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Lesson15Goodnews佳音Whatwasthegoodnews?ThesecretarytoldmethatMr.Harmsworthwouldseeme.IfeltverynervouswhenIwentintohisoffice.HedidnotlookupfromhisdeskwhenIentered.AfterIhadsatdown,hesaidthatbusinesswasverybad.Hetoldmethatthefirmcouldnotaffordtopaysuchlargesalaries.Twentypeoplehadalreadyleft.Iknewthatmyturnhadcome.'Mr.Harmsworth,'Isaidinaweakvoice.'Don'tinterrupt,'hesaid.ThenhesmiledandtoldmeIwouldreceiveanextrathousandpoundsayear!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。【Newwordsandexpressions】（5）1secretary['sekrətəri,-teri]n.秘书2nervous['nə:vəs]a.精神紧张的3afford[ə'fɔ:d]v.负担得起4weak[wi:k]a.弱的5interrupt[ˌintə'rʌpt]v.插话，打断一、单词讲解secretary['sekrətəri]n.秘书该词的词根是secret（秘密）secret['si:krit]n.秘密tellasecret告诉一个秘密keepasecret保守秘密thesecretofsuccess成功的秘密anopensecret一个公开的秘密insecret秘密地secretadj.秘密地，保密的，不公开的asecretmarriage一次秘密的婚礼asecretdocument一份秘密的文件secretaryn.秘书,书记aprivatesecretary一位私人秘书Secretary-general秘书长SecretaryofState国务卿secretive['si:krɪtɪv,sɪ'kri:tɪv]adj.喜欢保守秘密的，守口如瓶的eg.Heisrathersecretiveabouthispersonalproblems.他对自己的个人问题守口如瓶。nervousadj.紧张的nerven.神经worriedadj.焦急的，焦虑的anxious:veryworriedeageradj.热切的，盼望的，急切的（褒）annoyedadj.稍微恼怒的，不悦的angryadj.生气的irritable['ɪrɪtəbəl]adj.易怒的,急躁的nervousbreakdown神经衰弱（口）benervousaboutor:benervousof对…感到紧张affordv.负担得起（金钱，时间）常与can/could/beableto连用，不用被动语态(nopassive)。affordmoney有足够的钱花affordtime能抽出时间affordsth供给某事物，给予某事物affordtopay付得起affordtobuy买得起eg.Theytookabusbecausetheycouldn'taffordtotakeataxi.他们因为打不起车而乘公交车。eg.I'dlovetogoonholidaybutIcan'taffordthetime.我倒想去度假，可是抽不出时间。eg.WhenIhavetime,Ican'taffordthemoney.我有时间时却没有钱了。eg.Ican'taffordthecar.Icanonlyaffordabicycle.我买不起汽车，只能买辆自行车。weakadj.弱的←→strongadj.无力的，疲弱的，微弱的，不宜察觉的，淡的，（能力等）拙劣的，不擅长的eg.Shewasstillweakafterherillness.大病之后，她仍很虚弱，aweakeconomy疲弱的经济aweakmarket疲软的市场weakcurrency贬值的货币inaweakvoice用微弱的声音aweaksmile微微的一笑strongtea浓茶weaktea淡茶eg.TheyarestronginEnglishbutweakinFrench.他们擅长英语但不擅长法语。weaknessn.弱点eg.Thisistheonlyweaknessinthemachine.这是这台机器的唯一缺点。haveaweaknessforsweets酷爱甜食or:haveasweettoothweakling['wi:kliŋ]n.懦夫，弱者（贬）eg.Don'tbesuchaweakling.不要做这样的懦夫。interrupt[,ɪntə'rʌpt]1)breaksb;cutin打断某人讲话，打岔，打扰eg.Itisimpolitetointerruptothers.打断别人谈话是不礼貌的。eg.Don'tinterruptwhileIambusy.在我忙时，不要打扰我。2)使中断，终止(break)eg.Tradebetweenthetwocountrieswasinterruptedbythewar.两国之间的贸易被战争中断了。eg.Weinterruptedtheprogrammetobringyouanewsflash.我们中断节目插播一条新闻快讯。extra1)adj.额外的，附加的，外加的(additional,morethanorbeyondwhatisusual,expected,ornecessary)eg.Thefootballmatchwentintoextratime.足球赛进入加时赛阶段。extrapayforextrawork额外的工作付给额外报酬eg.Iwouldreceiveanextrathousandpoundsayear.我每年将得到额外的一千英镑。2)n.号外，（电影的）临时演员another另外一个，又一个.表示在原来基础上再增加一个。eg.Therearen'tenoughchairshereforusall.Pleasebringmeanotherone.这儿椅子不够，请再拿一把。二、关键句型KeyStructures间接；引语：当我们引用别人的话时，我们可以用别人的原话，也可以用自己的话把意思转述出来，如果是引用原话，被引用的部分就是直接引语，否则成为间接引语。把直接引语变为间接引语时，可用动词say/tell，后而可跟人名或代词作间接宾语，然后是以that引导的一个句子作直接宾语；在动词say后，that可以省略1、引语中的谓语要与逐句谓语在时态上一汽，并且注意人称的变化。例：'Iambusy，'hesaid.他说：我很忙Hesaidthathewasbusy.他说他很忙IneverworkonSundays',shesaid.她说：我从不在周末工作ShesaidthatsheneverworkedonSundaYs.Shesaid,IlikeEnglishverymuch.她说：我非常喜欢英语。Hesaid,Youryoungbrotherbrokethewindow.他说：你弟弟打破了玻璃。HesaidthatmyyoungbrotherhadbrokenthewindOWo2、如果引语是一般疑问句，改为由whether或if引导的宾语从句。如果引语是特殊疑问句，仍由特殊疑问词引导，后面采用陈述语序。例:Theteacheraskedme,Doyoulikemusic?老师问我：你喜欢音乐么？Theteacheraskedmewhether/ifIlikedmusic.Johnasked,Whenwillourplanearrive?约翰问：我们的飞机什么时候到。Johnaskedwhenourplanewouldarrive.AreyougoingtolearnEnglish?askedTom.汤姆问：你要去学英语么？Tomaskedwhether/ifIwasgoingtolearnEnglish.3、根据意思将指示代词、地点以及时间状语做出必要的改动，—般改变如下：this-thatthese----thosenow----thentoday-thatdaythisweek----thatweekYesterday----thedaybeforelastweek----theweekbeforetwodaysago----twodaysbeforetomorrow-thenextdaynextweek-thenextweekhere-there例:Hesaid:Iarrivedyesterdaymorning他说：我昨天早上到的。Hesaidthathehadarrivedthemorningbefore.Heasked,Willyoutellmetheanswertothisquestionatthisplacetomorrow?他问道：明天你能不能在这个地方告诉我这个问题的答案？HeaskedmewhetherIwouldtellhimtheanswertothatquestionatthatplacethenextday.4、say与tell的区别：say+所说内容（直接宾语从句）tell+sb所说内容练习：用括号中动词的正确时态填空l.Hetoldmethatshe__(come)tomorrow.答案：wouldcome他告诉我她明天到。2、Thegardener__thatshe__(cut)thattreedownyesterday.答案：saidhadcut园丁说他昨天把树砍倒了。3.I_(tell)youI_(have)neverplayedtennisbefore.答案：toldhad我告诉你我从未玩过网球。4、What__he__thathe__(do)?他说他做过／将做答案：didsayhaddone/woulddo三、课文讲解TextThesecretarytoldmethatMr.Harmsworthwouldseeme.IfeltverynervouswhenIwentintohisoffice.Tellsbsth告诉某人某事宾语从句feel-felt-felteg.Ifeltnervous.我感到很紧张。eg.Ifeltexcited.我感到很兴奋。HedidnotlookupfromhisdeskwhenIentered.AfterIhadsatdown,hesaidthatbusinesswasverybad.Hetoldmethatthefirmcouldnotaffordtopaysuchlargesalaries.lookup抬头，仰视，查字典与look相关的其它短语lookdownuponsb轻视某人lookround环顾，向四周看lookout小心，注意looklike看起来像lookfor寻找look-inn.顺便拜访，（成功，胜利的）机会getalook-in有赢得的希望enter/gointo进入firm公司，商号（两人以上合资经营的商业性机构）atradingfirm贸易公司corporation[,kɔ:pə'reiʃən](Am)股份有限公司缩写为corpcompany由若干人组成的经营商业的公司abuscompany公共汽车公司limitedliabilitycompany有限责任公司enterprise1)企业，公司abusinessenterpriseapr