新概念英语第二册第15课

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.

'Don't 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 front-page news.

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 [kən'diʃənə] n. 空调机；空调设备(conditioner n. [c, u] 护发剂；护发素shampoo [ʃæm'pu:] n. (pl. -os) [c, u] 洗发剂；香波；洗涤剂) heater ['hi:tə] n. 加热器；炉子；热水器

2. break the news (to sb.) to be the first to tell sb. some bad news 最先(向…)透露坏消息；说出实情

3. be good news (for sb./sth.) to be likely to be helpful or give an advantage对…有利(或有益处)

e.g. 降低利率对于私房买主来说是个福音。

The cut(n. 削减，减少) in interest rates is good news for homeowners.(homeowner ['həuməunə] n. 房主)

4. no news is good news (saying) if there were bad news we would hear it , so as we have heard nothing, it is likely that nothing bad has happened没有消息就是好消息

news agency (also press agency) n. 通讯社

newsagent['nju:zeɪdʒɵnt](BrE)(AmE newsdealer) 1.报刊经销人；报刊经销商 2. (newsagent’s)(pl. newsagents) 报刊经销店；书报亭

newscast['nju:zkɑ:st] n. (esp.AmE) 新闻节目；新闻广播

news conference n. (esp. AmE) =press conference 记者招待会；新闻发布会

2. The secretary told me that Mr. Harmsworth would see me. 秘书告诉我说哈姆斯沃斯先生要见我。

1) secretary ['sekrətəri] n.(pl. -ies) (abbreviation Sec.)

1. a person who works in an office, working for another person, dealing with letters and telephone calls, typing, keeping records, arranging meetings with people, etc. 秘书

e.g. 请和我的秘书联系，预约一个时间。

Please contact ['kɔntækt] my secretary to make an appointment.(n. [c] ~(with sb.)约会；预约；约定) 2. an official of a club, society, etc. who deals with writing letters, keeping records, and making business arrangements (俱乐部、社团等的)干事，文书

3. (AmE) the head of a government department, chosen by the President部长；大臣

e.g. 财政部长Secretary of the Treasury(['treʒəri] n. (pl. -ies) 1. (the Treasury) (英国、美国和一些其他国家的)财政部 2. [c] (城堡等中的)金银财宝库，宝库)

Secretary of State n.

1. (also Secretary) (in Britain) the head of an important government department(英国)大臣

e.g. 教育与就业大臣the Secretary of State for Education and Employment

2. (in the US)the head of the government department that deals with foreign affairs(美国)国务卿Secretary General n. the person who is in charge of the administrative department of a large international or political organization (大型国际组织或政治组织的)秘书长，总干事，总书记：e.g. 北约前任秘书长the former Secretary General of NATO

(general adj. 1. 全体的；普遍的；总的2. [only before noun] (also General)[after noun] 首席的；总管的e.g. 总经理the general manager)(NA TO['neitəu] =North Atlantic Treaty Organization It is an organization to which many European countries and the US and Canada belong .They agree to give each other military help if necessary 北约；北大西洋公约组织)

secretarial[,sekrə'teərɪəl] adj. involving or connected with the work of a secretary秘书的；文秘工作的：e.g. 文秘工作；做秘书须具备的资格secretarial work/qualifications(n. [c] 资格；学历)

2) would在这里不是表示单纯的过去将来时，而是表示“想…”、“要…”的意思：

e.g. 你想要吃(喝)什么？What would you like to have?

约翰不愿意把他的自行车借给我。John wouldn’t lend me his bicycle.

3. I felt very nervous when I went into his office. 我走进他的办公室，感到非常紧张。nervous ['nə:vəs] adj.

1.~(about/of sth.) anxious about sth. or afraid of sth.焦虑的；担忧的；惶恐的opposite: confident