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Lesson 15
Good news
Learning Targets
单词:5+
短语:10个
语法:direct speech & indirect speech
IV. 难点:nervous & irritable
office & study & desk
afford
Oral English
No news is good news.
没有消息就是好消息。
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
New words
Fill in the blanks 1
Good news
The ________told me that Mr. Harmsworth would see me. I felt very ________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 _____to pay such large salaries. Twenty people had already left. I knew that my turn had come.
'Mr. Harmsworth,' I said in a _____voice.
'Don't_________,' he said. Then he smiled and told me I would receive an extra thousand pounds a year!
secretary
nervous
afford
weak
interrupt
Listen and Answer
Q1: Who wanted to see you?
Mr. Harmsworth wanted to see me.
Q2: How did you feel about this?
I felt very nervous.
Q3: What was the good news?
I would receive an extra thousand pounds a year.
1. news n.(不可数n.)
a piece of news 一条新闻
eg: The secretary told me that Mr. Harmsworth would see me.
2. secret n.秘密
secretary n.秘书
the UN General Secretary联合国秘书长
eg: I felt very nervous when I went into his office.
3. nervous adj.精神紧张的
同义词:anxious
反义词:calm
Words and phrases
4. feel very nervous感到很紧张
感官系动词:look, feel, sound, taste, smell等
e.g: He did not look up from his desk when I
entered.
e.g: After I had sat down, he said that business
was very bad.
5. look up
a. raise one’s head抬头看
b.查字典
c.拜访
Words and phrases
6.‘He told me that the firm could not afford to pay such large salaries.’
a. afford v.
①买得起(常与can连用)eg:I can’t afford the house now.
②担负得起(损失后果),花得起(时间),常与can连用
eg: I can only afford one week for the trip.
③ 提供,给予eg: Tom afforded u