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文本和翻译
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!
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。
词汇和短语
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
1.I felt very nervous when I went into his office.
when的用法，引导时间状语从句，表示一个动作发生的时候另外一个动作也同时发生。
例如：He looked up from the newspaper when someone called him.
当有人叫他的时候他从报纸上抬起头来
2.He told me that the firm could not afford to pay such large salaries.
could not afford表示负担不起。
例如：He cannot afford to send his son to college.
他负担不起送他儿子上大学
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