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!’
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 sɛdtuː ðə ˈmænɪʤə, ðeər ɪz stɪl sʌm ˈɒnɪsti ɪn ðɪs wɜːld!’
任务配置：L0+L1+ L4
知识笔记：
单词：1、sympathetic：有同情心的，2、wicked：邪恶，3、honesty：诚实
音标：/eɪ/ 舌类顶下齿，牙床半开半合，双唇扁平，由发“哀”平稳过渡到发“一”之长音。 是字母a在开音节中的读音。
练习感悟： 今天的文章还是有几个生词的：诚实：honesty，邪恶：wicked，有同情心的：sympathetic
