Lesson 15 Good news佳音
First listen and then answer the question.
聽錄音，然后回答以下問題。
What was the good news?
The secretary told me that Mr Harmsworth would see me. I felt very nervous when I went into his office.
秘書告訴我說哈姆斯沃斯先生要見我。我走進(jìn)他的辦公室，感到非常緊張。我進(jìn)去的時候
He did not look up from his desk when I entered. After I had sat down, he said that business was very bad.
他連頭也沒抬。待我坐下后，他說生意非常不景氣
He told me that the firm could not afford to pay such large salaries. Twenty people had already left.
他還告訴我，公司支付不起這么龐大的工資開支，有20個人已經(jīng)離去
I knew that my turn had come.
我知道這次該輪到我了
'Mr Harmsworth' I said in a weak voice.
“哈姆斯沃斯先生” 我無力地說
'Don't interrupt' he Said.
“不要打斷我的話” 他說
Then he smiled and told me I would receive an extra &1000 a year!
然后他微笑了一下告訴我說，我每年將得到1,000 英鎊的額外收入！
New words and expressions 生詞和短語
secretary
n. 秘書
nervous
adj. 精神緊張的
afford
v. 負(fù)擔(dān)得起
weak
adj. 弱的
interrupt
v. 插話，打斷
Notes on the text課文注釋
1 look up，抬頭看。
2 could not afford to…，不可能支付，afford為“有能力做,常和can, could連用。
3 I knew that my turn had come.我知道這次該輪到我了。my turn指上文中有人被公司解雇這件事。