《新概念英语》第二册第15课 Good news
(2012-02-17 13:32:56)
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《新概念英语》第二册第15课
【课文】
First listen and then answer the question.
听录音,然后回答以下问题。
What was the 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 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!
【课文翻译】
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。
【生词和短语】
secretary
nervous
afford
weak
interrupt
【知识点讲解】
1 nervous [形容词]紧张的,神经的
be nervous of sth. / be nervous of doing
sth.
例句:I am very nervous of making speeches on
public.
我对于在公众面前演讲这件事特别紧张。
2
这个国家的失业状况正在改善。
短语扩展:look sb. up
3 business
在英语中business含义很丰富,可表示商业,贸易,也可表示公司、商业机构等。这里的business是指生意。
例句:His father asks him to go into business after college
study.
他父亲要他毕业后踏足商界。
习语知识:Business is business. 公事公办。
4 afford [动词]买的起,付得起、花得起时间、金钱、精力等
afford to do 付得起(时间或精力)做某事
通常和can,can't ,be able to 连用。
can
afford to ...指“负担得起”,“做得到”,“忍得住”。
例句:He can't afford to study in this private school.
他付不起钱上这所私立学校。
afford指“给予”时,可接双宾语。 afford sb. sth.
例句:He afford me
great help.
他给了我很大的帮助。
5 turn [名词] (轮到的)机会
在这篇课文里,turn作名词,表示轮到……机会。
短语扩展:by turns
take turns
我们每周轮流打扫房子。
6 The secretary told me that Mr. Harmsworth would see me.
这是一个含有间接引语的句子。关于直接引语和间接引语的用法和转换我们在新概念第一册有着重讲过,如果有童鞋不清楚,可以点击这两个链接,再回顾回顾。
直接引语和间接引语(一) http://bulo.hujiang.com/menu/3428/item/360034/
直接引语和间接引语(二)http://bulo.hujiang.com/menu/3428/item/361532/
【上期作业回顾】
翻译以下三个句子。
1 别训斥他了,他只是没经验而已。
→Don't scold him,he just lacks experience.
2 在某种程度上来说,这是不对的。
→In a way, it's not right.
3 晚上做饭的时候才发现盐用完了。
→When making dinner in the evening, I found the salt had been used
up.
【课后作业】
翻译以下三个句子。
1 他考试时很紧张。
2 托尼经营着一家小公司。
3 玛丽说她明晚会去演唱会。