1、I entered the hotel manager’s office and sat down.
我走进饭店经理的办公室，坐了下来。
知识点1：manager’s office经理办公室，关于名词所有格。
知识点2：名词hotel作定语，名词作定语举例：hat shop 帽子店；barber shop 理发店；general shop 杂货店；show shop 展销店；grocery store 杂货店；book store 书店；drug store 药房；dry store 干货仓库
2、I had just lost ￡50 and I felt very upset.
我刚刚丟了50英镑，感到非常烦恼。
知识点：just为时间副词，常用于完成时，起强调作用。
3、"I left the money in my room," I said, "and it’s not there now."
“我把钱放在房间里，”我说，“现在却不见了。”
知识点：此句为典型的直接引语。
变为间接引语：I told the manager that I had left the money in my room and it was not there then .
4、The manager was sympathetic，but he could do nothing.
经理深表同情，但是他也无能为力。
知识点1：but—词用于并列句。
知识点2：标题：It could be worse 还能比这更坏—不幸中的万幸
It could not be worse.
不能比这更坏了。这就是最坏的。
It could be better.
还能比这更好。—这不是最好的。
It could not be better.
不能比这更好了。—这就是最好的。
5、"Everyone’s losing money these days," he said.
“现在大家都在丢钱，”他说。
知识点:everyone作主语谓语动词用第三人称单数。
