内容正文:
Lesson 15
Good news
佳音
来看看单词吧
secretary n. 秘书
Mr. Harmsworth 哈姆斯沃斯先生
nervous adj. 精神紧张的
look up 抬头看
afford v. 负担得起
weak adj. 弱的
interrupt v. 插话,打断
Extra 额外
What was the good news?
听录音,回答以下问题
☆secretary n.秘书
secret n.秘密
2. nervous 1) 神经质的,神经紧张的
She is a nervous woman, Do you see that nervous smile on her face?
2) adj. 精神紧张的, 担心的, 情绪不 安的
I feel nervous beofore exams.
3)与 nervous 容易混淆的一个词: irritable易怒的急噪的
Our teacher is an irritable old lady,She gets angry easily
单词精解
look up v.抬头看
★afford v. 负担得起
afford sth.
I can afford the hoilday.有时间去
afford money/time
afford to do sth.
I can afford five yuan.
I can afford the book./I can afford to buy the book
★weak adj. 弱的
★interrupt v. 插话,打断
(n.)interruption
disturb:打扰某人
interrupt:打断某人的话
Sorry to...
★Text
Good news
The secretary told me 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!
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
参考译文
1. The secretary told me that Mr. Harmsworth would see me.
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?
John wouldn't lend me his bicycle
☆look up:朝上看
look down:朝下看
look down upon/on sb:瞧不起某人(词义太重
语言点
☆The firm could not afford to pay such large salaries.(重点)
pay salaries:支付薪水;collect salary:领薪水
如此:so,such
so的后面加形容词或副词
such的后面加名词,允许在该名词前加修饰词
My turn has come.
It is my turn.轮到我了
☆in a ... voice
in a loud/low/weak/strong voice
low:音量低;weak:心里不塌实
☆extra,other,more,another
最灵活的是more
more可以放数词和名词之间,甚至可