新概念英語第二冊（第15課）

Lesson 15 Good news佳音First listen and then answer the question.聽錄音，然後回答以下問題。What was the good news?The secretary told me that Mr. Harmsworth would see me.秘書告訴我說哈姆斯沃斯先生要見我。I felt very nervous when I went into his office.我走進他的辦公室，感到非常緊張。He did not look up from his desk when I entered.我進去的時候，他連頭也沒抬。After I had sat down, he said that business was very bad.待我坐下後，他說生意非常不景氣。He told me that the firm could not afford to pay such large salaries. Twenty people had already left.他還告訴我，公司支付不起這麼龐大的工資開支，有20個人已經離去。I knew that my turn had come.我知道這次該輪到我了。"Mr. Harmsworth," I said in a weakvoice.「哈姆斯沃斯先生，」我無力地說。"Don"t interrupt," he said.「不要打斷我的話，」他說。Then he smiled and told me I would receive an extra thousand pounds a year!然後他微笑了一下告訴我說，我每年將得到1,000 英鎊的額外收入。
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