新概念英语第二册第15课:Good news
What was the good news
The cretary told me that Mr Harmsworth would e me. I felt very nervous when I went into his office.
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。我车轮为什么是圆的
进去的时候
He did not look up from his desk when I entered. After I had sat down, he said that business was very bad.
他连头也没抬。待我坐下后，他说生意非常不景气
He told me that the firm could not afford to pay such large salaries. Twenty people had already left.
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
I knew that my turn had come.
我知道这次该轮到我了
Mr Harmsworth I said in a weak voice.
“哈姆斯沃斯先生〞 我无力地说
Don t interrupt he Said.
“不要打断我的话〞 他说
Then he smiled and told me I would receive an extra 1000 a year!
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！
New words and expressions 生词和短语
cretary
n. 秘书
nervous
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p;
adj. 精神紧张的
afford
v. 负担得起
weak
adj. 弱的
interrupt
v. 插话，打断
Notes on the text课文注释
1 look up，抬头看。
2 could not afford to ，不可能支付，afford为“有能力做,常和can, could连用。
3 I knew that my turn had come.我知道这次该轮到我了。my turn指上文中有人被公司解雇这件事。
Lesson 15 自学导读First things first
课文详注 Further notes on the text
1．The cretary told me that Mr. Harmsworth would e me. 秘书告诉我说哈姆斯沃斯先生要见我。
would 在这里不是表示单纯的过去将来时，而是表示“想 〞、“要 〞的意思：
What would you like to have
你想要吃〔喝〕什么？
John wouldn t lend me his bicycle.
约翰不愿意把他的自行车借给我。
2．He did not look up from his desk when I entered. 我进去的时候，他连头也没抬。
在这句话的look up中，look是它的本义“看〞、“瞧〞。look up一般表示原先在埋头干什么之后抬头看：
He looked up(from his book)when he heard a noi.
他听到声音后就抬起了头。〔原先在读书〕
3．I knew that my turn had come. 我知道这次该轮到我了。
turn在这里是名词，意为“轮流〞、“轮班〞、“〔依次轮流时各自的〕一次时机〞：
I have already asked two 房地产基础知识
questions. Now it s your turn.
我已经问了两个问题。该轮到你了。
When hlower怎么读
is turn came, he couldn t speak any word.
轮到他时，他却一个字也说不出来。
4． Mr. Harmsworth, I said in a weak voice.“哈姆斯沃斯先生，〞我无力地说。
weak在这里不是指身体虚弱，而是指声音“微弱〞、“无力〞，因为怕被开除而感到紧张。
5．Then he smiled and told me I would receive an extra thousand pounds a year!
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。
〔1〕extra 表示“额外的〞、“外加的〞、“份外的〞：
On Sundays, I usually get some extra sleep.
星期天我通常要多睡一会儿。
Last month, he was paid an extra hundred pounds.
他上个月多得了100英镑。
〔2〕a在这里可译为“每一〞：
I went to London once a month.
我每月去一次伦敦。
Jack telephoned Pauline four times a day.
杰克每天给波琳打4次电话。
