新概念英语自学辅导手册:新概念英语第二册学习手册：Lesson15：Goodnews

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!

　　New words and expressions 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

　　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。

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