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!’
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New words and expressions 生词和短语
manager (1. 1) /'mænid'ʒə/ n, 经理
wicked (1. 5) /'wikid/ adj. 很坏的，邪恶的
upset (1. 2) /'ʌp'set/ adj. 不安
contain (1. 7) /kən'tein/ v. 包含，内装
sympathetic (1. 3) /'simpə'θetik/ adj. 表示同情的
honesty (1. 8) /'onisti/ n. 诚实
complain (1. 5) /kəm'plein/ v. 抱怨
Notes on the text 课文注释
1 本文的题目可以有几种不同的理解方式：“如果我丢失的不止50英镑”，“如果经理没有任何同情心”。“如果拾到钱的姑娘没有把钱送回来”，结局会更糟糕。
2 Everyone's losing money these days. 现在大家都在丢钱。
用现在进行时来表示不断重复的动作，其中常含有埋怨的意思。
参考译文
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！”