Lesson 15 Good news
佳音
First listen and then answer the question.
聽(tīng)錄音，然后回答以下問(wèn)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. He did not look up from his desk when I entered. After I had sat down, he said that business was very bad. He told me that the firm could not afford to pay such large salaries. Twenty people had already left. I knew that my turn had come.
'Mr.Harmsworth,' I said in a weak voice.
'Don't interrupt,' he said.
Then he smiled and told me I would receive an extra thousand pounds a year!
New words and expressions 生詞和短語(yǔ)
secretary n. 秘書(shū)
nervous adj. 精神緊張的
afford v. 負(fù)擔(dān)得起
weak adj. 弱的
interrupt v. 插話(huà)，打斷
參考譯文
秘書(shū)告訴我說(shuō)哈姆斯沃斯先生要見(jiàn)我。我走進(jìn)他的辦公室，感到非常緊張。我進(jìn)去的時(shí)候，他連頭也沒(méi)抬。待我坐下后，他說(shuō)生意非常不景氣。他還告訴我，公司支付不起這么龐大的工資開(kāi)支，有20個(gè)人已經(jīng)離去。我知道這次該輪到我了。
“哈姆斯沃斯先生，”我無(wú)力地說(shuō)。
“不要打斷我的話(huà)，”他說(shuō)。
然后他微笑了一下告訴我說(shuō)，我每年將得到1,000 英鎊的額外收入。
佳音
First listen and then answer the question.
聽(tīng)錄音，然后回答以下問(wèn)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. He did not look up from his desk when I entered. After I had sat down, he said that business was very bad. He told me that the firm could not afford to pay such large salaries. Twenty people had already left. I knew that my turn had come.
'Mr.Harmsworth,' I said in a weak voice.
'Don't interrupt,' he said.
Then he smiled and told me I would receive an extra thousand pounds a year!
New words and expressions 生詞和短語(yǔ)
secretary n. 秘書(shū)
nervous adj. 精神緊張的
afford v. 負(fù)擔(dān)得起
weak adj. 弱的
interrupt v. 插話(huà)，打斷
參考譯文
秘書(shū)告訴我說(shuō)哈姆斯沃斯先生要見(jiàn)我。我走進(jìn)他的辦公室，感到非常緊張。我進(jìn)去的時(shí)候，他連頭也沒(méi)抬。待我坐下后，他說(shuō)生意非常不景氣。他還告訴我，公司支付不起這么龐大的工資開(kāi)支，有20個(gè)人已經(jīng)離去。我知道這次該輪到我了。
“哈姆斯沃斯先生，”我無(wú)力地說(shuō)。
“不要打斷我的話(huà)，”他說(shuō)。
然后他微笑了一下告訴我說(shuō)，我每年將得到1,000 英鎊的額外收入。