第 1 页精品文档---下载后可任意编辑新概念英语第二册第 15 课:Good news 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. 秘书告知我说哈姆斯沃斯先生要见我。我走进他的办公室，感到特别紧急。我进去的时候 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，他说生意特别不景气 He told me that the firm could not afford to pay such large salaries. Twenty people had already left. 他还告知我，公司支付不起这么浩大的工资开支，有 20 个人已经离去第 2 页精品文档---下载后可任意编辑 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 Dont 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知我说，我每年将得到 1,000 英镑的额外收入！ New words and expressions 生词和短语 secretary n. 秘书 nervous adj. 精神紧急的 afford第 3 页精品文档---下载后可任意编辑 v. 负担得起 weak adj. 弱的 interrupt v. 插话，打断 Notes on the text 课文解释 1 look up，抬头看。 2 could not afford to，不行能支付，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 secretary told me that Mr. Harmsworth would see me. 秘书告知第 4 页精品文档---下载后可任意编辑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 wouldnt lend me his bicycle. 约翰不情愿把他的...
