how;遇到可数名词的单数时，需要注意an/a

Exercises.

1. “Have you already got well” she asked.

　　 →She asked __________.

　　A. if I have already got well

　　B. whether I had already got well

　　C. have I already got well

　　D. had I already got well.

2. It is a beautiful garden.（改为感叹句）

___________ __________beautiful garden __________　__________！　

1.解析：本题考查一般疑问句的直接引语转为间接引语，用if或者whether引导，主句为一般过去时，所以直接引语中的现在完成时退格为过去完成时.故答案为B。

2.解析：本题考查的是感叹句，根据口诀“倒看去主谓，名词what形副how”，主谓是it is，放后面两空，故答案为What a beautiful garden it is!