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be sympathetic to / feel sorry for.…. 对...感到同情 Most of the time, they will be very sympathetic to your experience. 大多数情况下，他们会非常同情你的遭遇。 I feel sorry for that poor child. 我为那个可怜的孩子感到同情。 3. “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. 现在大家都在丢钱，他说。他开始抱怨这个邪恶的世道来，却被一阵敲门声打断了。 (1)days可以指“时期”、“时代”，如 in his boyhood days(在他的童年时代)。 these days指“现今”。 (2)现在进行时在这里表示动作的频繁，仿佛随时都有人丢钱似的。 (3)complain about 抱怨..... America's Internet is faster than ever before, but people stillcomplain about their Internet being too slow.美国的网速比以往任何时候都快，但人们仍然抱怨网速太慢。
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I entered the hotel__________ and sat down. I had just__________£50 and I felt very__________. 'I left the money in my room.' I said, 'and it's not there now.' The manager was__________,but he could do nothing. 'Everyone's losing money these days.' he said. He started__________ about this world but was__________ by__________. A girl came in and put an envelope on his desk. It__________ £50. 'I found this outside this gentleman's room,'she said. 'Well,' I said to the manager, 'there is still some __________in this world!'
