Lesson 15
    第15課
    Good News
    佳音
    First listen and then answer the question.
    聽錄音，然后回答以下問題。
    What was the good news?
    好消息是什么？
    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,
    待我坐下后，
    he said that business was very bad.
    他說生意非常不景氣。
    He told me that the firm could not afford to pay such large salaries.
    他還告訴我，公司支付不起這么龐大的工資開支，
    Twenty people had already left.
    有20個人已經(jīng)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 weak voice.
    “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!
    然后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。