新概念英语第二册第15课.docxVIP

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. Dont interrupt, he said. Then he smiled and told me I would receive an extra thousand pounds a year! New words and expressions 生词和短语 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 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。 1. Good news 佳音 news [nju:z] n. 1. [u] new information about sth. that has happened recently 消息；音信 e.g. 有什么最新消息吗？ What’s the latest ([’leitist]adj. 最近的；最新的 ) news? 这真是好消息。 That’s great news. 把你最近的情况全都告诉我。 Tell me all your news. 你有没有玛丽的消息？ Have you had any news of Mary? 你是想先听好消息还是坏消息？ Do you want the good news or the bad news first? 一条 /一则消息 a piece/bit of news 2. [u] reports of recent events that appear in newspapers or on television or radio 媒体对重要事情的报道；新闻 e.g. 国内 /国际新闻 national/international news 一则新闻；新闻报道 a news story/item/report 她老上报纸。 She is always in the news. 这次婚礼成了头版新闻。 The wedding was frontnews. 3. (the news) [sing] a regular television or radio broadcast of the latest news( 电视或广播中的 )新闻节目 e.g. 收听 /收看新闻节目 to listen to / watch the news 九点的新闻报道 the nine o’clock news 4. [u] a person, thing or event that is considered to be interesting enough to be reported as news 新 闻人物；新闻事件 e.g. 流行音乐明星们总是新闻人物。 Pop stars are always news. IDM: 1. be bad news (for sb./sth.) to be likely to cause problems 对 , 不利 e.g. 中央供暖系统可能不利于室内植物。 Central heating is bad news for indoor plants. air conditioner [k ? ndi ??n ?] n. 空调机；空调设备 (conditioner n. [c, u] 护发剂；护发素 shampoo [??mpu:] n. (pl. -os) [c,