1 Lesson 15 Good news 佳音 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。 1. Good news 佳音 news [nju:z] n. 1. [u] new information about sth. that has happened recently消息；音信 e.g. 有什么最新消息吗？What’s the latest ([’leitist]adj. 最近的；最新的) news? 这真是好消息。That’s great news. 把你最近的情况全都告诉我。Tell me all your news. 你有没有玛丽的消息？Have you had any news of Mary? 你是想先听好消息还是坏消息？Do you want the good news or the bad news first? 一条/一则消息 a piece/bit of news 2. [u] reports of recent events that appear in newspapers or on television or radio 媒体对重要事情的报道；新闻 e.g. 国内/国际新闻 national/international news 一则新闻；新闻报道 a news story/item/report 她老上报纸。She is always in the news. 这次婚礼成了头版新闻。The wedding was front-page news. 3. (the news) [sing] a regular television or ra...
