Lesson 15 Good news
佳音
First listen and then answer the question.
听录音，然后回答以下问题。
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!
生词和短语
secretary n. 秘书
nervous adj. 精神紧张的
afford v. 负担得起
weak adj. 弱的
interrupt v. 插话，打断
课文注释
1 look up 抬头看
2 could not afford to 不能支付。afford为"有能力做..."，常与can, could 连用。
参考译文
秘书告诉我说哈姆斯沃斯先生要见我。我走进他的办公室，感到非常紧张。我进去的时候，他连头也没抬。待我坐下后，他说生意非常不景气。他还告诉我，公司支付不起这么庞大的工资开支，有20个人已经离去。我知道这次该轮到我了。
“哈姆斯沃斯先生，”我无力地说。
“不要打断我的话，”他说。
然后他微笑了一下告诉我说，我每年将得到1,000 英镑的额外收入。
学习建议：
1.先听两遍，不看文本；2.看文本，听两遍；3.不看译文，自己尝试翻译一遍；4.看译文，对比自己的翻译；5.朗读，模仿发音；6.看中文，尝试翻译成英文；7.听写；8.背诵。以上8个步骤，坚持下来，可以综合提高大家的听说读写译五个方面。当然，每个同学也可以根据自己情况选择完成。如有疑问，私信我（Ellen微信：15377500890）
