英语新概念2Lesson 15 Good news.ppt

Lesson 15 Good news Free talk What are the good news in your life? Why? First listen and then answer the question. What was the good news? That the writer would receive an extra thousand pounds a year! New Word and expressions secretary 秘书 weak 弱的 nervous 精神紧张的 interrupt 插话，打断 afford 负担得起 New Word and expressions secretary 秘书，书记员 ，干事，文书 secretarial adj. 秘书的, 书记的 Secretary of State 国务秘书，国务卿 secret n.秘密, 秘诀, 奥秘 adj.秘密的, 隐秘的, 幽静的 weak Weak adj. 1. 弱的，无力的 “Mr. Harmsworth,” I said in a week voice. 2. 软弱的,懦弱的 He is a man of weak character. 3. (能力等)弱的,差的[(+at/in)]He was weak in mathematics, but good at English.  nervous nervous adj. 精神紧张的 get nervous 变得紧张 I always get so nervous about going on stage. 我上台就会变得很紧张; Interrupt Interrupt v. interruption n 中断；干扰 disturb sb 打扰某人 interrupt sb 打断某人的话 1.打断(讲话或讲话人) I don‘t want to interrupt you. Go on with your story. 我不想打断你。请把你的故事讲下去。 2.中断;遮断;阻碍 The war interrupted the trade between the two countries. 战争使两国间的贸易中断了。 afford afford 及物动词 vt. 1. 买得起;有足够的 Afford to do sth 有能力做某事 Afford sth 负担得起什么东西 could not afford to(否定）不可能支付 造句1：莉莉没有能力去买一个新的自行车。 Lily can not afford to buy a new bike. 2.给予，提供 造句：跳舞给我们带来快乐。 Dancing affords us pleasure. Good news 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 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 extra thousand pounds a year! Summary writing Mr. Harmsworth wanted to see me. I felt very nervous about this. I went into his office. He said business was bad. The firm coul